Cloud Room

     We have a small infant program with a ratio of two teachers to six infants. Our Cloud Room teaching team consists of infant teachers extraordinaire, two who work the majority of the day and two who come on in the afternoon. Infant days revolve around each child’s individual schedule and needs. Parents need to supply formula/breast milk and cereal, as well as extra clothes and diaper wraps. We offer Sunflower Diaper Service for those who wish to use it, and babies can eat from the menu when they start to self-feed. Each child has an informational “report card” that parents fill out at the start of the day and teachers fill in as the day goes along. The Cloud Room has it’s own play area, a deck with an awning, strollers for sunny day strolling, air conditioning, and lots of interesting age appropriate toys.

     There’s lots of singing, tummy time, love, care, and stimulating interaction going on as the babies grow. Infants leave the cozy haven of Cloud Room and transition down to the happy land of the Sunshine Room when they are walking steady on their feet, switching to one nap over two, and starting to self-feed. This usually happens between 12 and 14 months, but transitions are based on each individual child’s readiness.

Sunshine Room

     We have a two teacher to eight toddler ratio in the Sunshine Room, with a three teacher team. The Sunshine Room curriculum is based around the budding social skills of this age group. They are learning to eat together, play together, walk as a group, take turns, take naps, use sign language along with words, as well as engaging in some fabulous activities that enrich their development in all ways.

Rainbow Room

     Children enter the Rainbow Room around year two/two and a half and stay until they are three/three and a half and have mastered potty training. We have two teachers to ten children in this room. The teaching team consists of four teachers: two teachers until 3:15 and two afternoon teachers who work 3:00-6. This age is “pre” preschool, and children spend their days learning and practicing vital social skills through lots of play, teacher/peer interaction, and more structured activities that help prepare them for a larger classroom experience.

Star Room

     We offer a wonderful mixed age (3-4) preschool program with a ratio of two teachers to 15 children. Our emergent curriculum follows a yearly calendar of seasonal themes and events. We focus on strong social skills and provide a wide variety of enriching activities. Our goal is to establish within each child a love of learning and a sense of community confidence that they will carry with them into the wider world. We have a strong teaching team of three teachers: one full time teacher for the majority of the day, with one part time morning teacher and one part time afternoon teacher. We have a very enjoyable neighborhood for walking field trips. Wallingford and Meridian parks, Wallingford Library, and every other kind of restaurant/business imaginable are close by.

Rockets (Pre-K)

Older four year olds and five year olds who will be going on to kindergarten make up our Pre-K group.  The Pre-K has their own classroom setup in Taylor Hall. The Pre-K work with one teacher on a variety of enrichment activities specific to fostering kindergarten readiness.    Pre-literacy, science, earth, math and thinking fun as well as continued creative and social emotional development are some of the topics we emphasize with the Pre-K group.