Three- & Four-Year-Olds

Age Range: 3.0-4.0 years old (as of September 1st)

Schedule:

Morning Program: 9:00am-12:30pm (Suggested drop-off 8:45-9:00am)

Before-care available from 8am; Afternoon Program available until 5:30pm 

Traditional Track : Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

Our gradual three-day 3’s program is designed to ease children into a group setting.

5-Day Track : Monday - Friday

“Children learn so much better when it comes out of their own interests, so my job as a teacher is to have a bigger picture and still notice a teachable moment and make the most of it. That’s how children learn things in a way that stays with them.”

By the age of three and four years old, children naturally move into a different kind of learning, characterized by greater interest in their environment. 

In our 3-4 year old classes:

  • Friends and imagination take center stage

  • Questions about the outside world become major sources of exploration 

  • Children begin to organize the world into categories, and their play into logical sequences of action. They seek out important roles in the classroom

  • They begin to reflect upon the world, their surroundings and themselves

The teachers gradually introduce new ways of exploring and representing the world, such as:

  • A writing area, clipboards for dictating stories and ideas, and signs for important creations

  • Dramatic play, sometimes facilitated with props, teacher involvement or familiar stories

  • A community meeting, where big new ideas are explored together

  • Jobs and responsibilities for taking care of the classroom community

  • Small groups where children can collaborate and work on developing new skills

  • Projects that groups of children develop over time

These explorations all take place within the security of a familiar classroom and teachers, as children remain with the same teachers for their 3-4 year old year.