Parent-Toddler 16 mos – 2½ yrs
Fridays 9-10:15

Description

Weekly classes for parents and toddlers offer a unique opportunity for parent and child to share the school experience. Establishing relationships with teachers and learning to adjust to a new environment and classroom routines are goals. These goals are accomplished and strengthened within the safety and security of having a parent alongside.

Children benefit greatly in the transition to preschool when parent and child share this beginning. Classroom activities are geared to these goals and to the child’s stage of development. Feelings of separation while still present at entrance to nursery school are eased by a sense of mom/dad having been a part of the school experience during the important toddler stage.

All By Myself – children who are ready to stay on their own but are not quite ready for a regular multi-day preschool class. Approximately 18mos – 2 1/2
Fridays, 1 hour 30 minute class

Description

Weekly classes for children who are ready to practice staying at school for an hour and a half within a small classroom group. Parents leave and teachers stay to give children an introduction to the preschool experience. This class is a mini-Bear class experience. Similar transitional cues, routine, and materials are used in an abbreviated class period. Supported separation is the main goal with practice in a classroom environment.