PROGRAM
half & full-day
NEW 2026-27 DAILY SCHEDULE*
8:30–9:15 AM — Outdoor Arrival & Play
Helen WillsPlayground Flexible drop-off and outdoor social play
9:15–9:35 AM — Morning Gathering
Short community circle with songs, movement, and daily rhythm.
9:35–11:15 AM — Morning Exploration Studio
Play-based learning through art, sensory play, building, dramatic play, literacy, and science.
9:45-10:15 am— Snack
11:15–12:00 PM — Outdoor Gross Motor Play
Movement, social interaction, and nature-based exploration.
Helen Wills Playground
12:00–12:30 PM — Lunch & Pick-up (Pick up for half-day group)
12:30–1:00 PM — Rest / Quiet Time
Quiet book reading, puzzles/activity boards, coloring/journaling
1:00–3:00 PM — MWF TK/K Transition Studio (Ages ~3–5)
Play-based school readiness through literacy, math, collaboration, and independence skills.
1:00–3:00 PM — The Spanish Exploration Studio (Ages ~3–5)
Immersive Spanish language learning through play, music, storytelling, and movement.
3:00–3:30 PM — Outdoor Play
Free play and social regulation time at Helen Wills Playground
3:30–4:00 PM — Pickup Window
Outdoor flexible pickup and transition home.
* Subject to change
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.
