Mission
Archer Cooperative Nursery School is committed to providing quality preschool education through program diversity and age appropriate child development techniques and activities. The cooperative nursery school concept provides a unique opportunity for parents to actively participate in their children's learning process by assisting in the child's classroom. We believe that cooperative education successfully blends the essential elements for the optimum learning by young children: quality teachers, committed parents and the children themselves.
Programs
Curriculum Highlights
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Mommy & Me
This class is the first step toward preschool. Children will interact with each other while playing with age appropriate toys. Mom/Dad or caregiver with their children will listen to stories, music and play games.
Toddler Class (2-1/2-year-olds)
This class teaches children separation, social interaction, listening, following directions, sharing, and exploring.
Nursery School Class (3-year-olds)
The children will learn to share, listen, resolve their differences, follow instructions and learn to be independent. This class encourages social interaction, reading readiness, language arts, science, math and social studies. Children love the “Fantastic Fridays” where they discuss ocean animals, dinosaurs, and all types of transportation.
Pre-K
This class prepares your child socially, physically and academically for kindergarten. The curriculum includes letter of the week with letter bags, numbers, math readiness, writing (letters, numbers & their names), journals, news of the week and a “Me” box.
Extended Day Enrichment Program
The Extended Day Enrichment Program is offered to both the 3 and 4 year olds and provides learning and playground fun, as well as the sate required rest period. The children will eat lunch with their friends and engage in free play, story time, games and a variety of other fun activities. Some of the planned activities will be literature based, doing hands-on projects related to the story. For example: We will read “Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?” then follow up by baking chocolate chip cookies. This enrichment program will also include various science projects. It will be fun and exciting - keeping the children wanting to come back for more!
Goals
Archer Cooperative Nursery School provides a well-equipped and happy social environment away from home. The curriculum is flexible and contemporary. Every effort is made to help the preschooler develop as an individual in the following areas:
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Making a successful transition from home.
Children need a feeling of belonging; being part of a world which is interested in them and makes them feel secure. Our nursery school provides an atmosphere where they feel comfortable. The teachers and parent helpers are warm, protective and alert to individual needs and limitations.
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Learning to be with other children.
Children need to learn to be social and enjoy a group experience. Some children find this natural while others may need more help. We realize that children have varying needs and personalities and we offer an atmosphere that encourages and supports all children in learning to be part of the class group.
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Developing an interest and joy in learning.
Each nursery school day consists of various meaningful experiences. The most important of which is helping the children to discover the interesting world around them. We encourage the children in all their experiences by honestly answering their questions. Their curiosity is challenged through simple experiments and observations about their world. We make every effort to guide each child in learning to listen, learning to speak in front of a group and learning to take directions.
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Developing security and a feeling of success.
Children must feel that they can do things successfully in order to form a positive self-image. We encourage this by providing age-appropriate materials and a well-planned curriculum. We include the opportunity for freedom of choice and creative experimentation. The attentive and affectionate support from the teachers fosters a feeling of security and provides a framework for success.
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Developing self-expression.
Children are given the opportunity to experiment with paints, scissors, clay, paper, glue, blocks, sand and water. Their ideas and unique means of expression grow as they become familiar with a variety of art media and other manipulatives.
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Developing self-control and responsibility.
The development of responsibility is promoted through taking care of toys and materials at school, helping to clean the play areas, handling materials carefully and learning basic health and safety rules. Children learn to control angry feelings and to vent them in acceptable ways. When difficulties arise, the teachers assist the children in resolving the differences without embarrassment to anyone. Hostile feelings can often be relieved through change of activity, water play, or outdoor play.
Benefits of Cooperative Learning
The school is firmly committed to providing quality preschool education through program diversity, exploration, and age appropriate child development techniques. It is unique in that it allows the parents an opportunity to share in the world of the preschooler by actively participating in the classroom. This cooperative experience, which permits parents to assist at school, helps to facilitate a gradual transition from the family group to the larger outside world. Classroom participation also provides parents with important information regarding their child's learning behavior. At Archer you will find an environment that encourages personal and social growth, a highly qualified and dedicated staff, and a diversified program that offers our students opportunity and excitement.
We understand how important your choice is to you and we want you to make a wise decision. For that reason we invite you to visit Archer. As you observe a class, meet with our staff, or talk to current students' parents, you will begin to appreciate all of the ways that you can benefit by having your child attend Archer.
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