Chickadees / Apple Blossoms (2 1/2 to 4 year olds)

The Chickadee and Apple Blossom classes provide the option of two, three, four, or five days a week, for children 2 1/2 to 4 years of age.

Daily artistic activities include watercolor painting, baking, drawing, clay modeling, and seasonal crafts. Circle themes revolve around the seasons, and include simple games, singing, verse and finger plays and movement.

The use of classic fairy tales, poems, puppet plays and drama aid the children’s linguistic development, nourish their imaginations and enhance their listening comprehension. This is all carried out using a strong foundation of a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly rhythm.

Chickadee Daily Rhythm
7:45 - 9:00 Optional morning care
9:00  Arrival/Free play
9:15   Artistic activity
9:45  Dusty Gnome clean up
9:55  Movement circle
10:10   Snack
10:30  Outside play
11:45   Story/Goodbye circle
12:00  Lunch
12:45  Sensory play
1:00   Parents pick-up (9:00 - 1:00 program) or prepare for nap/quiet time
3:30 Parent pick-up (9:00 - 3:30 program) or Snack
3:30 Outside/Inside play or craft
5:30 Parent pick-up (9:00 -5:30 program)

Chickadee Weekly Rhythm
Clay modeling, Painting, Nature crafts, Baking, Coloring/Drawing

Apple Blossom Daily Rhythm
7:45 - 9:00 Optional morning care
9:00  Arrival/Free play inside
9:15  Activity/Free play
10:00  Circle
10:30 Snack
10:45 Outside play
11:45 Story and Goodbye song
12:15 Lunch
1:00   Parent pick-up (9:00 - 1:00 program) or Story/Rest/Nap
3:30 Parent pick-up (9:00 - 3:30 program) or Snack
3:30 Outside/Inside play or craft
5:30 Parent pick-up (9:00 - 5:30 program)

Apple Blossom Weekly Rhythm
Drawing/Coloring, Crafts, Baking/Cooking, Painting, Sensory