Now accepting applications for our 2012/2013 Transitional Kindergarten
From our Director--Maggie Beltrami
Wesleyan Preschool is a nationally accredited preschool and pre-kindergarten program that offers a rich preschool curriculum based on a sound knowledge of child development and guided by the Developmentally Appropriate Practices set forth by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Our program takes a child from "learning to love" to a "love of learning." Our objectives are to help a child feel loved and comfortable in his/her environment, and to help the child learn to accept responsibility and show respect for others and him/herself.
Our curriculum and room arrangement promotes large and small motor skills, social and emotional growth, positive conflict resolution, and cognitive development. We offer a full preschool curriculum that includes activities in language arts, math skills, science, dramatic play, sensory and water tables, movement and music.
We emphasize "freedom with limits and rights with responsibility." Limits are non-judgmental to enable children to respond to guidance without shame or resentment. In this way, children develop inner-control as they grow toward healthy independence as responsible individuals.
Children need to develop feelings of trust, security and confidence before they are free to explore, create, and discover.
Our emphasis on intellectual development helps children function independently; initiating activities, making choices and following through on decisions. We help children express themselves by finding the words to describe what they are doing. In this "hands-on" approach to learning, we utilize those activities the child is involved in and teach concepts through the immediate experiences.
The Wesleyan Preschool encompasses more than "just play." A sequential program, emphasis on literacy, and a wide variety of activities help to provide a concrete basis for future school success.
Our staff works with each child in a warm, positive manner so he/she will leave Wesleyan with increased confidence and a greater empathy for others.