Programs at PTS Preschool
The most effective early childhood programs encourage parent participation and involvement in their children's program. Communicating with parents through informal daily interactions and scheduled conferences provide greater opportunity for meaningful parent/child interactions and conversations involving parents in the happenings in their child(ren)'s day.
2-year old Preschool Class
The Two-year old program offers themed units to keep your two-year old engaged in a progression of learning. Using themed units as a starting point, the children help actively construct meaning by building on prior knowledge and experiences. Age appropriate activities and materials are offered daily to help your child master important learning concepts. Through warm and nurturing encouragement, we help your child build their self-confidence and self-help skills. The PTS Preschool classroom environment focuses on building your child's cognitive, emotional, social and physical skills. Opportunity for your child to express him or herself creatively occur everyday through music, arts, dance and drama. Children do not have to be potty trained. Our two year old classes are either 3 or 5 days a week.
3-year old Preschool Class
As our preschoolers progress through our program they gain more self-esteem and confidence to attempt new challenges and skills. Peninsula Temple Sholom Preschool enhances that confidence by providing daily activities to help children become problem solvers and develop a love of learning. In our Constructivist environment, the children are given the freedom to think, question and reflect. They are actively engaged in helping to guide the curriculum with their ideas, knowledge and interests.Through both independent and group exploration, structured and non-structured activities and hands-on learning, children develop a variety of skills and knowledge in areas like early literacy, mathematics, science, and social skills. We provide your child numerous opportunities to problem solve and investigate and give your child many choices to participate in activities that interest and challenge them. PTS Preschool provides many times throughout the day for your child to express themselves through art, dictation, story telling, dance, drama and independent thinking and expression. Our three-year olds classes are 5 days a week.
Transitional Kindergarten Class
Our TK program focuses on activities and lessons that help prepare your child for kindergarten and future school success. Focus on fine motor skills, phonics, social and emotional development and attentiveness are at the core of the curriculum. We encourage children to use active techniques to create and expand on their knowledge, resulting in meaningful emergent curriculum. The children in TK are exposed to journal writing to develop their fine motor and literacy skills. We prepare your child to reason and analyze using different materials and create opportunities to ask and answer open ended questions, experiment with spatial relationships and promote an understanding of sequencing. We use character building activities to help identify emotions, have group discussions to practice sharing ideas, thoughts and feelings and provide opportunity to cooperate, negotiate, problem solve and make independent choices. This is a 5 day program.
Parent/Toddler Class
Our Parent Toddler Class is the perfect opportunity to introduce you and your child to Peninsula Temple Sholom Preschool. Our child-friendly space encourages crawling, climbing, tumbling and exploration of new places. Your toddler will enjoy freedom of movement important to his/her budding independence.
You and your child will enjoy circle time activities such as music, singing, dancing and games as a first introduction to a group dynamic. Chalk, finger-paints, play dough and an array of sensory experiences are explored. Each week features an art, or cooking project organized by our nurturing and seasoned Toddler teacher.
This 90 min. class is held on Fridays and is available for children turning 1 by September 2.
