Full Day Preschool Program
Curriculum Highlights at The Nativity Early Learning Center
Full Day Preschool
- 33 months to 5 years old
- 6:30am-6:00pm
Program Options
- 5 days a week (M-F)
- 4 days a week (M-TH
- 3 days a week (MWF)
- 2 days a week (TTH)
- Days can be flexible
Curriculum Highlights
- Bible Story time with Father John and Deacon Russ
- Science Experiments
- Religious Curriculum
- Spanish in the Munchkin Rooms
- Sign Language with Miss Kristina
- Early Literacy SEEDS read aloud with vocab words
- Letter of the Week and Theme Based Curriculum
- Cooking Projects
- Music and Movement- Yoga
- Daily Outside Time- 2x a Day!
- Large Motor Room across the street and Nativity School
- Special Person of the Week
- Bookmobile
- Daily Rest Time
- Social and Emotional Development
- Emotional Development, Self-Concept and Social Competence and Relationships
- Different Approaches to learning
- Curiosity, Risk-Taking, Imagination and Invention, Persistence and Reflection and Interpretation
- Language and Literacy Development
- Listening, Speaking, Emergent Reading and Emergent Writing
- Creativity and the Arts
- Creating, Responding and Evaluating
- Cognitive Development
- Mathematical and Logical Thinking- Number Concepts and Operations, Patterns and Relationships, Spatial Relationships/Geometry, Measurement and Mathematical Responding
- Scientific Thinking and Problem Solving- Observing, Questioning and Investigating
- Social Systems Understanding- Human Relationships and Understanding the World
- Physical Motor Development
- Gross Motor Development, Fine Motor Development and Physical Health and Well Being
- Religious Education
- The children will develop an awareness of God, the bible, learning prayers, empathy, respect and values through developmentally appropriate activities including being kind and loving to each other.
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDA) hosts an innovative and interactive website for parents. The ParentsKnow website provides resources on child development, parent education, child care and consumer safety information and includes links to MDA and other trusted websites. www.MNParentsKnow.info
Help Me Grow Ramsey County Information
Help Me Grow Ramsey County (formerly known as Early Childhood Information and Referral of Ramsey County) is the “central intake” office for children age birth-5 when there is a concern regarding their development. Once your child is referred to our office a determination will be made for further evaluation by the appropriate school district. The early intervention evaluation team will assess your child as necessary to determine eligibility for early intervention services. www.HelpMeGrowMN.org