PROGRAM
NEW 2026-27 DAILY SCHEDULE*
Half-Day Preschool | 9AM–1PM
9–9:40AM | Arrival & Choice Time
Children begin the day with open-ended choices in the Music & Movement Studio or on the playground, including gross motor play, music, books, table invitations, and sensory exploration.
9:40–10:00 | Morning Community Circle
A music and movement gathering with greetings, classroom jobs, Spanish language exposure, and a preview of the day's experiences.
10–10:15AM | Outdoor Snack & Community Time
Children enjoy a family-style snack outdoors on the playground while practicing independence, conversation, and classroom routines.
10:15–10:50AM | Playground Exploration
Children engage in climbing, obstacle courses, sandbox play, swings, and cooperative games. Playground time supports gross motor development, social interaction, confidence building, and body awareness.
10:50–11:00 | Transition & Studio Introduction
Children transition indoors by gathering belongings, removing outdoor gear, washing hands, settling with a book, and learning about the day's Exploration Studio choices.
11AM–12:15PM | Exploration Studios
Children choose from a variety of hands-on learning environments designed to support creativity, problem-solving, collaboration, communication, and independent exploration.
Exploration Studios include:
STEM & Discovery Studio
Children investigate science, nature, materials, and classroom questions through hands-on exploration, observation, experimentation, and the Discovery Shelf.
Art & Sensory Studio
Children explore creative materials, process art, seasonal projects, and sensory experiences that encourage imagination, fine motor development, and self-expression.
Creation & Maker Studio
Children explore creating, designing, and building with loose parts, recycled materials, natural materials, puzzles, marble runs, and other hands-on materials. This area supports fine motor development, concentration, creativity, problem-solving, and the confidence to bring ideas to life.
Blocks & Small World Studio
Children build environments and imaginative worlds using blocks, animals, people, vehicles, and props while developing spatial awareness, storytelling, and collaboration.
Dramatic Play Studio
Children engage in role play, imaginative scenarios, and social storytelling through classroom themes and real-world experiences.
Library & Writing Studio
Children explore books, storytelling materials, drawing, writing, and early literacy experiences through play and conversation.
12:15–1PM | Lunch, Storytelling & Dismissal
Lunch is followed by interactive storytelling through books, puppets, felt boards, and story materials that connect to classroom investigations and future literacy experiences.
Our Curriculum - Learning through Play
Each day, children are offered activities designed to help them learn. Activities and projects range from art, science, and numbers.
Sensory-motor and fine motor development are important, so there is always a sensory activity, such as play-dough or water play.
Classrooms are equipped with puzzles, manipulative toys to develop fine motor skills, easel painting, train sets, building blocks, and a dramatic play area, which is updated frequently with new themes.
There is a large gross motor area which we developed with the aid of an occupational therapist in order to provide a variety of activities ideal for sensory-motor learning.
The children spend time learning social skills by using dramatic play. They participate in many activities which develop fine motor and gross motor skills, including STEAM, sensory play, art projects, life skills, and building activities.
The older children spend time investigating more advanced projects, based upon their current interests. Recent project areas include dinosaurs, geology, mail and writing, and insects. Cristina likes to use music and Spanish to incorporate the performing arts into circle time, along with dance, stories, puppets and other activities
Please note that this video shows TelHi before the pandemic, and our school during the 2020-2021 school year, when we offered both in-class and virtual options. You may see children attending zoom meetings- the computers would not be used in a normal school year, when we would do these activities together in class.
