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About The Little School...
The Little School is a Mother's Day Out/Preschool serving ages 15 months-5 years old. Our program runs M/W or T/T from 9-2. Our Preschool serves children that will be attending kindergarten the following year and it runs either M/W/every other Friday or T/T/every other Friday also from 9-2. We have a full curriculum of monthly themes as well as a full Bible curriculum. The children attend a 30 minute music and movement class each day. We also have scheduled indoor and outdoor play times as well as teacher directed activities. We follow the Williamson County Schools Calendar and begin school the day after Labor Day and end the second week of May.
Our program is currently full for Fall 2008-2009. We will be glad to add your child to the waiting list. Please email us at littleschool@fourthavenuechurch.org with your child’s name, birthdate, and a phone number where you can be reached. Thanks so much for your interest in our program.
Tuition:
Tuition increase for Fall 2008
Nursery-PreK 4 $155 per month
PreK 5 $175 per month
Important Information:
- Nursery children must be 15 months old and walking by September 30, 2008, eating table foods and drinking with a sippy cup.
- Children attending a 3 year old class must be potty trained prior to the start of school. There will be a 6 week grace period at the first of the year.
- If you would like to change session day, please indicate your change at the bottom of the first page of the application. These request will be filled on a first come basis. We cannot guarantee a change but will do our best to meet your family's needs.
Age Appropriate Curriculum Goals
The Little School offers programming for children who are at least fifteen months old by September 30, through their kindergarten year. Goals have been established for each level of classes and a specific curriculum has been developed to meet the maturity level associated with that age child. We recognize the maturation process is unique to each child and strive to offer an environment well suited to their needs.
We use a monthly theme schedule that includes both a secular theme as well as related Bible stories. We exist to affect the lives of God's children in a positive way by sharing His love with them as well as their families. We strive to teach them by example and through the written Word. Our prayer is that our children will learn they are created by God in His image and loved by Him, that He is the sovereign God of our universe and through Jesus Christ we gain salvation and develop a personal faith in Him.
Nursery/Toddler
We offer a loving and nurturing setting for both the child and parent who are quite often experiencing a "school" situation for the first time. We maintain a 5 child to 1 adult ratio. The daily schedule primarily revolves around play and creating a clean, safe and comfortable classroom. These children enjoy indoor and outdoor active play, lunch and nap time daily as well as their free play time.
Two-year-olds
This age group enjoys blocks of time during the day dedicated to free play as well as "table" activities directed by the teacher. Our rooms are equipped with a kitchen center, dramatic play area, car mat, building blocks, books, climbing gym and varied toys. Each day's schedule will include active play (indoor and out), assembly/music and movement, art, lunch, and rest time. Developmentally, this age group will experience activities which:
- Strengthen their gross motor skills
- Begin to develop their fine motor skills
- Expose them to the use of numbers, letters, colors and shapes
- Encourage them to be creative through dramatic play
- Encourage the "singing - reading" connection
This year is a transition from a home environment to a social one giving the child opportunities to move beyond parallel play.
We recognize that each child will mature at their own individual rate. We also know quiet often our pre-school is a child's first formal setting away from home. All experts would agree any deficiency in a child's development is best dealt with early on by professionals. Each year all children in our two year old classes will have the opportunity to be observed by a specialist who might notice an area of concern and communicate this to the parents.
Three-year-olds
This age group enjoys blocks of time during the day set aside for free play. Our rooms are equipped with a kitchen center, dramatic play area, car mat, Lego blocks, books, educational folder games and varied toys. Each day's schedule will include active play (indoor and out), assembly/music and movement, art, group games, lunch and rest time. Developmentally, this age group will experience activities which:
- Increase their eye hand coordination
- Strengthen their writing and cutting capability
- Introduce them to early pre-math and pre-writing skills
- Encourage them to listen and follow directions
- Encourage the "singing - reading" connection
- Learn to get along in society
Pre-kindergarten
We offer two types of unique programming for four year olds and five year olds. Both programs provide the academic stimulation necessary to enter kindergarten the following year. Each program is staffed by teachers who hold four year degrees and who receive ongoing training.
Cooperative Classroom: This class meets in a regular sized room with eleven students and one teacher who receives aide support as needed. The tenor of this classroom is one of cooperation as the class as a whole will be introduced to material together. We feel this atmosphere is well suited to young fours, children who are experiencing pre-school for the first time, or the child who may be more timid. This class placement may be used as the final year before entering kindergarten or as the "gift of extra time" for those families who wish to delay entering kindergarten a year.
Centers Based Curriculum: This program is licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services of Tennessee. This class meets in an oversized room with twenty two children and two teachers. This room is characterized by specific learning centers including both play areas as well as academic ones. We feel this atmosphere is well suited for middle fours to young fives. It provides a setting much like that of a kindergarten classroom and requires maturity and confidence for the child to work independently at times as well as delay impulse behavior.
Each class is equipped with a student computer, reading area, Lego's blocks, car mat, age appropriate manipulatives for math and language, kitchen and dramatic play area. These children will experience activities which:
- Lovingly expect the child to be honest, fair, diligent and responsible
- Increase their understanding of and use of numbers, letters, colors and shapes
- Encourage the correct pencil grip and scissors technique
- Allow them to sort, sequence, group, and identify
- Help them to follow directions
- Introduce them to science and history
- Teach them to recognize their name, know address, phone number, parents names
- Encourage the "singing - reading" connection
- Experience many gross motor activities
- Strengthen fine motor skills
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