Activities
Children learn to:
- work alone and with others
- share and take turns
- explore thoughts, ideas, and feelings
- listen to others
- develop feelings of security and success
Activities are designed to:
- build self-confidence
- develop vocabulary
- encourage recognition of differences in sound, size, shape and color
- increase interest in books, numbers, and people
- improve coordination
- introduce new ideas
- develop self-esteem
Daily activities include:
- group time
- story time
- music
- arts and crafts
- reading, writing, and math readiness
- health and safety
- gross/large motor skills
- fine/small motor skills
- life skills
- speaking skills and language development
- science
- social studies
- outdoor play
- structured play in centers, such as housekeeping, puzzles and blocks
DAILY COMMUNICATIONS
Daily reports will be completed by the infant, toddler, preschool,
and kindergarten classroom teachers for every child in attendance and distributed to the parents/guardians at the end of each
day. These reports will include individualized observations and will help to communicate to the parents/guardians their child’s
daily activities.
Childen enrolled at the Center are assigned an individual "cubby"
(storage unit) to be used for storage of their personal belongings as well as a means of Center communication to parents.
Monthly newsletters, parent memos, program announcements, etc. will be periodically placed in your child's cubby. Plan
to check your child's cubby regularly for this important information. All correspondence to be placed by parents
in other children's cubbies in the Center, with exception to children's birthday party invitations, needs to be approved by
the Executive Director or another member of the administrative staff before being distributed.
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Classroom Curriculum
Our curriculum is designed to be age appropriate and meet the needs of
each individual child. We take an active approach to learning and use an experience based process to introduce cognitive concepts.
We believe learning should be fun. Math and reading readiness, colors, shapes, and visual and auditory discrimination are
presented in a variety of learning games and activities. Social and communicative skills are also emphasized in our daily
routines.
WOW's theme-based curriculum focuses on the whole child, not just the
brain. We foster the child's competence through hands-on learning and problem solving while exploring a weekly theme. The
activities focus on the social, physical, emotional, and cognitive development of each child. We believe that the children
and the teachers are a team that work together to learn about the world. Our classrooms are child-directed with the teachers
establishing areas of interest based on the needs and interests of the group. The environment is set up to be both supportive
and safe. Activity centers are set up throughout the room to offer children a variety of opportunities for exploration. This
provides the child choices to investigate the activities at his/her own pace. The centers include, but are not limited to:
imaginative/dramatic play, blocks and transportation, science, language development/reading, games and manipulatives, and
creative art. The basic premise for our curriculum is that the children learn through play. Children use play to test and
understand the world in which they live. During play, children have the opportunity to interact with others or explore their
individual surroundings. It allows them to problem solve while critically thinking about their effects on their world. We
value play and encourage it through our curriculum.
We maintain an open-door policy at WOW. Any custodial parent or guardian of a child enrolled at WOW shall
be permitted unlimited access to the Center during the hours of operation for the purpose of contacting their children, evaluating
the care provided by the Center, or evaluating the premises. A parent of a child enrolled at the Center who is not the child’s
residential parent shall be permitted unlimited access to the Center and be afforded the same rights as the residential parent
unless there is court documentation limiting access and conditions of the nonresidential parent. Upon entering the premises,
however, ALL PARENTS and VISITORS must report to the office!
WOW provides a variety of age appropriate activities for the children. The classroom schedules provide
both active and quiet play opportunities. A schedule of the daily program for each age group is posted in each classroom and
a copy may be obtained from the office. The following are sample schedules for each age group serviced at the Center.
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