3 - 6 Years
Our multi-age preschool programs are designed for children ages three to six years who are toileting independently; the integrated kindergarten program is designed for children ages five to six. Each of our preschool classes has at least one teacher certified by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), as well as at least one Montessori-certified teacher.
Years of experience teaching young children through the Montessori method have shown us that this age group does best with consistency and repetition. We have carefully designed our environment and materials to help nurture concentration, coordination and independence, as well as give concrete experience with academics and social interaction. Each of our teachers is a nurturing guide who prepares the environment, facilitates problem-solving and serves as a positive role model.
At CCS, children receive a foundation in everyday living, social skills, self-care, large-motor skills, sensory experiences, language and math skills, nature, art and music. Children go outside every day for socialization, large-motor experience, nature study, group games and fantasy play.
Though children benefit by attending CCS even just one or two years, our preschool programs are planned as a comprehensive, three-year experience. Committed to letting each child grow at his or her own pace, our teachers specifically select and sequence materials to appeal to individual developmental needs from the first day a child walks through the door until the day he or she “graduates” from our school. Additionally, an optional, individualized kindergarten program exists within the pre-school classes. We strongly encourage parents to give children the benefit of the three-year sequence since it is during the third year that the fruit of many long-nurtured seeds have the chance to ripen.
Multi-Age School Year Program
Goldfinch
5 Days / Monday-Friday
8:15-11:30am
(Optional lunch until 1pm)
Bluebird
4 Days / Tuesday-Friday
8:15-11:30am
(Optional lunch until 1pm)
Blue Jay
3 Days / Tuesday through Thursday
12:30-3:30pm
Full Day
4 or 5 Days / Monday through Friday
7:30am-5:30pm*
*Alternate pickup at 3:30, 4:30 or 5:00pm
Do you have tree bark, twigs, pinecones, insects, snakes or frogs in your lunchbox? Come to CCS this week and find out who does! We will explore our “Naturalist In A Box” series of wild animals and discover who are carnivores or herbivores and other interesting facts as we learn about eating habits, behavior and some of our Wisconsin wildlife.
Bulldozer … Dump Truck … Excavator … Have you ever wondered what these big machines can do? Here is your chance! Come along and we will take a look at some of the big jobs these machines and others can take on. Get out your hard hats as we will be stretching our imaginations with building.
Wear red, white and blue this week as we celebrate our country’s birthday. Learn about the Statue of Liberty and why we fly flags. Join us as we make paper roll firecrackers, patriotic windsocks, flags with our handprints and even flags we can EAT! Happy Birthday, USA!
Have you ever wanted to know what the names of the birds are that we see each day? Join us as together we become aquatinted with some of our most common birds around Wisconsin. Along with this, we will also get to know some of the most unique bugs and how they help us. Get out your binoculars and magnifying glasses. It’s bound to be a real adventure!
Once again we will invite the fairies to visit our backyard by creating fairy houses. We will obey the “rules of the fairies” by using only items from nature such as flowers, leaves, shells, pinecones, nuts, etc. to create the dwellings for these mystical creatures. Last summer the fairies brought us tiny treasures. Will they return again? Come and be a part of the fun and find out!
Come and spend the week with us as we enjoy our favorite outdoor summer activities. We’ll set up a tent for camping and a campfire for making s’mores and singing around. We’ll need our swimsuits for water activities. Come and see our sandbox turn into a lake/beach complete with shells and shovels. We’ll surely need to make trail mix for our hiking and rock climbing adventure! All this fun can be had in our own backyard.
As the children “make” their way through this camp, they will have the opportunity to explore a wide variety of artistic mediums. Painting, woodworking, weaving, mosaics, and nature items will be some of the choices for the children to create a new art project every day. Join us for this variety of “hands-on” fun!
Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a scientist? This week we will discover and explore as we try some different experiments using baking soda and vinegar, working with objects that sink or float, and much more. Come and learn to observe, form theories (what we think will happen) and see what really happens!
Who’s ready to be a chef? After reading books such as The Runaway Pancake, If You Give A Mooses A Muffin and Tops And Bottoms, we will be ready to put on our aprons and head to the kitchen. Join us as we cook and bake some very delicious culinary treats which may include vegetables grown in our backyard garden.
