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Educational Information

Below is a list of skills that get developed in your child as a result of attending daycare. The list is quite thorough and provides a great overview of what you can expect from you child’s experience at daycare. You can learn about our monthly themes here.

Building Blocks to Success in Kindergarten – Skills Developed at Daycare

  • Kindergarten readiness is a combination of many different factors. A child who is
    ready in all areas will be able to cope with the school environment. Here are some
    developmental skills your child should demonstrate before kindergarten.
  • Personal and Social Development. Can express himself/herself verbally. Speak in
    complete sentences. Can label or name things appropriately.
  • Has an interest in reading, listening to stories, letters, and numbers.
  • Can retain information and focus on an activity.
  • Demonstrate self-confidence and self-direction. Follows simple rules & routines.
    Can cooperate. Can work individually & in a small group.
  • Manages transitions. (can your child separate from the primary caretaker easily)
  • Attend to a task & seek help when encountering a problem.
    Can finish what he/she starts.
  • Interact easily with one or more children and familiar adults.
  • Seeks adult help when needed to resolve conflicts.
    Asks for help when appropriate.
  • Can identify & care for own belongings. Respects rights & belongings of others.
    Understands the idea of sharing and taking turns.
  • Can follow two or three step directions.
  • Can listen to a story or participate in an activity and respond to questions
    related to that activity. Can answer open ended questions. Can ask questions.
  • Can sit still for 10 to 15 minutes.
  • Demonstrates phonetic awareness. (e.g.rhyming words)
  • Can recognize, write and spell their name. Can identify 10 letters.
  • Comprehends, responds, retell and predict outcomes to stories read aloud.
    Represents ideas and stories through pictures.
  • Can count to 20 and understand simple number concepts.
  • Can identify the numbers 1-10 and their quantity.
  • Can recognize and duplicate simple patterns.
  • Recognizes the shapes-triangle, circle, square and rectangle. Can name colors.
  • Shows the understanding of positional words-inside, outside, before, after,
    between, top, bottom, middle, above, below, under, beside, and behind.
  • Coordinates gross motor movements to perform simple tasks (e.g. throwing
    and catching a ball, jumping, galloping, balance activities
  • Knows the correct way to hold a pencil crayon, and scissors and works with them
    comfortably. Enjoys coloring and drawing.
  • Dresses self-can zip, snap & button.
  • Performs self-help skills independently. Takes care of own toilet needs and
    washes hands w/o assistance.

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Forms

Here are samples of the forms we use. We will provide you with a package upon enrollment that will … Learn More

Our Calendar

You can regularly check our calendar to determine holidays and time off. We keep this schedule updated regularly. 2016 Dates Daycare will be … Learn More

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