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Classrooms
Infant Toddler Preschool Enrichment
Daily schedules are provided in each classroom. The flow of the day is sometimes dictated in part by unpredictable things, like the weather and the mood of the group.
The overall plan in the Infant and Toddler programs comes from simple developmental influences. Children this age need some unstructured time with changes of environment small group experiences and bits of structured activities for variety.
All caretaking activities need plenty of time, so children are not rushed during the eating, sleeping, and diapering parts of the day.
In the Preschool, the schedule allows for free-play, small-group time, and structured activities.
We have created classroom communities that promote positive relationships, where children make friends and participate in a curriculum that supports all areas of development.
Each classroom develops curriculum based on the following age-appropriate goals.
Infant Room Goals
- Care for each infant in a warm, affectionate way that lets each child know he/she is a special person.
- Maintain strict sanitation procedures that are adhered to faithfully.
- Create a classroom environment that offers opportunities for exploring, learning and interacting.
- Stimulate the senses; recognize that infants learn through the use of their eyes, ears, fingers, sense of taste and smell.
- Engage in one-to-one interactions between teachers and children daily.
- Encourage independence and risk-taking.
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Toddler Room Goals
- Instill in each child a feeling of autonomy and positive self-concept.
- Provide a joyous, enthusiastic and spontaneous environment.
- Use a variety of activities that encourage language and social interactions.
- Support and encourage a child as they experiment with a variety of art materials, music, movement and dramatic play opportunities, and manipulative activities.
- Develop self-help skills in order to create independence and confidence in each child.
- Foster a love and enjoyment of literature through books and stories told and read by teachers and by maintaining a print-rich environment.
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Preschool Room Goals
- Instill in each child a feeling of independence and self-discipline by allowing choices within limits.
- Provide a joyous, enthusiastic, creative and accepting environment in which children work and play.
- Provide ample opportunities for the use of stimulating and age-appropriate fine motor activities.
- Provide Junior, Senior and Pre-K small group times allowing children on the same developmental line to meet motor, social and cognitive objectives.
- Offer experiences for children to explore concepts in math and science.
- Provide ample opportunities to develop gross motor skills that allow children to use their bodies in active ways, both indoors and outdoors.
- Use a variety of activities that encourage language and social interactions.
- Support children as they experiment with a variety of art materials, science, music, movement, dramatic play opportunities, and manipulative activities.
- Develop self-help skills in order to create independence and confidence in each child.
- Provide a variety of activities within a routine to encourage and support cooperative play.
- Continue to foster love and enjoyment of literature by providing a print-rich environment.
- Provide accurate representations about gender, race, culture, age and physical ability.
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Enrichment
- Music and Movement with Philip Alexander, twice a month (Toddlers and Preschoolers)
- Puddle Stompers/Nature Exploration Program (Toddlers and Preschoolers)
- Newton librarian (Preschool)
- Curious Creatures (Preschool)
- Audubon Ark (Preschool)
- Joe the Flute man/Native American Arts and Crafts (Preschool)
- Big Joe the Storyteller (Preschool)
- Forest and Parks on Wheels (Toddlers and Preschoolers)
- Newton Fire Department (Toddlers and Preschoolers)
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