Classroom Structure and Curriculum
Our Early Childhood program (EC) is held on Tuesday and Thursday. There are two morning classes and two afternoon classes. We offer parents the option of having their child attend our morning session from 8:30-11:00 or early afternoon session from 11:45-2:15. We only enroll 15 students per each class and require three working parents per class to assist in crafts, snacks, recess and other activities the teacher may direct them to do. We find this wonderful ratio helps promote individual attention and development. Each student in this program must be three years of age before November 1st of the current year and potty trained.
Our Pre-Kindergarten program (PK) is held on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Once again, there are two morning classes and two afternoon classes. Parents have the option for their child to attend our morning session from 8:30-11:30 or our afternoon session from 12:15-3:15. We enroll 18 students per each class and require 3 working parents per class to assist in classroom activities. We find this wonderful ratio helps promote individual attention and development. Each student in this program must be four years of age before November 1st of the current year.
Curriculum
Laurelwood Preschool offers a broad range of educational and enrichment activities for preschoolers from kindergarten readiness to simple cooking and music.
- Crafts
- Story time
- Nature walks and studies
- Socialization
- Simple cooking
- Visits to local parks
- Sharing
- Field trips
- Free play - indoor/outdoor
- Finger play
- Parties
- Music
- Seasonal activities
- Weekly readers
- Social studies
- Dramatic play
- Object counting to 10
- Vocabulary building
- Introduction to consonant sounds
- Eight basic colors
- Balance
- Rote counting to 10 (EC)
- Hearing discrimination
- Rote counting to 20 (PK)
- Visual discrimination
- Number recognition to 10
- Textual discrimination
- First name recognition (EC)
- Spatial discrimination
- First/last name recognition (PK)
- Left to right sequence
- Alphabet recognition
- Visual/motor skills
- Introduction to name printing (EC)
- Health science
- First name writing (PK)
- Small/large muscle discrimination
- Basic shapes
- Comparative terms (large/small)