​Infants (Ladybugs and Butterflies) 

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5 months – 21 months

 

We emphasize trust as the foundation for learning with a partnership between teachers and families to provide loving care for each child.   Our safe, healthy, and enriched environments are ready for curious exploration and creative play.

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• Each infant is assigned a primary care teacher.

• Infants are grouped with other infants at similar development levels: young babies, crawling, beginning to walk, walkers

• Specially designed spaces and curriculum support developmental progress.

• Daily learning activities such as: books, art, music, manipulative toys, and outdoor time.

• Baby Signs™ and Learning Games™ are core activities supporting milestones and promoting early communication.

• Written daily reports are provided and parents may call or visit their children at any time.

• Caregiver to child ratio is 1:4, with additional assistance, as needed.

 

Toddlers (Hummingbirds)

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20.5+ months – 28 + months

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We provide for free exploration and more structured learning, with small groups and positive teachers.

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• We facilitate curiosity, creativity, and child-to-child interaction.

• We include daily learning activities such as: story time, art, puzzles, manipulatives, blocks, dramatic play, and ample outdoor play.

• We focus on developing self-help skills and potty training with the goal of promoting positive self-esteem.

• Baby Signs™ and Learning Games™ are integrated into the curriculum.

• Written daily reports are provided and parents may call or visit their children at any time.

• Caregiver to child ratio is 1: 5.

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Preschool and  Pre-Kindergarten 

 

28 months – 5 years 9 months

 

Our energetic and educational programs prepare children with the attitudes and skills necessary for school and life success. We aim to nourish each child’s creativity, self-esteem, self regulation, social/emotional interactions, cultural awareness, and to impart a love for reading and learning.

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• We partner with parents and children to shape the educational experience. We plan and post weekly/monthly curriculum. "HighScope" Curriculum integrates adult-child interaction, carefully designed learning environments, and a plan-do-review process. Parents are encouraged to follow along and reinforce lessons with children at home.

• We weave stimulating curriculum into the environment, focusing on: art, science, math, pre-writing, reading, blocks, and imaginative play.

• Outdoor areas include: children’s garden, park-quality play structures, tricycle courtyard, sandbox, magnet board and other manipulatives, paint easels, reading nook.

• We offer three additional weekly enrichment programs, at no extra charge: Spanish Immersion Circle Time, Music and Exercise.

• We use Learning Games™ as an integrated child development assessment tool, and we conduct Parent-Teacher conferences at least twice a year.

• The curriculum for the Eagles Pre-K class has a robust aspect for math and science. Both the Woodpeckers class, as a preliminary step toward Pre-K, and the Eagles Pre-K are aligned with the California Department of Education's developmental goals and recommendations for kindergarten readiness. 

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We have excellent teacher to child ratios.

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• 1:6 in Owls for older 2’s

• 1:8 in Redbirds for young 3’s

• 1:9 in Woodpeckers for older 3’s, young 4’s. (4's move to PreK in late summer)

• 1:10 in Eagles Pre-K  (4 by September 2nd - follows the school year)

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