Adventure (2.5-3.5 year olds)
Our adventure classroom serves children approximately 3 years old . We have a 1:8 ratio with a max of 16 children per day. This is typically where potty training is a main priority throughout their day and we focus on getting children ready to move up to our older preschool classrooms.
This age group uses parallel play as they play alongside their friends and then transition into associative play towards the end of their time in this class. This shift from playing next to your friends versus with your friends takes mastery in a variety of skills. We focus much of our time on awareness on how we are feeling and how others are feeling too. This social emotional foundation sets the tone for the collaborative play of their older peers. On a daily basis we use our play to work on letter and number mastery, sensory exploration, fine motor skills, imaginary play, outside large motor, long term project work, and creative expression through art.
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Meet your Teachers
Miss Carly
Carly’s birthday is November 30 and is an outdoor loving, laid back and funny teaching began her early childhood education career in 2010. She is pescatarian and a huge animal rights activist. Carly is a wonderful asset to our community and helps children strive for autonomy daily.
Likes: Smarty Pants, Peterson Bros 1111, Georgetown Pizza, Mexican, spicy tofu teriyaki, pizza, buffalo pretzel thins, seaweed, fruity candy. Breweries/wineries, painting pottery, putt putt and driving range, arcades, pool/darts.
“I love learning about psychology. They way our minds work, both with adults and children. I’d love to learn more about macrame. I’ve tried and failed many times!”
Miss Loleisa
Miss Loleisa (low-lay-suh)’s birthday is February 9th and loves savoring good food. Loleisa says, “I love food, deeply, wholeheartedly, but asking me to pick a favorite is a bit like asking me to stop mid-meal and make a life decision. I’d rather keep wandering from one new flavor to the next, especially with my family along for the ride. Half the fun is the discovery; the other half is arguing over who picked the better spot.”
Outside of work, you’ll usually find her with her family, getting into some kind of adventure… which might mean white water rafting, holding on for dear life and calling it fun or heading out razor clamming, which is basically a treasure hunt where the treasure occasionally squirts back. It’s not always graceful, but it’s always a good time and almost always ends with a story worth retelling!
“I’d really like to learn more about plants and nature, especially since at work we’re working toward sustainability. A lot of the people I work with are really knowledgeable about it, and I admire how much they understand and notice. It feels like one of those things where the more you know, the more you see, and I’d like to develop that.”
