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Did you receive your welcome letter?
We are excited for another fantastic year at St. Paul’s Preschool and are excited to see all of our preschool friends. If for some reason, your situation has changed and your child is unable to attend school year, please let us know as we currently have a waiting list.
Should you send a 3 year old to preschool?
Setting the butterfly free
Some parents choose to wait until a child is ready for a pre-k (4/5 year old) class before sending them to a preschool program. Once enrolled, they find the pre-k program to be a wonderful experience for their child, and we often hear…”I love St. Paul’s and wish I had enrolled my child when they were three to get the full benefit of both years.” The 3 year old program and pre-k program are quite different. In our three year old class, the emphasize is on social growth,
Things that roll!!
a vital building tool for future educational success. Many young children know their colors, some letters and numbers, but struggle in a social environment. Our three year old teachers have many years of experience working directly with this young age group. Many times, preschool is a child’s first experience in a structured setting with teachers and a group of children. It’s an opportunity to learn to share, follow instructions, and begin the foundation for learning success. Our program offers the benefit of essential playtime and also beginning the first step in pre-math and pre-literacy development.
Learning about germs
In preschool, a 3 year old learns to feel cared for and secure with a teacher and builds trust with adults outside of their family. A quality structured environment encourages social interaction and children are shown how to handle conflict with others. A 3 year old at preschool will learn to make choices, learn to take care of themselves and others, and strengthen cognitive skills by engaging in hands-on activities that challenge them to observe, ask questions and solve problems. So, the answer is yes. Most 3 year olds will benefit greatly from preschool. Check out our amazing 3 year old program and see how much fun they are having.
Creativity at work
Things that fly
Enjoying a special visitor
Snacktime fresh from the garden
Shaving cream fun
Imaginative play
Pajama & Hibernation day
Finding the treasure
Science curriculum at Preschool…absolutely!
To a young child, every day can be a discovery of something new. Preschoolers love to explore the world around them. Simple science activities help young children enhance this natural curiosity.
Science exploration in the classroom provides young children the opportunity to
The fascination of science
- Build self-confidence
- Engage in “hands on” experiences
- Increase observation skills
- Receive opportunities to use tools, equipment and familiar materials
- Problem solve
- Develop sensory, physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and social attributes
- Develop language through increased vocabulary as they ask and answer questions
- Just have fun
Check out the soap cloud in Mrs. Ricardi’s hand
Science activities are incorporated into many of the learning themes throughout our preschool program. A small sampling includes mixing colors, making slime, learning the difference between salt and fresh water and its effect on floating, erupting volcanoes and discovering the wonder of dry ice.
The Frogs and Owls have recently been spending some time in senses and science discovery. Questions lead to activities that encourage children to explore, discover, and draw conclusions.
- Can you paint with Jello?
- What can you make from water, borax and glue?
Mrs. Monier’s Owls and their soap cloud
- What happens to paint when you freeze it?
- Will soap float or sink? What happens when you put it in the microwave?
- Add water to cornstarch… Does it stay a solid or turn into a liquid?
Our science discovery allowed the children to SEE, FEEL and SMELL results during many of their activities.
Our soap experiment yielded excitement, anticipation and a little nervous energy as they watched the simple bar of soap transform into a big fluffy cloud in the microwave.
During science discovery, “Professor” Van Wormer visited the classroom to help them discover liquids, solids and gas. They also learned the most important part of science experiments…safety first!
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Professor VanWormer visits the Frog Room
Dry Ice bubble
Dry ice discovery in the Star Room
Is it hot or cold?
Fun in the Owl Room.
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