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| Nearly 70% of the area's parents with young children work outside the home, making vital contributions to our economy. For children in these families, being home with parents isn't an option. |
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| Application for junior preschool |
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| The premise for the junior preschool stemmed from Director Amy Williamson's search for a program such as this for her own child. "I wanted something more than daycare, but something less rigid than some of the programs available. I also wanted something close to home, preferably in a home. In addition to these demands, I wanted there to be only a few children," she says. Our class size is limited to five (5). We aim to provide a quality program that is guided, inspirational, and fun. | ||||||||
| Learning is a two-way process best facilitated by questions, answers, and challenges. Challenges often generate more questions that may then spawn a desire to learn more; for toddlers and young children, guiding their natural curiosity does just this. Our desire is to see children actively involved with their materials as they pertain to our concrete world. For this reason, use of electronic and technologic devices are kept to a minimum for the junior preschool age group, though we do find these occasionally useful. | ||||||||
| Critical thinking for toddlers involves a lot of see-do movement: "I see this, what does it do, I will try to do it," the toddler thinks. This is how toddlers learn—they analyze some object and attempt to find a practical application for the skills they've already attained, which then helps them to see the correlation between seemingly unrelated disciplines. For the toddler and preschooler, these correlations are very concrete. | ||||||||
| To the extent that toddlers are able, we encourage children to reason through playtime activities through hands-on exploration. Because the Center is operated from Director Amy Williamson’s home, the children will experience a real-life home setting that includes both toys for educational purposes and toys that are simply for play. Additionally, we will offer words in Spanish, French, and German to attune the children’s ears to a non-English language. This includes native speaker visits throughout the school year. | ||||||||
| Recognizing that children come from all walks of life, we offer a non-biased environment where each child has room to grow and succeed. Diversity represents the richness and uniqueness of human life. Multiculturalism and anti-bias education are concepts we value and want to share with the children with whom we work. | ||||||||
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