Classroom Concepts

• Accomplish many self-help activities

• Develop awareness and a sense of respect for self and others

• Participate in conversations

• Circle Time and Small Group Activities that build confidence in group participation and discussion

• Introduce letters of the alphabet and other early literacy concepts

• Introduce handwriting skills though drawing and tracing

• Tracing and writing upper case letters and first names

• Build knowledge of the world through observation and awareness of surroundings

• Increase phonemic and print awareness

• Increase and enhance math concepts, such as counting, number identification, one-to-one correspondence, simple graphing and patterns

• Build an understanding of small quantities and the concept of "one more"

• Increase sensory awareness through sensory activities and play

• Incorporate music into daily routines

• Explore artistic expression freely through a variety of media

• Demonstrate hand-eye coordination through exploration and manipulation of objects

• Acquire capacity to cooperatively play with others

• Self-help skills that increase independence

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Curriculum

Our curriculum is literacy-based and focuses on language development and social/emotional growth. Books and thematic activities, along with enrichment materials, continue to provide three-year olds with a rich awareness of the world around them and establish a foundation for reading, science, and math. Increase opportunities allow children to explore themes and individual interests through hands-on activities and science experiments. Focus on academics happens in large and small group settings as well as in one-on-one instruction.

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Added Values

• Developmental screenings twice a year (fall and spring) to assess student progress  and growth

• Teachers use screening results to assess skill levels and target specific developmental achievements or deficits in order to individualize instruction

• Teachers communicate with parents throughout the day through messages and pictures so that parents feel part of their child's learning and development while at High Hopes

A Three Year Old's Day at High Hopes

• Learning Centers (Blocks, Manipulatives, Cozy Corner, Imaginative Play)

• A balance of teacher-directed and child-directed activities

• Circle Time

• Outdoor/Gross Motor Play

• Art and Sensory Activities

• Nap 

• Lunch and Snack

• Lots of TLC