Nido (15-24 months)
For most children ages 15 to 24 months, this is their first encounter with school. During this transition from home to a new environment, we believe in the importance of creating a strong bond between child and teacher, and creating a partnership between teachers and parents to support this process. At this life stage, children begin to create their own identity. We support this by offering them experiences and provocations to interact and explore a diversity of materials with different properties such as paper, clay, rice, sand, water, and paint among others.
Three's (36-48 months)
From ages 3 to 4, children are constantly questioning. They create with the intention to obtain a final product. They are given opportunities to trace over light tables, over images projected on classroom walls, with wire, clay, and string, among many other materials. The written language becomes interesting and children experience mailboxes to exchange letters, drawings and gifts.
Atelier
The word Atelier is French for art studio or workshop. It is a welcoming and inspiring place where a wide variety of natural and man-made materials are available to explore. Here children of all age's come and experience a treasure box of endless possibilities. These experiences progressively support all the languages of expression that children have. Our "Atelierista" collaborates with teachers to support projects with the children in and outside of the classrooms.
Building a Community
Documentation
Our documentation is made available to parents to assist them in staying informed about their child's activities.
Parent/Teacher Seminars
Parents are our partners, collaborators, and supporters and we encourage their participation in the workshops and informational nights.
Lending Library for Parents
To support our parents, we have a library of books that are available for their use.
Supporting Emergent Literacy
We support child literacy and our books are available to the families to check out and enjoy with their children. To expand our library, we encourage the parents to gift a book on their child's birthday. For more information about the importance of literacy for children, click here.
Celebrations
In our efforts to nourish our relationships and build a community within a community we sponsor special events at the school. Check our calendar and come visit.
Before/After School
As a family-oriented program, we know the need for childcare before and after school hours. We provide early drop off where children are invited to come to school before the regular day begins to make your lives more manageable. This offer is also available after school, in addition to our location-specific classes like ballet, karate, zumba and soccer.
