Preschool Teacher In-Service Day

Last week the staff from Children’s Village Preschool (Orange, CA) and Edgewater Preschool (Long Beach, CA) joined together for a staff in-service day.  The day was filled with both team building activities and lots of helpful workshops put on by the Directors and Administrators.  The main focus of the in-service was to help the teachers continue creating an environment that is aligned with the school’s hands-on, child-centered philosophy.  The first workshop for the day involved cooking, sensory, and woodworking activities, all of which can help children develop pre-math skills ( measurement, counting, and classifying),  skill related to scientific methods (observing and identifying colors, textures, smell and taste), all while developing creativity, fine motor skills, and hand-eye coordination.  The teachers were very excited to take  back some of these ideas and do them with the children in their classrooms.  The next workshops included topics such as positive guidance techniques, parent communication and documenting children’s progress through portfolios. The final workshop helped teachers to examine the infinite possibilities that can arise from dramatic play.  There are so many ways to help foster children’s imagination, self-regulation, vocabulary, and pre-writing skills with the children guiding their own learning.   Each of the workshops gave teachers the opportunity to collaborate with other teachers, be active in group discussions, and share ideas with one another.  The staff also enjoyed mealtime together and used this time to get to know each other better and build deeper relationships with one another.  We are very fortunate to have such a great group.

More Preschool Outside Fun

Room 6 & 7 friends exploring the outside environment (upper yard).  As the builder of the new playhouse, I am super happy to see the new stage being used with a microphone.

Also posted on our Facebook page.

Lunch time at preschool

Lunch time in a childcare center is much more than just time to eat!  During lunch children engage in social conversations as they talk about their different lunch items, they develop independence and self help skills by serving and feeding themselves (fine motor skill), and by learning how to pour their own milk and throwing away their trash.  Research has shown significant long term benefits on preschool children’s development when sharing meals with family and friends.

Book Exchange at Orange, CA Childcare Center

The children experienced the joys of giving and receiving during our annual book exchange party!  Each child brought in a wrapped book to exchange with their classmates and they each got to take a new book home.

Children Learning Social Skills

Through dramatic play children build their social skills. They learn how to share materials, learn how to play with other children in a group, build communication skills (listening skills), and use their imagination(voice their own ideas). Studies have shown that children with good social skills do better in school.

Taken from Play: It’s the Way Young Children Learn

Infant/Toddlers getting messy

 

 

Parent Workshop and Administrator training

As part of our communication with parents we will be scheduling semi-regular parent workshops.  These workshops are voluntary and are no charge to enrolled parents.  Our first one was last week and was titled: Guidance- “Speaking Children’s Language for Successful Lifelong Discipline.”  They will be interactive workshops with opportunities for active discussion, debunking myths, and a time for questions and answers.  The workshops will be lead by our owner Cristiane Foster who just last year received her Master degree in Education with an emphasis in Early Childhood.

 

Last week Jessica (Director at Children’s Village Preschool), Stephanie (Director at Edewater Preschool) and Cristiane (Administrator/Owner) attended an Administrator training seminar.

 

 

Preschool Fall Festival in Orange

Last week was our annual Fall Festival were children decorated there pumpkins from the field trip,  shared soup with veggies cut by the children, face painting, popcorn, story telling and more.

Preschool Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

 During our Field Trip to the pumpkin patch, the children enjoyed a train ride through beautiful Irvine Regional Park, climbed aboard a hay wagon ride, navigated a giant hay maze, and then had an opportunity to pick their own pumpkin!!  The children will have the oportunity to decorate their pumpkins tonight at the Fall Festival.

Infants Learning and Playing at Children’s Village Preschool

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