Three Year Old Program
The Melrose School Early Childhood Learning Center provides a balanced, age appropriate curriculum designed to encourage positive group interaction, advance individual growth, and begin to foster a lifelong enthusiasm for learning.
Our teachers provide a safe and engaging learning experience in which children are encouraged to explore and start to develop their cognitive, language, social-intellectual, and motor skills while having “fun” in a structured but nurturing environment.
Please note that students must be 3 or turn 3 by December 1 of the year that they are applying for to be eligible for this program. Students are also required to be toliet trained.
The Three Year Old Program Includes:
- Character Development: Facilitate social and emotional development individually and in groups, through play experiences, free play, and more structured activities. Focus is on developing respect, sharing and learning to be part of a group.
- Pre-Reading Skills: Introduce skills through developing oral language, phonics and literature. Letter/sound of the week, songs, rhymes and games are utilized. Fine motor skills are reinforced through daily craft and writing activities.
- Math: Introduce math concepts using manipulatives, games and activities. Concepts introduced are: counting (1-10), number recognition, shapes and colors.
- Science: Introduction to seasons, animals and their life cycles, parts of the body.
- French: Introduce basic language concepts such as family names, colors, and animals through songs, puppets, and stories.
- Physical Education: Develop large motor skills and coordination through movement activities, games and using various equipment such as parachutes, cones and scooters.
- Music: Teach songs, fingerplays and instruments to develop rhythm and have fun!
- Art: Utilize different mediums such as painting, collage and clay to encourage individual self-expression and enhance learning.
Schedule:
Full Day Program Hours:
8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Students may arrive as early as 8:00 a.m. Additionally, you have the option to pick up your child at 11:30 a.m.
Half Day Program Hours:
8:30 a.m.- 11:30a.m. Students may arrive as early as 8:00 a.m.
Program Options:
- 3 days per week: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
- 4 days per week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- 5 days per week: Monday-Friday
Students bring their own snack and lunch.
For more information about The Three Year Old Program and to arrange a visit, please contact Tom Burns, Director of Admission at “tburns@melrose.edu”
