Preschool Program Details

What We Offer….

• Small teacher to child ratios:
  • 3’s: 1-8 (max)
  • 4’s 1:10 (max)
• Activities which encourage curiosity and self-awareness.
• Lead teachers with degrees in Elementary Education or Early Childhood Education.
• Serving children with special needs through cooperation with Elkhart County Special Education Cooperative (ECSEC).
• Speech Screening.
• An experience-based curriculum with topics covering: The Farm, Community Helpers, Music, Pets.
• Tools of the Mind curriculum for 4 year old classes.
• Rich art experiences emphasizing the child’s creativity: collages, painting, drawing.
• Field trips that correspond to units of study.
• Opportunities for children to develop self-confidence through playing and sharing with other children. Practice using acceptable expressions of feelings.
• Classroom activities which include parents or grandparents sharing their interests
  and hobbies.
• Annual Mother’s Night, Father’s Night, and Spring program.
• Parent-Teacher conferences as well as informal sharing with teachers at pick-up time.
• Monthly newsletter.

Extended Day 12:00-3:00 p.m.

• Teacher to child ratio: 1:10 (max)
• Children bring lunch and eat together
• Rest time (up to 1 hour)
• Daily outdoor play
• More opportunities for uninterrupted teachable moments
• Science Experiments
• Weekly 2-hour Outdoor Education
• Weekly Music class
• Monthly field trips
• In the winter- weekly Soccer Shots (optional)

Facility

• Classrooms designed to encourage discovery and exploration through a variety of interest centers. 
• Spacious recreation room for large motor development and play
• Beautiful fenced in playground for outdoor play