Friendship Garden Nursery School

 

Typical Preschool Day

Students spend a majority of their day outdoors. All activities are outdoors, weather permitting.

After a morning greeting, the day begins with your child having the opportunity to engage in a discovery area of his/her choice. Inviting centers for your child to choose from for either individual or group play include: books/puzzles, small manipulative activities, writing , math/science activities, play dough, media table, construction (blocks, legos, mobilo, k’nex etc.), an opened ended dramatic play center and a reading nook. Activities at this time are self directed with advance preparation by the educator in setting the environment.

Children are exposed to and can chose to sit for a short period of time for an engaging group time. During group time, your child’s educator introduces the class to a variety of fun music and movement, songs, poems, finger plays, stories, natural seasonal themes and child directed areas of interest. Preschool concepts such as letter sound recognition, color, shape, number, weather (etc.) are woven naturally into the curriculum.

Snack is available as your child is hungry. Before eating your child will wash his/her hands. Table manners will be encouraged, and all children will help to set the table and clean up after snack. Foods are served from your child’s lunchbox.

Every day a project time will be offered for creative expression, scientific discovery and other hands on activities for exploration. Offerings will include: gluing, painting, drawing with various media, cutting, cooking, and unexpected events of the day that capture the group’s interest.

Your child and his/her friends have a lengthy daily outside play period year ‘round. It is expected that your child have clothing for all kinds of weather including light rain and snow.  The children may choose to ride a trike, throw a ball, swing, climb, run, dig, collect, explore, and enjoy the nature on our vast natural wooded playground.

For children that stay for lunch, eating follows outside play time. The children sit together and enjoy a social period of eating and companionship. Some children leave after lunch while others cuddle up for a rest period followed by another session of outdoor play and then the return home after a splendid day!

     Rest period outside as               much as possible

Typical Toddler Day

Toddlers are welcomed into their warm home like environment for a day of discovery. As the preschool group, toddlers spend a majority of their day outdoors exploring out natural world.

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