This is what learning looks like in pictures A consistent daily routine provides children with a safe, predictable, supportive environment in which children may explore, experiment and discover.                                            Imitation and Pretending Work Time allows children to carry out their plans, play and solve problems.  Children transform their initial mental plans into concrete actions, discover, make choices, select materials, talk with friends and negotiate Children learn best through active involvement with people, materials, and ideas. The teacher's role is to interact thoughtfully, facilitate, support and encourage each child's development at their own level.   Initiative and Social Relations Children's early experiences with peers and adults shape their social skills.  As children mature and are given many opportunities to observe adults and to try out appropriate solutions  to conflicts, they will begin to internalize these social skills and resolve problems successfully without adult support.                             Large Group Times  Involve the whole group of children and teachers.  Everyone participates in singing, music, circle games, movement and  storytelling.                      Small Group Time Allows teachers to carefully plan specific learning activities appropriate to the age and stage of each child's development.  We concentrate on Language and Literacy, Math and Science, Music, Movement, Creative Representation and Social Relations. All of these areas are important to the children's success in their later years.  The activities are carefully  planned by the teacher relating to a specific learning experience based on the children's interests and their developmental levels.  The activities planned are fun, utilizing games and activities enjoyable and age appropriate.  Language and Literacy  Literacy Development begins with a child's ability to symbolically represent objects through artwork, building, and pretending. .
Acting out stories; playing rhyming games, making up words, songs, and stories and writing in their own way using conventional or unconventional forms develops children's understanding of language. Language skills expand when they are offered wealth of opportunities to have fun with language and printed communication.  Our staff are trained in the State of California's language and literacy standards and how young children learn to read and write.     MATH CONCEPTS Children construct an understanding of concepts in logic and mathematics as they interact and work with  materials, people, and ideas. This mathematical knowledge is constructed as young children work with objects  in their physical world            Classifying                                   Sorting               First the children baked two kinds                                                                                                    of cookies. Then they graphed their                                                                                                    their favorite kind. Then they counted                                                                                                    how many all together of each kind. The mathematical language becomes meaningful to the child as he/she has  many, many experiences in working with objects. The thinking abilities children develop through these active experiences are crucial to later learning.   Science                                                           Outside Time  is an opportunity to enhance children's motor skills while jumping, running riding the tricycles, sliding and climbing.  Plenty of water and sand play, art, games, gardening and socializing with friends is available.
Music and Movement Music activities allow children to learn through motor and verbal activities and it's fun.  Children acquire an understanding of the concepts and language that are connected to actions and positions, words and phrases like inside, outside, in-between
"Play is the work of children"                         - Jean Piaget
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Our Parent Orientation is designed to help parents understand our program. It's educational and fun. The Orientation is held in August/September of each year

Parent Orientation in Loomis 6:30-8:30

Parent Orientation in Rockln 6:30- 8:30 pm

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Loomis Site: SCIENCE FAIR & GARDEN PARTY, May 3, 2011 4:00 pm-5:00 pm.

Rocklin Site: SCIENCE FAIR & GARDEN PARTY, May 2, 2011 4:00 pm-5:00 pm