Preschool
Scheduling that works for your child and you
- 2, 3, 4, or 5 days a week
- Extend to a full day of childcare with our Extended Hours
Woodside School emphasizes learning as an interactive process.
Programs provide for a wide range of developmental interests and abilities that meet individual needs. Learning activities and materials are concrete, real, and relevant to the lives of young children.
Teachers provide opportunities for children to choose among a variety of activities, materials, and equipment, and time to explore through active involvement. Teachers facilitate children's engagement with materials and activities, and extend the child's learning by asking questions or by making suggestions that stimulate children's thinking. Children are given time to reflect on their actions to develop more complete understanding.
Emphasis is on concrete experiential learning to achieve the following goals:
- Foster positive identity and sense of emotional well-being
- Develop social skills
- Encourage children to think, reason, question, and experiment
- Encourage language and literary development
- Enhance physical development and skills
- Encourage and demonstrate sound health, safety, and nutritional practices
- Encourage creative expression, representation, and appreciation for the arts
- Respect diversity
Woodside Curriculum Goals First Year- Group 1
Independence
Enters class, greets teachers and peers
Cares for personal needs: stores belongings in cubby, washes hands, responds to own needs such as cleaning up spills or space, uses tissues, uses bathroom
Self-Discipline
Follows safety rules and honors class agreement for community expectations
Demonstrates care when using materials
Chooses a variety of tasks
Focuses on a task and completes
Works independently
Self-Confidence
Says good-bye to parent/caretaker independently
Shows interest to try new things
Adjusts to change; can manage transitions
Social Skills
Is friendly to others
Uses words to express feelings, resolve conflicts
Will ask for help
Demonstrates a spirit of cooperativeness
Adapted from original source:
J. Zalles, Northeast Montessori Institute, 1989, revised 1994
Woodside Curriculum Goals Second Year- Group 2
Academic Skills
Interest in books
Listening skills
Interest in words and vocabulary
Recognition of letters, especially in own name
Write own name
Drawing
Recognition of numerals and their value
Count one-to-one correspondence to 10
Work Habits
Moves from one task to another with independence
Concentrates on task and works to completion
Works in partnership with another
Independent and confident in choices
Understands and honors class expectations and agreements
Demonstrates care in using materials
Social/Emotional Skills
Strives to be a friend
Identifies and expresses feelings
Works to resolve conflicts
Communicates freely: shares ideas
Is cooperative
Cares for others; is helpful
Listens to others
Initiates play; joins others in play
Appreciates and learns from differences
Is kind to others
Adapted from original source:
J. Zalles, Northeast Montessori Institute, 1989, revised 1994
Transitional Kindergarten Third Year - Group 3
This group is a great transition, especially for those students who may have just missed the "cut-off" date.
Differing from prior years, this session now meets in the mornings, like our other groups, with the option to extend to a full day (3:30pm)
Want to know more?
Check out the Kindergarten Curriculum for more information on what Group 3 is like.
“This is the friendliest preschool!”