Open House for 26-27 School year is January 24th, 10 am to 12pm.
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Open House for 26-27 School year is January 24th, 10 am to 12pm. 〰️
Welcome to Sandpiper!
Since 1972 Sandpiper Cooperative Preschool has been growing and evolving to create a nurturing environment designed to help enhance your child’s self-image, develop positive socialization skills, and strengthen concept formation and motor skills. The curriculum that has been developed for the children is one that will prepare them for kindergarten and beyond. The supplemental changes that have taken place in the past few years will merge excitement with a passion for learning, literacy, and an appreciation for nature and music into a foundation for your child’s success in his or her school career. The co-op experience is also something that you won’t want to miss during the preschool age!
"Focusing on the Arts and Education"
Sandpiper's casual and nurturing environment is designed to help enhance your child's self image, further develop positive socialization skills, strengthen concept formation and develop motor skills.
Programs and Curriculum
Classes AVailable
Two Day Preschool: for 3 and 4 year olds (must be 3 by August 1st)
Tuesday and Thursday 8:30am-11:30am
Three Day Pre-Kindergarten: for 4 and 5 year olds (must be 4 by August 1st)
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 8:30am-11:30am
Five Day Afternoon Pre-Kindergarten: for 4 and 5 year olds (must be 5 by January 1st OR 4 by August 1st with one year of preschool experience)
Monday through Friday 12:15 pm - 3:15 pm
Curriculum
We want the children to become enthusiastic learners. We want them to be independent, self confident, and inquisitive. The classroom is set up with various interest areas that offer multiple opportunities for children to explore, discover and learn.
Our daily schedule includes activities in:
Literacy - Zoo-phonics
Science and Nature
Health and Nutrition
Art
Large muscle and fine motor
Hand eye coordination
Creativity
Socialization
Cognitive (math, reading readiness, colors and shapes)
TWO day pROGRAM
Our two day program is often a child’s very first introduction to a structured school environment.
It emphasizes social/emotional development experiences in music, math, literacy, self help skills, science, nature and art.
Three day PROGRAM
In preparation for Kindergarten, the three-day program builds on the two day curriculum, by developing
mathematical reasoning,
reading readiness skills,
critical thinking skills,
problem solving techniques, and
language growth.
FIVE DAY PROGRAM
Our five day afternoon program is an extension of the three day program with two added days of individualized enrichment activities. Sandpiper has developed this program by looking at kindergarten readiness skill sets provided by area kindergartens. In addition to using our Zoo-phonics literacy program more extensively, the five day program allows the child to be in a structured school environment every day. It prepares children to enter full day kindergarten the following year, having grown emotionally, socially, and educationally.