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Mornings in a preschool room begin with circle time or group meeting. During this time the class discusses the weather and the date. We also practice counting, identifying letters, singing and reading a story.

Another part of our morning schedule is the learning center room. The children in our program call it the "big room".  It is full of learning materials and equipment. The children would say that they are playing but each center is set up by our staff to make learning activities feel like play. As the children discover and explore each center, staff members take note of learning that occurs for each individual child. 

Teachers report this learning and acquisition of skills to parents through quarterly progress reports and parent/teacher conferences.

Small Groups

During each morning in preschool, the class is divided into small groups that focus on a Creative Curriculum objective such as patterning, hearing rhyming, learning letter sounds and counting one-to-one. These small group activities last 20 minutes and allow teachers to provide closer instruction and observation of each child.

ABC Memory Books

At Noah's Ark, preschoolers create ABC Memory Books.  Each week we concentrate on a specific letter of the alphabet and create a page for that letter in our Memory Book. These are a great way to remember your child's year at Noah's Ark and all the things that they learned!