Our Co-op Classrooms...
The children enrolled in Co-op range in age from 18 months to 4 years.  They are assigned to small groups depending on their age/ability.

A Typical Co-op Day...
Your workday begins at 9:00 a.m.  We begin by setting up our classrooms with games, manipulatives, and other materials from our Resource Room based on the weekly theme outlined in your curriculum binder.  We also incorporate music, books, and felt-board stories.

9:30 a.m.- Arrival/Playground
Standard enrollment and non-workday children arrive at Co-op.  Children begin their day with a few minutes of playground play.

9:45 a.m.- Big Circle
This is a time of all groups to come together for opening activites led by our teacher, Ms. Michele.  We do the Pledge of Allegiance, Day of the Week, Weather, etc.  After a few songs, the children are dissmissed  to their groups.

10:00 a.m.- 12:30 pm
Each group follows its own schedule of indoor and outdoor activities.  These include:
Playground Time
Indoor Activity Time- art projects, story times, pretend play, science experiments, free play with age appropriate materials, etc.
Outdoor Center Time- messy play, paint, playdough, bubble play, cooking, etc.  We have even played with snow!
Teacher Time- a special group time with the Co-op teacher, Ms. Michele, which consists of age appropriate learning activities
Snack/Story Time- nutritious, sugar-free snacks and fruit juices are served each day.

12:30 p.m.- Pick up for non-workday children.  Workday moms clean up classrooms and common areas while children eat a lunch brought from home or play on the playground.
 

Butterflies are 18 mos
Monkeys are 2 years old by Sept 1st
Pandas are 3 years old by Sept 1st
nursery is available for siblings under 18 mos! 

Our Curriculum...

• Co-op provides an enriching variety of activities with a "hands-on-discovery" approach.
• Our lesson plans include activites in math, science, language arts, pretend play, and gross & fine motor development.
• Children have an opportunity to develop social skills such as cooperation, sharing, taking turns, respect, and consideration of other children and adults.
• Through our curriculum and our positive parenting techniques our children develop positive self-esteem.