PreSchool
Heart prints center for early education offers preschool classes for children ages 3 years old through 5 years old in a mixed-age setting. The maximum size of our preschool classes is twenty with a team of three certified teachers.
Children in our preschool classes participate in yoga and foreign language classes.
Our preschool classes offer daily opportunities for small group, large group, and individual learning experiences. Each day, children and teachers…
- Explore the natural world as we care for classroom plants & pets, explore our playground or take nature walks
- Explore fantasy and imagination as we dress-up and pretend
- Explore creativity through the visual arts within our classroom and atelier
- Explore communication through shared reading experiences, storytelling & writing, experimentation with writing tools, technology, and the arts
- Explore our world through rich and varied play experiences
- Expand our logical/mathematical thinking through hands on experiences with manipulatives and daily opportunities for problem solving
- Build community through collaboration, family involvement, classroom visitors, field trips, and technology
Morning Preschool: 9:00 – 12:00
9:00 – 9:30 AM Arrival & Planning Time: Individual or learning center work
- Question of the Day (Family connections, literacy, logical/mathematical, science)
- Home connections – families review portfolios, word books, projects in classroom
- Journal (Word books and/or science journals) work – (literacy, social-emotional, science)
- Manipulatives (logical mathematical)
- Open art (aesthetics, art)
- Individual skill development – (all domains)
9:30 – 9:50 Meeting Time:
- Greeting & Sharing (Literacy, Social-emotional)
- Daily Schedule Preview (Literacy, Logical/mathematical)
- Music & movement activities (Social-emotional, literacy, logical/mathematical, physical development, social studies)
- Read aloud experiences – (Literacy, Social-emotional)
9:50 – 10:20 Small Group Experiences:
Children work in small interest groups; primarily teacher- directed experiences encompassing any/all subject areas
10:20 – 10:30 Snack: (Social-emotional; nutrition)
*May be offered at a set time or as a center that children can visit during their morning work
10:30 – 11:30 Free Play & Integrated Project Work (in-depth study): Incorporates all subject areas (literacy, logical/mathematical, science, social studies, technology, motor through an integrated approach based on in-depth study. Includes:
- Designing/planning projects related to topics
- Creating classroom books, written documentation for projects
- Logical/mathematical integrating math through graphs, classification/sorting, and number concepts related tothein-depth study
- Fine motor development through hands-on activities
- Aesthetics/art
11:30 – 11:45 Large motor/movement experiences: outdoors weather permitting- if needed indoors
11:45 – Noon Meeting Time:
- Read aloud experience (literacy, social-emotional)
- Question of theDay (logical/mathematical, literacy, science, social studies, social/emotional)
- Review of morning/afternoon work
- Home connections
- Preview of upcoming events
Afternoon Preschool: 1:00 – 4:00
1:00 – 1:30 PM Arrival & Planning Time: Individual or learning center work
- Question of the Day (Family connections, literacy, logical/mathematical, science)
- Home connections – families review portfolios, word books, projects in classroom
- Journal (Word books and/or science journals) work – (literacy, social-emotional, science)
- Manipulatives (logical mathematical)
- Open art (aesthetics, art)
- Individual skill development – (all domains)
1:30 – 1:50 Meeting Time:
- Greeting & Sharing (Literacy, Social-emotional)
- Daily Schedule Preview (Literacy, Logical/mathematical)
- Music & movement activities (Social-emotional, literacy, logical/mathematical, physical development, social studies)
- Read aloud experiences (Literacy, Social-emotional)
1:50 – 2:20 Small Group Experiences: Children work in small interest groups; primarily teacher- directed experiences encompassing any/all subject areas
2:20 – 2:30 Snack: (Social-emotional; nutrition)
*May be offered at a set time or as a center that children can visit during their morning work
2:30 – 3:30 Free Play & Integrated Project Work (in-depth study): Incorporates all subject areas (literacy, logical/mathematical, science, social studies, technology, motor through an integrated approach based on in-depth study. Includes:
- Designing/planning projects related to topics
- Creating classroom books, written documentation for projects
- Logical/mathematical integrating math through graphs, classification/sorting, and number concepts related tothein-depth study
- Fine motor development through hands-on activities
- Aesthetics/art
3:30 – 3:45 Large motor/movement experiences: outdoors weather permitting- if needed indoors
3:45 – 4:00 Meeting Time:
- Read aloud experience (literacy, social-emotional)
- Question of the Day (logical/mathematical, literacy, science, social studies, social/emotional)
- Review of morning/afternoon work
- Home connections
- Preview of upcoming events