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| At Strawberry Patch Preschool, we strive to provide a safe, positive, caring and fun learning environment for children and their families. We are very proud to be the only cooperative preschool in the state of Washington to be accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The NAEYC is the nations largest professional organization of early childhood educators that identifies and sets standards for best practice when working with and teaching young children. The curriculum we offer at Strawberry Patch emphasizes active, hands on learning that allows children to form concrete ideas about their world including academic, social, emotional and physical concepts. We take into account each child’s individual educational needs and abilities by offering several different child directed activities each day. We foster a child’s sense of curiosity, exploration and initiative by allowing children to make choices about which activities they will get engaged in and how they will use the materials provided. |
| We believe very strongly that a preschoolers day should include time for exploration, experimentation, and getting dirty and messy. Through play, your child will be getting ready for the next step in their educational journey, they will be building self confidence, independence and increasing their academic knowledge. Our daily activities include: Art - painting, gluing, using scissors and other tools, using markers, crayons, and other media to create, learn and explore. Science - activities are planned to teach children concepts about air, earth, temperature, light, living creatures, magnetic force, weight and many others. Children will learn to observe, compare, classify, predict and experiment. Math - table toys, games, manipulative's, and puzzles that children can use to help them count, sort, or match. Measuring spoons and cups are incorporated into cooking as well as sensory activities. Literacy - daily story time, journals, name tags. Books, paper, pencils, and markers are always out and available for children to use. Sensory - water, rice, play dough, dirt, sand, ice, gak, moon mud, clean mud, bubbles, the list is endless! Music and Movement - songs, finger plays, yoga, dancing and simple obstacle courses. In addition to these daily activities, we make field trips a regular part of our leaning experience. Examples of field trips are: -The fire station -Pumpkin Patch -The zoo -The post office -The grocery store -NW trek -Pioneer Farm Museum -Tacoma Nature Center Special events at school include: -Your child’s special day celebration -Visits from the Kawshun D Safety Clown and other special guests -Someone special and Dads’ night -Mother’s Day Tea -Pet Day -Bicycle Rodeo -Pajama Day |
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