Goals for the Toddler Program - Pink and Green Rooms

  The goal of the Toddler Program is to provide a safe, warm, and comfortable environment for the children. Our first goal is to ease them through the difficult task of separating and leaving their parents to attend day care.

  We put a stong emphasis on helping children develop social skills such as making friends, taking turns, and problem solving.  A lot of time is spent  on langauage and communication skills as they go hand in hand with social skills. At circle time we focus on names, songs, stories, finger plays, putppets, music and movement to expand children's language and attention skills.
  We also help children with self-help skills such as feeding and dressing themselves, hand washing, and toileting, when appropriate.
  A variety of open-ended art projects are provided to encourage children's creativity. We allow children to use materials the way they want to complete their projects.
  We use walking trips and experimentation to expose children to science, nature and their environment. Children will develop their muscles by walking, running, climbing, and dancing. We also use bikes to help them learn to pedal.
  Blocks, pattern games, sorting toys, and other manipulative toys and games are used to develop the children's fine motor, pre-math, and problem solving skills.
 

  We will make your child’s learning experience in the Pink and Green Rooms fun, loving, nurturing, stimulating, safe and wonderful.

Pink Room Daily Schedule

8:00 – 9:00 free play
9:00 – 9:30 Long Room play.
9:30 – 9:50 snack.
9:50 – 10:30 free play, circle, diapering
10:30 – 11:30 outside play
11:30 – 12:00 lunch.
12:45 – 2:45 nap
2:45 – 3:45 Pink and Green combine into two rooms: a 3:30 pick-up room and a 6:00 pick up room.
3:45 – 6:00 outside play/Long Room, diapering, snack, free play

Goals for the Yellow Room, 3 year old program

In the Yellow Room we want to help children develop new skills as well as further develop skills they now have. We want to develop social skills, create an environment that fosters independence, and a positive self-esteem. We want to encourage children to think, reason, question, and discover. We also will encourage the Yellow Room children to be creative and have fun! We hope to achieve these goals by providing various activities in the following areas: art, science, math, and language.

Art
The children are given open-ended materials such as paint, glue, paper, crayons, markers, and scissors. The children are encouraged to be creative and expressive in their artwork.

Science
The children use identification, classification, measurement, and water/sand play. They can experience physical changes through baking as well as changes in colors through art projects.

Math
The children experience number concepts through matching, grouping, sorting, classifying, and one-to-one correspondence when counting. They can also experience measurement through baking activities and weight through blocks and art projects.

Language
The children are encouraged throughout the day to expand on their language skills through conversations with their friends, families, and teachers. They are encouraged to discuss their art projects, their role-play in the dramatic play area, and they are encouraged to sing songs and listen during group time. Language skills are also developed through reading, listening to stories and guessing games.

Yellow Room Daily Schedule

8:00 – 9:30 Choice time, art projects, building toys, and dramatic play
9:30 – 9:40 Clean up time and hand washing
9:40 – 10:10 Snack, bathrooms, and diapers
10:10 – 10:30 Group time, stories, sharing, and music
10:30 – 11:00 Outside time (weather permitting) or choice time
11:00 – 12:00 Long room, large motor activities, and group games
12:00 – 12:45 Bathrooms, diapers, and stories
12:45 – 2:45 Nap and rest time
2:45 – 3:30 Bathrooms, diapers, and snack
3:30 – 4:00 Free play
4:00 – 6:00 Yellow and Blue combine, long room, outside playground, and indoor activities

Goals for the Purple/Rainbow Room, 4 year old program

1. To have fun.
2. To help children have a good self esteem and feel good about themselves.
3. To provide a warm secure environment for children to feel comfortable.
4. To foster children’s imagination through art, literature and science.
5. To help children learn cooperative play.
6. To help children use verbal communication vs. physical aggression to express themselves.
7. To learn about each others cultures, religions, traditions and foods.
8. To help children realize that people are and can be different (individuals) and help them appreciate the differences.
9. To have children become aware of their environment.
10. To have children become excited about learning new things and asking questions.
11. To foster a love of books.
12. To encourage open-ended art.
13. To help children listen and take directions.
14. To increase attention span.
15. To encourage students to make choices.
16. To foster independence – self help skills.
17. To help develop cognitive skills: Recognize alphabet and numbers 1-10; Recognize name opposites, likes and differences.
18. To learn to control their bodies using gross and fine motor skills.

Purple/Rainbow Daily Schedule

8:00 – 10:30 free play: table activities, art projects, manipulatives.
10:30 – 10:45 clean up, bathroom, snack.
10:45 – 11:10 circle time: stories, calendar, songs, fingerplays.
11:10 – 11:30 project time.
11:30 – 12:30 Long Room, outside time, walk.
12:30 – 1:15 lunch.
1:15 – 2:45 quiet time: listening to stories on mats.
2:45 – 3:45 free play, snack.
3:45 – 5:00 free play: stories, Long Room play, projects, playground.
5:00 – 6:00 combine with the Purple Room.