Our Preschool Program is designed to encourage development of social and emotional skills such as making friends, playing cooperatively, and communicating with peers and adults.  Colors, shapes, numbers and letters are integrated throughout the curriculum. Activity and art centers encourage imaginative play, exploration, creativity and development of fine motor skills.  Daily ‘jobs’ are rotated to help the children build self-esteem and develop a sense of responsibility and control in the classroom.

Mixed age preschools provide more flexibility for preschoolers and their particular stage of learning. Not all 3-year-olds are in the same place developmentally or academically. The same is true for 4 and 5 year olds. Levels of readiness also vary widely. Mixed classrooms offer a more varied approach, as the teacher can differentiate learning to meet the needs of each child.  Furthermore, each child can be taught or grouped for play with other children at his or her level, regardless of age. Having your child in a mixed-age group classroom gives them the opportunity to master needed skills and concepts before moving on to additional levels.

There are additional benefits as well.  Older children have the opportunity to be role models to others, and younger children get to see that their friends have mastered what they are working on, which can grant them confidence. Just as it is important for adults to spend time with people in other stages of life, children often learn and thrive around children of different ages. In fact, research has shown the mixed age classrooms produce long-term positive results for children. Children of mixed age classrooms tend to have higher levels of social emotional regulation and self-confidence than children in same-age classrooms.

There are two different preschool classrooms to fit your needs. Those classrooms are the Ladybug Classroom & the Busy Bees Classroom. Check out the differences below to see what one is the best fit for your family.