- Infants
6 weeks to 18 months - Toddlers
24 months to 36 months - Pre-Kindergarten
4 year olds - School Age
- Waddlers
18 months to 24 months - Pre-School
36 months to 4 years - Kindergarten
5 year olds - Summer Camp
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- Energetic, enthusiastic, and curious, Pre-kindergarten children are between the ages of four and five years old. They are establishing a self-confidence and positive attitude toward learning. Teachers are the catalyst to encourage extended learning opportunities. Children need learning experiences where they can succeed and yet be challenged. Teachers strive to guide children to enjoy the process of learning.
- Circle Time is a group gathering where children share ideas, conversations, and plans. Circle activities are designed to stimulate thinking, enrich their social skills and enhance their attention span. It gives children an opportunity to learn the art of conversation and the confidence to speak in front of a group.
- Math curriculum includes matching, sorting, patterning, comparing, classifying ordering, measuring, graphing, one to one correspondence, reasoning and problem solving.
- Computer Activities are used to reinforce and strengthen reading, math and science skills and knowledge.
- Foriegn Language song, stories, and projects are introduced in the pre-kindergarten program, as well as exposure to Spanish conversation and a print rich environment that includes Spanish vocabulary. Sign Language skills are introduced through creative activities and songs.
- Science Activities offer children many hands-on opportunities for observation, exploration, investigation, making predictions, and experimentation and critical thinking through the study of plant and animal life, the properties of magnets and water, and the study of nature.
- Social Interactions are encouraged and guided to help children learn positive social skills. Leadership and personal responsibility are also encouraged.
- Creative Activities include dramatic play where children learn to use their imagination and practice life skills. Art work helps youngsters creatively express their thoughts and feelings, as well as enhancing the fine motor skills they will need for writing skills. Block play provides many wonderful experiences for our future architects as they experience different concepts, such as size and shape discrimination, spatial relationships, number skills, balance, organization and cause and effect. Cooperative play skills, problem solving, and creativity are also promoted in block play.
- Language and Reading-Readiness activities are presented each day through story time, songs, poems, books, and plays, and include letter recognition, phonics, and activities that promote a love of reading. Reading activities provide an opportunity to enhance children’s vocabulary and comprehension skills, and also expand their knowledge base. Children even create their own books.
- Fitness is promoted through exciting opportunities to dance and sing, as well as outdoor play in our large playground and walks to the local park and farm. Physical activities are fun, healthy, and a good opportunity to enhance social skills such as taking turns and negotiation skills, and leadership techniques.
Our enriched curriculum addresses learning in all the developmental areas. Cognitive growth that enhances intellectual development is included in our integrated curriculum and runs through all our daily activities in language, math, science, and critical thinking skills. Social development helps build lasting friendships and refined social behavior. Emotional growth is the foundation of self-confidence and socialization skills
Kangaroo Kids has a different theme every week and activities are centered on that theme. In addition, every week there is a different letter, number, color and math concept introduced. Children also have an opportunity to plan and create themes based on their own interests.