Preschool and Kindergarten Schedule

The child is our "curriculum". We strive to "educate" (from the Latin word educare — to bring forth):

The child's imaginative and creative forces... through storytelling, art, music, movement, dramatizations and classroom materials
The child's appreciation of aesthetic beauty... through daily interactions with a surrounding environment that is expansive and rich in natural beauty, with nature hikes, forest adventures and gardening activities. Inherent in this approach is an increasing sense of respect and responsibility for the environment
The child's innate social skills and sense of valuing self and others in a school community setting... through the practice of conflict resolution strategies, cooperative games and cooperative learning situations
The child's thinking skills... through the exploration of numbers and letters, free-choice times, learning experiences that are age appropriate (including the use of Montessori learning materials in the areas of Sensorial, Practical Life, Math, and Language). We also include activities to foster the development of motor skills, art, music and creative movement

We are committed to nurturing feelings of self-worth and confidence and to developing a sense of independence within each child.

09:00 - 10:45	Indoors-time, including individual and group lessons, snack, free choice and circle-times
10:45 - 11:30	Outdoors play
11:30 - 12:00	Circle-time, may include stories, music, movement
12:00 - 01:00	Lunch
12:30 - 01:00	Outdoors play
01:00 - 01:45	Quiet-time, includes rest and looking at books
01:45 - 03:00	Indoors-time, includes art activities, free choice and a closing circle
03:00 - 03:20	Snack and outdoors play