Welcome to Rise & Shine Montessori Pre-K Home Page
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Rise & Shine Montessori Pre –K Our Mission
To provide kind and loving care in a developmentally appropriate environment, along with a curriculum that empowers children to develop a positive self-image and a love of learning.
Your Preschooler's Day Our Early Preschool program provides a rich classroom environment where children are encouraged to explore and are challenged to learn. Your preschooler will make new friends and develop self-confidence as he or she strengthens cognitive skills. Watch your child demonstrate new learning, and flourish in our stimulating classroom environment-while having fun!
Language and Literacy We introduce high-quality children's literature to promote a love of reading. Our daily activities develop reading and writing skills and introduce important literacy concepts.
Math Skills Children are introduced to the rich world of numbers, including sorting, grouping, and counting, as well as more advanced math skills.
Social Skills Group time allows your child to talk, listen, share, take turns, cooperate, interact with friends, and learn the value of giving and receiving feedback. Positive reinforcement helps children realize the importance of being a team player and refines skills needed to flourish in a classroom environment.
Creativity and Imagination Dramatic play, music and art activities give every child the opportunity to showcase their abundant creativity. We encourage all children to express their ideas in order to help build confidence, independence and imagination.
Physical Development Our experienced teacher works with children to develop their large motor skills-running, jumping, throwing and kicking-and practice coordination skills, such as writing, drawing, cutting and other activities.
Our Thematic Approach
The children are introduced to developmentally appropriate concepts, about a particular theme, through group and individual experiences that are fun and exciting. The teacher presents this curriculum using methods that are developmentally appropriate for each individual age group.
First Circle Time
We open our Circle Time with a welcoming song or poem, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and our Patriotic Song of the Month. We continue with calendar activities, discussing the weather, and sharing our thoughts and feelings. Our circle time includes language development, science, math, and social studies activities that are based around our weekly theme, Letter, and number of the Week.
Letter and number of the Week
Children are introduced to one letter of the alphabet for 26 weeks during our school year. As well as numbers 1-100, our objective is for the children to understand: there are different letters of the alphabet; each letter makes a different sound; and when you put letters together they form words. Children learn to recognize the letters of the alphabet and the sound that each represents. The letters are introduced in random order, as they tie in with our themes. As well as understanding numbers are used for counting objects, simple math such as calendar dates, time, birthdates, age, add, subtract number line, and so much more.
Individual Choice Time
Immediately following circle time, this play time offers children the opportunity to choose any area within the room to explore. The activity areas the children can choose from include: art, creative table play, paint easel, sensory tub, math center, science center, housekeeping area, dramatic play center, wooden blocks, large blocks, trucks, fine motor manipulative, puzzles, and table games. Extra activities that vary from day to day may include play dough, bubbles, file folder games, or flannel boards. The open environments in our classrooms encourage the children to move freely from center to center, as well as to socialize and interact with their classmates.
Creative Art Project
Our art activities allow children to express their individual ideas and feelings, while developing confidence and pride. The children are exposed to a wide variety of art media and various processes, allowing ample opportunities to experiment with color, shape, texture, and design. The emphasis of our art projects is focused on the process rather than the finished product. Our daily creative art project reinforces concepts that correlate to our theme or letter, number of the week. Markers, crayons, pencils, paper, scissors and glue are available to the children every day, along with the opportunity to paint at the art easel. For our special "creative art days", a variety of art media, including recyclables, are presented at the art table and the children choose what they would like to create.
Dramatic Play
In addition to our housekeeping and block areas, special centers are presented in a manner that encourages children to express their creativity and engage their imaginations. Children enjoy nurturing our "Dollhouse Family", becoming the "Chief at our Fire Station", "Landing Planes at our Airport", "Directing Traffic at the Parking Garage", and spending time "Down at the Farm". Pretend dress up will be special centers and costumes are rotated through our classrooms biweekly, giving children the opportunity to have a variety of different experiences.
Science/Nature Interest Centers
The classroom has a table with a specific science/nature theme that includes a variety of items for the children to explore. Books, pictures, puzzles, and various manipulative items provide hands-on experiences to help the children understand the concept of the science theme. Examples of our science centers include: "Liquid in Motion", "We Dig Dinosaurs", "Colors All Around Us", "A Walk in the Woods", "Do You Hear What I Hear", "Sprouting Seeds", and "It’s a Bugs Life". These centers are changed seasonally and rotated on a biweekly basis, allowing the children to be introduced to a variety of science/nature experiences throughout the year.
Sensory Play
Experiences in the sensory tub allow children to explore a variety of media using their senses. Some of the favorites include: shaving cream, water, ice, snow, colored rice, noodles, slimy goo, bubbles, cotton balls, pine cones, and sand. It is always hands-on fun!
Gross Motor Activities
Children play outside in our yard whenever the weather permits. If it is too wet or cold to go outside, the teacher provides indoor activities that enhance large muscle development. For our full day programs, "Ready, Set, Jump" ~ which is part of our Health Little Bits program ~ provides gross motor movement on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. On Thursday and Friday, our "Sing, Wiggle, Dance, and learn" music and movement programs keep us moving.
Snack Time
During snack time, children are encouraged to use good manners. They wait until everyone is served, then sing a simple song or recite a poem to signal the start of their snack. This is a great time for the teacher and children to converse and socialize. Self help skills are promoted and children learn to use utensils, pour liquids, and clean up after themselves.
Second Circle Time
Children gather with their teacher in the late morning/afternoon depending on the session of choice for a second large group experience, which focuses on our language and literacy curriculum. In addition to these, this time is used for further development of the concepts that were introduced at first circle, to read stories, or have "Show and Tell."
Music
Music is a wonderful learning tool and an important part of early childhood education. The children learn songs that tie in with the season, holidays, curriculum themes, letters, numbers, and some just for fun. The children are exposed to various musical instruments and learn about rhythm and timing.
American Sign Language/ Spanish
Children are introduced to both American Sign Language and the Spanish language as cultural awareness. They learn that some people speak different languages, that language is our way of communicating, and that learning American Sign Language and Spanish will allow them to talk with more people. The teacher will introduce concepts of words and phrases, such as counting, colors, and days of the week. More words are taught as they tie in with the season, holiday, or our thematic units.
Sign Language is incorporated as part of the curriculum for all age levels. Very basic signs, such as drink, eat, more and all done, are introduced in our infant program. Toddlers continue using these signs and begin to learn signs with their songs. Children two and older learn basic signing words and techniques, as they relate to our themes, seasons, and holidays. They particularly enjoy learning to sign language to songs they sing. The letters of the alphabet are taught along with our Letter of the Week program. Research has shown that sign language develops the same portions of the brain that control language development and that exposure to sign language assists or enhances language development.
Our Exclusives
Rise and Shine utilizes two emergent reading programs that make learning letters fun and exciting. High Hat lessons focus on the "letter of week", with a character and storyline that repetitiously uses the letter and sound of the letter. The program emphasizes phonics training and phonemic awareness, as children learn letter sounds. Lessons are reinforced with hands-on activities. Animal Island teaches the names, shapes, and sounds of letters and how those sounds blend to make words and sentences. The appealing story format and continuously developing adventure provide excellent opportunities for lively group discussions that help children develop their comprehension skills, including recollection of events, description, sequence, cause and effect, and interpretation of motive.
Portfolio and Assessments
The teacher will do a written assessment covering all aspects of development for each child two years and older in the fall and again in the spring. The teacher is always aware of the development of each child and will monitor them for continual growth in each area. Special "portfolio pages" are made by each child on a monthly basis. The assessment and portfolio pages are shared with the parent at conference time. At the end of the school year, parents receive their child’s "Portfolio" in a folder with a special cover made by their child. It is a wonderful keepsake of your child’s growth throughout the year!
Why choose Rise and Shine Montessori Pre-K: Small group size that helps provide an environment, with developmentally appropriate equipment and activities, which enhances each child's cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development. Academic areas covered include language and literacy, pre-reading skills, math, science/nature, social studies, art, and music.
Parents you will feel confidant that your child will be ready to enter school the following year ready for a lifetime of love for learning, and confidant in their venture.
Research shows that children who are exposed to learning at an early age have greater success in education later on in life.
Childhood experts agree: Attending a high-quality Pre - K program prepares kids for kindergarten and beyond. How important is preschool?
"There's increasing evidence that children gain a lot from going to preschool," says Parents advisor Kathleen McCartney, PhD, dean of Harvard Graduate School of Education, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "At preschool, they become exposed to numbers, letters, and shapes. And, more important, they learn how to socialize -- get along with other children, share, contribute to circle time." What will my child learn? In addition to strengthening socialization skills -- how to compromise, be respectful of others, and problem-solve -- preschool provides a place where your child can gain a sense of self, explore, play with her peers, and build confidence. "Kids in preschool discover that they are capable and can do things for themselves -- from small tasks like pouring their own juice and helping set snack tables to tackling bigger issues like making decisions about how to spend their free time," says Angela Capone, PhD, senior program manager at Southwest Human Development's Arizona Institute for Childhood Development, in Phoenix. "Plus, 4- and 5-year-olds have begun asking some wonderful questions about the world around them -- what happens to the water after the rain? Do birds play? Quality preschools help children find answers through exploration, experimentation, and conversation."
But what about learning their ABCs? "Young children can certainly learn letters and numbers, but to sit kids down and 'teach' them is the wrong way to do it," "They learn best through doing the kinds of activities they find interesting -- storytime, talking to their teachers about stars, playing with blocks." To help kids learn language and strengthen pre-reading skills, for instance, teachers might play rhyming games and let kids tell stories. Keep in mind that for small children, school is all about having fun and acquiring social skills -- not achieving academic milestones. "Kids need to be imaginative and to socialize -- that's what fosters creative, well-rounded people. It's not whether they can read by age 4 or multiply by 5," An ideal curriculum: Parading around in dress-up clothes, building forts, and being read to, exploring learning centers, going for walks outdoors, water and sand table time, cooking, painting, or just good old fashioned play time.
To provide kind and loving care in a developmentally appropriate environment, along with a curriculum that empowers children to develop a positive self-image and a love of learning.
Your Preschooler's Day Our Early Preschool program provides a rich classroom environment where children are encouraged to explore and are challenged to learn. Your preschooler will make new friends and develop self-confidence as he or she strengthens cognitive skills. Watch your child demonstrate new learning, and flourish in our stimulating classroom environment-while having fun!
Language and Literacy We introduce high-quality children's literature to promote a love of reading. Our daily activities develop reading and writing skills and introduce important literacy concepts.
Math Skills Children are introduced to the rich world of numbers, including sorting, grouping, and counting, as well as more advanced math skills.
Social Skills Group time allows your child to talk, listen, share, take turns, cooperate, interact with friends, and learn the value of giving and receiving feedback. Positive reinforcement helps children realize the importance of being a team player and refines skills needed to flourish in a classroom environment.
Creativity and Imagination Dramatic play, music and art activities give every child the opportunity to showcase their abundant creativity. We encourage all children to express their ideas in order to help build confidence, independence and imagination.
Physical Development Our experienced teacher works with children to develop their large motor skills-running, jumping, throwing and kicking-and practice coordination skills, such as writing, drawing, cutting and other activities.
Our Thematic Approach
The children are introduced to developmentally appropriate concepts, about a particular theme, through group and individual experiences that are fun and exciting. The teacher presents this curriculum using methods that are developmentally appropriate for each individual age group.
First Circle Time
We open our Circle Time with a welcoming song or poem, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and our Patriotic Song of the Month. We continue with calendar activities, discussing the weather, and sharing our thoughts and feelings. Our circle time includes language development, science, math, and social studies activities that are based around our weekly theme, Letter, and number of the Week.
Letter and number of the Week
Children are introduced to one letter of the alphabet for 26 weeks during our school year. As well as numbers 1-100, our objective is for the children to understand: there are different letters of the alphabet; each letter makes a different sound; and when you put letters together they form words. Children learn to recognize the letters of the alphabet and the sound that each represents. The letters are introduced in random order, as they tie in with our themes. As well as understanding numbers are used for counting objects, simple math such as calendar dates, time, birthdates, age, add, subtract number line, and so much more.
Individual Choice Time
Immediately following circle time, this play time offers children the opportunity to choose any area within the room to explore. The activity areas the children can choose from include: art, creative table play, paint easel, sensory tub, math center, science center, housekeeping area, dramatic play center, wooden blocks, large blocks, trucks, fine motor manipulative, puzzles, and table games. Extra activities that vary from day to day may include play dough, bubbles, file folder games, or flannel boards. The open environments in our classrooms encourage the children to move freely from center to center, as well as to socialize and interact with their classmates.
Creative Art Project
Our art activities allow children to express their individual ideas and feelings, while developing confidence and pride. The children are exposed to a wide variety of art media and various processes, allowing ample opportunities to experiment with color, shape, texture, and design. The emphasis of our art projects is focused on the process rather than the finished product. Our daily creative art project reinforces concepts that correlate to our theme or letter, number of the week. Markers, crayons, pencils, paper, scissors and glue are available to the children every day, along with the opportunity to paint at the art easel. For our special "creative art days", a variety of art media, including recyclables, are presented at the art table and the children choose what they would like to create.
Dramatic Play
In addition to our housekeeping and block areas, special centers are presented in a manner that encourages children to express their creativity and engage their imaginations. Children enjoy nurturing our "Dollhouse Family", becoming the "Chief at our Fire Station", "Landing Planes at our Airport", "Directing Traffic at the Parking Garage", and spending time "Down at the Farm". Pretend dress up will be special centers and costumes are rotated through our classrooms biweekly, giving children the opportunity to have a variety of different experiences.
Science/Nature Interest Centers
The classroom has a table with a specific science/nature theme that includes a variety of items for the children to explore. Books, pictures, puzzles, and various manipulative items provide hands-on experiences to help the children understand the concept of the science theme. Examples of our science centers include: "Liquid in Motion", "We Dig Dinosaurs", "Colors All Around Us", "A Walk in the Woods", "Do You Hear What I Hear", "Sprouting Seeds", and "It’s a Bugs Life". These centers are changed seasonally and rotated on a biweekly basis, allowing the children to be introduced to a variety of science/nature experiences throughout the year.
Sensory Play
Experiences in the sensory tub allow children to explore a variety of media using their senses. Some of the favorites include: shaving cream, water, ice, snow, colored rice, noodles, slimy goo, bubbles, cotton balls, pine cones, and sand. It is always hands-on fun!
Gross Motor Activities
Children play outside in our yard whenever the weather permits. If it is too wet or cold to go outside, the teacher provides indoor activities that enhance large muscle development. For our full day programs, "Ready, Set, Jump" ~ which is part of our Health Little Bits program ~ provides gross motor movement on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. On Thursday and Friday, our "Sing, Wiggle, Dance, and learn" music and movement programs keep us moving.
Snack Time
During snack time, children are encouraged to use good manners. They wait until everyone is served, then sing a simple song or recite a poem to signal the start of their snack. This is a great time for the teacher and children to converse and socialize. Self help skills are promoted and children learn to use utensils, pour liquids, and clean up after themselves.
Second Circle Time
Children gather with their teacher in the late morning/afternoon depending on the session of choice for a second large group experience, which focuses on our language and literacy curriculum. In addition to these, this time is used for further development of the concepts that were introduced at first circle, to read stories, or have "Show and Tell."
Music
Music is a wonderful learning tool and an important part of early childhood education. The children learn songs that tie in with the season, holidays, curriculum themes, letters, numbers, and some just for fun. The children are exposed to various musical instruments and learn about rhythm and timing.
American Sign Language/ Spanish
Children are introduced to both American Sign Language and the Spanish language as cultural awareness. They learn that some people speak different languages, that language is our way of communicating, and that learning American Sign Language and Spanish will allow them to talk with more people. The teacher will introduce concepts of words and phrases, such as counting, colors, and days of the week. More words are taught as they tie in with the season, holiday, or our thematic units.
Sign Language is incorporated as part of the curriculum for all age levels. Very basic signs, such as drink, eat, more and all done, are introduced in our infant program. Toddlers continue using these signs and begin to learn signs with their songs. Children two and older learn basic signing words and techniques, as they relate to our themes, seasons, and holidays. They particularly enjoy learning to sign language to songs they sing. The letters of the alphabet are taught along with our Letter of the Week program. Research has shown that sign language develops the same portions of the brain that control language development and that exposure to sign language assists or enhances language development.
Our Exclusives
Rise and Shine utilizes two emergent reading programs that make learning letters fun and exciting. High Hat lessons focus on the "letter of week", with a character and storyline that repetitiously uses the letter and sound of the letter. The program emphasizes phonics training and phonemic awareness, as children learn letter sounds. Lessons are reinforced with hands-on activities. Animal Island teaches the names, shapes, and sounds of letters and how those sounds blend to make words and sentences. The appealing story format and continuously developing adventure provide excellent opportunities for lively group discussions that help children develop their comprehension skills, including recollection of events, description, sequence, cause and effect, and interpretation of motive.
Portfolio and Assessments
The teacher will do a written assessment covering all aspects of development for each child two years and older in the fall and again in the spring. The teacher is always aware of the development of each child and will monitor them for continual growth in each area. Special "portfolio pages" are made by each child on a monthly basis. The assessment and portfolio pages are shared with the parent at conference time. At the end of the school year, parents receive their child’s "Portfolio" in a folder with a special cover made by their child. It is a wonderful keepsake of your child’s growth throughout the year!
Why choose Rise and Shine Montessori Pre-K: Small group size that helps provide an environment, with developmentally appropriate equipment and activities, which enhances each child's cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development. Academic areas covered include language and literacy, pre-reading skills, math, science/nature, social studies, art, and music.
Parents you will feel confidant that your child will be ready to enter school the following year ready for a lifetime of love for learning, and confidant in their venture.
Research shows that children who are exposed to learning at an early age have greater success in education later on in life.
Childhood experts agree: Attending a high-quality Pre - K program prepares kids for kindergarten and beyond. How important is preschool?
"There's increasing evidence that children gain a lot from going to preschool," says Parents advisor Kathleen McCartney, PhD, dean of Harvard Graduate School of Education, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "At preschool, they become exposed to numbers, letters, and shapes. And, more important, they learn how to socialize -- get along with other children, share, contribute to circle time." What will my child learn? In addition to strengthening socialization skills -- how to compromise, be respectful of others, and problem-solve -- preschool provides a place where your child can gain a sense of self, explore, play with her peers, and build confidence. "Kids in preschool discover that they are capable and can do things for themselves -- from small tasks like pouring their own juice and helping set snack tables to tackling bigger issues like making decisions about how to spend their free time," says Angela Capone, PhD, senior program manager at Southwest Human Development's Arizona Institute for Childhood Development, in Phoenix. "Plus, 4- and 5-year-olds have begun asking some wonderful questions about the world around them -- what happens to the water after the rain? Do birds play? Quality preschools help children find answers through exploration, experimentation, and conversation."
But what about learning their ABCs? "Young children can certainly learn letters and numbers, but to sit kids down and 'teach' them is the wrong way to do it," "They learn best through doing the kinds of activities they find interesting -- storytime, talking to their teachers about stars, playing with blocks." To help kids learn language and strengthen pre-reading skills, for instance, teachers might play rhyming games and let kids tell stories. Keep in mind that for small children, school is all about having fun and acquiring social skills -- not achieving academic milestones. "Kids need to be imaginative and to socialize -- that's what fosters creative, well-rounded people. It's not whether they can read by age 4 or multiply by 5," An ideal curriculum: Parading around in dress-up clothes, building forts, and being read to, exploring learning centers, going for walks outdoors, water and sand table time, cooking, painting, or just good old fashioned play time.
Visit the school to learn about our programs, discuss your enrollment needs, and complete an enrollment packet. Please call and speak with the center Director Ms. Abby Patterson- Davis at (315) 858- 7023 Operation Hours 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Ages Served Infants, Toddlers, Preschool, Pre-Kindergarten before and after school care for school aged students, Meals, Nutritious snacks provided daily, optional lunch program available
Center & Program Highlights Online Video Monitering, safe password secure site to feel secure and safe that your child is in good care. Back-Up Care Available such as Nanny services, Parenting Seminars, Parents Night Out
Helpful link for parents searching for quality child care http://www.nyscccc.org/
Center & Program Highlights Online Video Monitering, safe password secure site to feel secure and safe that your child is in good care. Back-Up Care Available such as Nanny services, Parenting Seminars, Parents Night Out
Helpful link for parents searching for quality child care http://www.nyscccc.org/
