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MRS. ALEXANDER'S SCHOOL PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN |
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MRS. ALEXANDER'S SCHOOL PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN |
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Greetings from the Reading Readiness Room where pre-school children participate in engaging group lessons designed to teach pre-reading skills! Activities include: rhyming, classification of objects, sequencing, letter recognition, beginning letter sounds, and viewing a page from top to bottom and from left to right.
The Kindergarten reading program is Beginning to Read, Write and Listen published by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. The children listen to instructive tape recordings. As they complete lesson papers within each of the twenty-four letter books of the program, they learn to write the alphabet letters, and they practice recognizing and saying each letter sound. It is exciting when the children practice blending letter sounds together to form words!!
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Enter a world where children experience the elements of music and movement along with lots of laughs, smiles and fun! Children need these two art forms in order to express their feelings, communicate and understand other cultures. The children learn about the basic elements of music as pitch, tempo and texture. This is accomplished through singing, chanting, rhythm instruments, conducting and rhythm games. The basic elements of move-ment help the children to discover the way their body parts move, an d how their bodies move through space. It's fun to move backward, slowly, heavily, lightly or smoothly! By the end of the school year you can see the practical applications of the elements in the children's galloping, skipping, leaping, ball bouncing and dribbling, stair climbing and other skills!
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Enter into an exciting and creative environment for children! The students participate in multi-sensory art activities such as brush painting, finger painting, gluing, cutting and play dough. These types of activities help to refine young children's small muscle skills, and they stimulate individual creativity as well. Each month the children use their artistic talents as they make seasonal decorations for their Mrs. Alexander's School calendars. Holiday themed projects are always fun, and inspire some beautiful art work that can be seen, for example, on Valentine party bags and Chinese New Year lanterns!
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Come into a classroom where preschool children practice skills that will help to prepare them for Kindergarten! Activities include work with colors, shapes, numbers, letters, positional terms, sorting and classifying, and rhyming words. They learn about the holidays, the seasons, and the calendar. Each child completes a very special book, "All About Me", that contains family information and drawings.
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Enter the world of Language Arts where activities are designed to help preschool children develop their listening and communication skills. Our "Author of the Month" program introduces children to beloved children's literature by well-known authors - Eric Carle, Dr. Seuss and Jan Brett to name a few! Poetry that is learned and recited with hand motions is an integral part of the Language Arts program. The poems and accompanying children's artwork are compiled into a booklet, "My First Book of Poems", to be taken home and treasured by each child!
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Welcome to the Science Room where your children will be inspired to explore their environment and determine how things work. They will learn how to predict outcomes for experiments, and how to carry out test to see if their predictions are correct. Whether they are creating an ocean habitat, assembling a rain forest terrarium, making rocket balloons soar to the sky, or watching popcorn kernels and raisins dance in baking soda and vinegar, students are sure to enjoy the whole process. Perhaps some will become scientists in the future! In the Science room, the children are also offered use of the Sensory Table throughout the year. Some mediums include water, snow, marbles, beans and rice! Always a bit hit! |
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Welcome to the Social Awareness Room where the children learn about the world around them: their country, state, community and school! Activities and discussions often center on proper manners, school rules, and being a good friend! The children enjoy the "Weekly Reader", a newspaper for young children.
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Come into our kitchen to experience the joy of cooking! As the children stir, mix, and taste they are learning to develop organizational skills, follow directions, and practice early reading and basic math skills. It's time to get cooking at Mrs. Alexander's School!
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THE EXTENDED-DAY PROGRAM BEGINS PROMPTLY AND AUTOMATICALLY AT 11:45 A.M. Parents may leave a child at school any afternoon until 5:00 p.m. We need at least 24-hour advance notice by those parents using this program on an occasional basis. Children should bring a nutritious lunch from home. Your child's lunch box must be clearly marked on the outside with his/her name. The school will provide juice or water if desired. The extended-day quiet time is from 1:45 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. No child will be dismissed during that time unless there is an emergency. Children staying for 'Quiet Time' should bring a sleeping bag or blanket from home. The fee for Extended-Day Program is $9.90 per hour. You will be billed at the end of each month for the Extended-Day Program.
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Every Wednesday afternoon from 11:45 a.m. until 1:45 p.m., the Kindergarten children who have enrolled for Kindergarten Around the World will have lunch (brought from home), enjoy some play time and participate in a special program in which the children will take imaginary trips around the world. This is also a coordinated effort by the staff at Mrs. Alexander's School. The tuition for this program is $950.00 per year due on October 1st.
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Early drop off allows parents to drop children off before normal school hours beginning at 8:00 a.m. until 8:45 a.m. The daily fee for this program is $10.00.
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Every Thursday afternoon from 11:45 a.m. until 1:45 p.m., the Kindergarten children may stay for "Arts and Crafts". This program is offered on a week-by-week basis at a cost of $26 per day. The program consists of lunch (brought from home), playtime and an art activity. If you plan to send your child every Thursday for the entire school year, you may write a note at the start of the year to indicate this; otherwise, you may notify Deborah Mahan. You will be billed at the end of each month for Kindergarten Arts & Crafts Days.
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Every Tuesday afternoon from 11:45 a.m. until 1:45 p.m. The Kindergarten children stay for "Enrichment". This program is mandatory and is included in the yearly tuition. It is a coordinated effort by the staff at Mrs. Alexander's School. The program consists of lunch (brought from home), playtime and activity.
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We offer a "Summer Camp" program during the month of July. The hours of operation are Monday through Thursday from 8:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Our "fun in the sun" schedule is very flexible so that a parent may choose any days they desire. Summer Camp includes Arts and Crafts, Music, indoor and outdoor games, and cooking. This program is an ideal and fun way for those children who will be attending preschool in September to become familiar with the school, the routine, the children, and the teachers.
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