Welcome to the Crayon Box & The Explorers

Crayon Box

In this room the children are 3 to 5 years of age. We follow a schedule posted by our door including a variety of small group, large group as well as, indoor and outdoor play. That includes circle time, journaling literacy groups, center time and free play, indoors and outdoors.

We keep portfolios on each child in our care. These portfolios are a collection of the work the children do each month, photographs we take and notes about their growth and development. When a child leaves our classroom their portfolio follows them and remains part of our program until they leave us, which is often 15 years of age.
Art work and photographs are displayed around the room and are taken down monthly and sent home in “take home bags” to share with the Parents. We then ask them to return one piece if art work for their child’s portfolio along with a comment sheet where open ended questions are asked and openly commented on.

A monthly Calendar is placed on the mirror outside of our classroom that shows themes and activities. Inside our classroom by our door, is a detailed schedule for parents to review. A calendar is also placed monthly in their take home bags.

For evaluation purposes we use developmental checklist for school-age children but have adapted it to a check list for us to complete at different intervals of the child’s growth.

Art work and photographs are displayed in various places in the lobby including the mirrors and picture frames lining the lobby walls, as well as in the rec room.
We use multiple tools to communicate with parents; such as, ‘Life Cubby’ and bulletin boards. For more information on how we keep communication strong with parents please click on communication with parents to find out more.

In the Crayon Box we use ‘Handwriting without Tears’ as part of our curriculum and ‘The Investigators Club’. This aids in the preparation for school. We simply adapt for each age group as needed to be developmentally appropriate.

The Explorers

Welcome to the Explorers. In this room kindergarten children ages 5 to 6 are cared for before and after school; we put them on the bus each morning and welcome them back each afternoon when school is done. We also take care of any needs they might have while at school, such as we have extra clothes in case of an accident. Also we will pick up any child if a bus is missed. We also provide care for them when school is not in session and over the summer. All the children in our group get to go on field trips, and participate in fun themed activities during our summer program. For more information regarding our program please click on our summer program tab.
We keep portfolios on each child in our care. These portfolios are a collection of the work the children do each month, photographs we take and notes about their growth and development. When a child leaves our classroom their portfolio follows them and remains part of our program until they leave us, which is often 15 years of age.
For evaluation purposes we use developmental checklist for school-age children but have adapted it to a check list for us to complete at different intervals of the child’s growth.

Art work and photographs are displayed in various places in the lobby including the mirrors and picture frames lining the lobby walls, as well as in the rec room.
We use multiple tools to communicate with parents; such as, ‘Life Cubby’ and bulletin boards. For more information on how we keep communication strong with parents please click on communication with parents to find out more.

We use ‘Spark’ as part as our curriculum for school-age children. This program is an after school program for ages 5 to 14 and is centered on physical activity and promoting wellness. We simply adapt for each age group as needed to be developmentally appropriate. For more information regarding school age curriculum please click the curriculum tab.