Program for Young Children

Twos’ Classroom
1502 James
Melissa Chin, Carmeal Gumbs, Kristen Mesnard

We have just begun a new semester in the twos’ classroom. For most of our children, their new classroom is not a totally new environment. Many of them moved up from the ones and ones plus classrooms and attended during the summer. We have activities that reflect their growth. Art remains a favorite for the twos. They show great interest in exploring shapes, colors, and textures.

Haley
Haley used crayons to drew various lines while creating a symmetrical pattern

 

Vincent
Vincent made a collage
 with layers of various felt shapes.

 

Threes 1613 J
Tiffany Florio, Natasha Zuniga, Dominique White

The Threes--Some are old, some are new
This is what the threes’ class is comprised of
When we are together, you cannot tell who has been here, 
or who just came because we help each other feel comfortable.
One child said to another, “Your mommy will come back”
As she pats him on the back.

We love music, books and enjoy digging for worms in the playground. We are now experimenting with colors, especially after reading Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Leoni. The favorite part of the day is group time. We sing songs, discuss the weather, guess what’s for breakfast and identify each other’s names. We are a bunch of terrific threes who are enjoying each other’s company.

Jacob
That one (red) is me, and this one (blue) is my brother Eric. We are holding hands and walking to a movie. We are going to see Pokemon.

 

 

 

Tiana
This is my father. He has a nose, a mouth and brown eyes. He is walking.

Fours 1416 James
Patrick Eckelmann, Ayesha Shahid, Audra Murello,
Tina Skinner 

As we begin the spring 2008 semester, the children have been busy working together, establishing new friendships with their new peers and teachers. We have been talking a lot about responsibilities or "Jobs" that the children have at school and at home. These discussions have helped us put together a new job chart with fresh, exciting, and meaningful jobs. During our meetings and conversations with the children they have worked together on choosing new assignments for our up-and-coming restaurant/cafe. So far we have began to create jobs within the restaurant, a floor plan, and the types of foods that we will be serving. Along with our restaurant, we plan on having the children help cook one breakfast meal a week, to gain a better understanding of the process so that they can apply it to their learning during this study.