Infant & Toddler Overview

At Building Blocks, we recognize that the first three years of life are an extraordinary time which sets the stage for all years to follow.  The child's first three years are critical for the development of the brain and language.  During this period, the child's life-experience plays a fundamental role in the hard-wiring of the brain.  This lays the foundation for all intellectual and emotional development to follow. 

Features

• Nurturing personal care that builds trust and self-esteem.
• Regular communication with parents, including daily notes, to inform you about your child's day.
• Stimulating activities and group interactions that encourage your child to play and explore, generating interest and curiosity as your child grows.
• Age-appropriate toys, games, and music to stimulate development.

Twos Overview

The World of twos reflects the transitional nature of the child's third year of life.  The program is designed for each child to transition from the sensory-motor world of toddlers to an increasingly social world and the onset of symbolic thinking.  Twos are exploding in their power to communicate, to move purposely, to assert their independence and individuality, and to control their important bodily functions.

Features

• Nurturing personal care that builds trust and self-esteem.
• Regular communication with parents, including daily notes, to inform you about your child's day.
• Stimulating activities and group interactions that encourage your child to play and explore, generating interest and curiosity as your child grows.

Preschool Overview

The curriculum encourages children to be actively involved in the learning process, to experience a variety of developmentally appropriate activities and materials and to pursue their own interest in the context of life in the community and the world.

Features

• Intellectual Development - verbally communicating and listening, role playing identify meaningful words (own name), and sign language.
• Math skills are formed - shapes, sizes, patterns, sorting, counting numbers symbols.
• Creative Art - drawing with crayons, pencils, cutting, tearing, gluing.
• Motor Skills - climbers, slides, ball kicking and throwing, sand to scoop, pour, and dig.

Kindergarten
Children between the ages of three and six years eagerly explore group activities.  They are refining motor skills and also vital thinking, language, communication and social skills.  This is also when children learn many self-help skills such as dressing and feeding themselves. 

Features

• Lots of encouragement to explore and stimulate your child's thinking about objects, people, and how the world works.
• Social Skills honed through conflict resolution, sharing, working successfully in groups and independently.
• Creativity encouraged throughout the day.
• Math Skills - counting to 100 by 1's and 10's, odd and even numbers, number recognition, calendar skills, patterns, graphing, sequencing, sorting, basic measurement, simple addition and subtraction using manipulative.