Research shows that a child's brain grows tremendously during the early stages of life. When busy parents are looking for activities that enrich their child's growth and provide social interaction, they may consider enrolling in a preschool program.
Because it is our mission "To increase in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man" Foothills has chosen to create a child-centered preschool program. Children's growth is supported and dictates the types of activities the lead teacher uses throughout the day.
Mixed age grouping can provide older children with the opportunity to be helpful, patient, and tolerant of younger peers' competencies, and thus give them some of the desirable early experiences of being nurturing that underlie parenting and helping others who are different from oneself. Exposure to older children as nurturers provides young recipients with models of behavior they can emulate when they become the older members of a group. Research on crossage interaction, peer tutoring, and cooperative learning indicates that an age range of greater than one year can provide a level of intellectual stimulation that supports the development of both intellectual and academic competence. This sort of learning environment is also likely to generate greater social benefits than sameage groups, especially for children who are atrisk in particular social development categories (Katz et al., 1990).
A schedule has been created based on the developmental needs of each age group and differentiated for each child's needs. A sample daily schedule includes.
The infant care and preschool classrooms generally follow the elementary school calendar. For more information, please contact our preschool director.
We have included some of our most frequently noted policies and procedures for your information. Please speak with your child's teacher if you have any questions.
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