Preschool Room
33 months - 5 years
PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT NOW OPEN
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PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT NOW OPEN 〰️
Preschool Daycare Program
As a child matures, his/her physical, social, emotional and cognitive capacity changes. Coordination, attention span, ability to reason and empathize with others all increase. The curriculum reflects this by including and adding to the earlier goals of our toddler program, namely: developing self confidence and esteem; developing social skills including independence in solving behavior problems, encouraging self sufficiency, and following directions; developing creativity and imagination; increasing communication, physical, cognitive and academic skills.
Our Preschool Program at Gaetz Child Care, Inc. is designed to prepare children for kindergarten and beyond. We focus on developing essential literacy and math skills through engaging activities and hands-on learning. Emphasizing social and emotional growth, we encourage teamwork, communication, and problem-solving. By fostering creativity and critical thinking, we help preschoolers build a strong foundation for future academic success while nurturing their love for learning.
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Small Motor Activities
More sophisticated cutting experiences, tracing activities, printing own name and numbers, freehand drawings, easel painting, and many manipulative toys and games.
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Reading and Math
Our goal is kindergarten readiness. Activities to promote this readiness include: rhyming activities, sequences, classification games, discrimination games, simple cause and effect, spatial relationships, directional terms, shape identification, following directions, letter identification (upper and lower case), sound games, dot-to-dot, and environmental signs (traffic, street, etc). Also used to teach and reinforce concepts are field trips, science experiments, stories and music.
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Small Group Activities
Includes activities in simple addition, subtraction, alphabet recognition, memory games, creative drawings, shapes, matching games, and visual discrimination. Emphasis on name reading, self sufficiency in working and cooperation in a small group of children.
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Creativity
Acting out stories, problem solving activities, movement to music activities, art projects, and environmental changes such as dress up clothing.
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Large Muscle
Activities include balance, coordination, creativity in movement, hopping, skipping, stamina, rhythm development, body awareness, etc. Program topics include body safety, exercise and movement, and health and nutrition.
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Social and Emotional Development
Discussion of feelings and developing a “feeling” vocabulary, developing awareness of their body and personal space, and learning to solve problems independently with words and compromise rather than force.