INFANTS

ROLY POLY ROOM

INFANTS ACCEPTED 8 WEEKS TO 1 YEAR

Appropriate Health and Safety Practices
Staff Well Trained in Early Childhood Development
Age Appropriate Environment
Small Groups
Lots of Love!

Our infants are a new addition to our childcare and we have taken their every need into consideration. A baby develops trust as their primary caregiver learns to respond appropriately to their unique temperament, needs and interests by being the one who almost always diapers, feeds , puts them to sleep, and communicates with the family.

Grasshopper Room 1year - 18mos

Firefly Room

18 months - Young Twos

Yellow Bee Room

2 - 2.5 years

Orange Cricket Room

2.5 - 3 years

The Firefly, Bee , and Cricket Classes are very special programs. We believe children learn best through play and hands on experiences, so we sing, read, play games, make believe, color, paint, and glue. Through every activity we are learning as we follow our theme based curriculum. We want our children to love coming to school, to feel comfortable separating from their parents, to develop good listening skills, to be self confident, independent, and able to get along with others. We want them to love learning. Through everything we do we are on our way to reaching these goals.

Our young preschoolers enjoy using their senses and motor skills to explore the world and are highly curious about objects and things happening around them. Their language skills are growing rapidly and this is an important time in the development of the pre-reading and writing skills.

We realize that our youngest classrooms are unique from the other programs here at Franklin Academy. These young learners have different needs and can be a bit more complex, therefore the staff has different expectations. Please know that each child is treated as an individual and will be nurtured to develop at their speed and level. We know that for many of them, this is their first experience away from a parent or family member. We want the school experience to be positive and joyful. We want to be delicate and caring as we ease them into things like transitions, social activities with other children, balancing active and quiet time and activities, and eating lunch as a part of a group.

Classroom Anchor

TODDLERS

Attention

Curriculum activities deliberately designed to help your child develop his/her attention system
Activities focused on observation and facilitating the interest and discovery of the child

Bonding

Curriculum activities designed to help your child bond and develop a sense of safety and security
Supportive care giving to enable the child's development of self-worth and meet individualized needs

Communication

Language incorporated into all learning activities to encourage children’s vocabulary development
Responsive care and observation to adapt the learning environment to the interest of the child
Literature used on a daily basis to open the child’s mind and imagination and develop vocabulary

Green Caterpillar Room

3 - 4 years

The curriculum in the classroom is play based, but there is a lot of learning going on. The activities provided are all developmentally appropriate for the children, as well as unit based. Each unit follows a specific theme.

These themes are used to emphasize letters, numbers, shapes, colors, sorting, classifying, motor skills, and social skills. We want to provide the children with the opportunity to learn to love school, to feel safe and secure, and to just be happy while they are here.

PRESCHOOLERS

The "Academics" curriculum focuses on the following concepts:

Literacy

Vocabulary
Comprehension
Phonemic Awareness
Concepts of Print
Phonics
Emergent Writing

Math

Counting & Number Skills
Geometry
Sorting/Classifying
Measurements
Patterning

The "Behavior" curriculum focuses on the following concepts:

Character Development

Pro Social Behavior
Taking Turns
Sharing
Empathy
Respect

Everyday Living

Personal Safety
Self-Help Skills

Blue Butterfly Room

4 - 5 years

The Blue Butterfly class is a four year old class with the focus on learning through play. Lessons are theme related and changed bi-weekly. We keep our routine the same each day so the children will feel comfortable with what is "familiar" to them.

Helping children feel good about themselves is a strong focus in the Butterfly Room. We teach them to be independent, kind, and responsible. These are all good lessons for children as well as adults!

(We try to keep the children between six and eight months of the same age in classrooms, but it may vary from year to year based on enrollment.)

Ladybug and Dragonfly Classrooms

4/5 years

Our Young Fives program is based on the kindergarten curriculum of McGraw Hill with a focus on math and literacy instruction, and the development of social and motor skills.

The classroom instruction is designed to provide the students an opportunity to learn hands-on, in an interactive envirom=nment that will support their development while maintining the standards of kindergarten.

YOUNG 5's

Social Skills

Work and play cooperatively with others
Participate in individual, small-group, and large group classroom activities.
Ask for help when needed
Follow classroom rules and directions
Take responsibility for personal belongings
Attend to self-care (bathroom, hand-washing and dressing)

Motor Skills

Strengthen hand muscles through cutting, coloring, drawing, and painting
Develop hand-eye coordination
Show control in jumping, hopping, catching, running, and balancing.
Grip writing utensils correctly