Infant/Toddler Program: Explorers and Discoverers (4 to 23 Months)
Our infant/toddler program is rooted in three core goals: nurturing care, early education, and a foundation of love. We provide attentive, gentle care to meet each child’s daily needs diapering, feeding, and rest in a healthy, safe environment where they feel secure and cherished. By focusing on these essential needs, we create a setting where children can thrive.
Through thoughtfully designed activities, we enrich their early educational experiences, stimulating curiosity and supporting their growth. Every day, we engage in one-on-one interactions, holding, rocking, and connecting with each child, fostering a deep sense of emotional and physical security that builds confidence and trust. Our mission is to create a loving space where each infant and toddler feels valued and supported.
Two-Year-Old Program: Adventurers and Investigators
Our program is crafted to foster each child’s independence and self-help skills in a nurturing environment. We introduce children to engaging sensory experiences that spark curiosity and exploration. Through a consistent flow of developmentally appropriate activities, we aim to cultivate a positive “can-do” attitude, empowering each child to embrace new challenges confidently. Our carefully structured curriculum supports holistic growth, encouraging progress in every area of development and laying the foundation for lifelong learning and resilience.
Preschool Program for Ages 3 to 5: Collaborators and Researchers
We celebrate each child’s unique and innate sense of wonder, nurturing it through a range of hands-on experiences that inspire exploration, creativity, and problem-solving. By offering children choices, we foster a sense of empowerment and self-confidence, allowing them to shape their learning journey. Our program balances structured and unstructured activities, blending individual attention with small and large group interactions. Here, children experience the joy of discovery, the excitement of learning, and the freedom to laugh and grow in an environment where their successes are celebrated.
Our curriculum goals align with the California Early Learning Standards and encompass several key areas:
- Social Skills: We promote manners, kindness, cooperation, turn-taking, compassion, and respect through interactive play.
- Emotional Skills: Children learn self-confidence, how to recognize and express their feelings, self-regulation, and empathy.
- Self-Help Skills: Daily routines include washing hands, brushing teeth, dressing independently, managing bathroom needs, tidying up, and caring for personal belongings.
- Gross Motor Skills: Activities such as climbing, running, hopping, jumping, balancing, and catching/throwing balls enhance physical development.
- Fine Motor Skills: Children engage with puzzles, building blocks, lacing beads, drawing, coloring, writing, cutting, and manipulating play dough to refine their dexterity.
- Math Skills: We incorporate counting, recognizing patterns, simple addition and subtraction, and one-to-one correspondence into our daily activities and circle time through various manipulative games.
- Literature-Based Activities: Circle time includes storytelling, songs, finger plays, and beginning reading and writing skills, encouraging children to express their own stories.
- Letter and Number Explorations: Children explore letters and numbers through tactile activities, games, and a rich print environment that sparks their interest.
- Technology Integration: Age-appropriate computer programs help children develop academic skills alongside basic technology competencies.
- Science Exploration: Hands-on activities encourage curiosity about the environment, animals, and nature.
- Social Studies: Children learn about their community and the world around them.
- Art Media Discovery: We provide a variety of artistic materials and techniques, including painting, markers, glue, scissors, collage materials, beads, stencils, and play dough, allowing for creative expression and exploration.
Through this comprehensive curriculum, we strive to create a nurturing environment where each child can thrive, discover their passions, and build a solid foundation for future learning.