Preschool program in Loomis, CA

  • An active learning approach. Teachers are additionally trained in inquiry based learning. Children learn best through active involvement with people materials and ideas.
  • A consistent daily schedule provides children with a safe, predictable, supportive environment for children. Children are active participants in planning their activities, exploring, experimenting and discovering
  • A learning environment that is carefully prepared to encourage active exploration with materials and experiences in the areas of science, math, language and literacy (reading and writing), art, music and movement, social and emotional and intellectual development.
  • An individualized program designed to meet the needs of children as they develop at their own rate by preparing them for social, emotional, physical and intellectual competence. The teacher's role is to interact thoughtfully, set up the environment, facilitate, support, and encourage each child's development at their own level.
  • Assessments, parent reports & conferences to keep parents informed about their child’s development. We encourage open communication and discussions about your child.
  • A positive problem solving approach to discipline Teachers facilitate children’s problem solving so that children learn how to negotiate, share and solve problems for themselves.
  • Orientation & Workshops for parents in child development, active learning, discipline and literacy development. The parent orientation is designed to help parents understand our program, it’s educational basis, and ways to help your child in the most effective way.
  • Parent Involvement to help children develop a healthy sense of identity and an acceptance of others
Daily Activities at Little Orchard Preschool
Creativity ~ Exploration ~ Discovery ~ Sharing
Initiative and Social Relations
Children's early experiences with peers and adults shape their social skills.

As children mature and are given many opportunities to observe adults and to try out appropriate solutions to conflicts, they will begin to internalize these social skills and resolve problems successfully.
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Children Develop:
  • Build relationships
  • Cooperative play
  • Empathy
  • Moral development
  • Positive Self-Identity
  • Recognize emotions, Regulate feelings
  • Resolve conflicts
  • Sense of community
  • Sense of competence
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Children Develop:
  • Expression and representation when they observe, think, imagine and feel through music and movement.
  • Moving in various ways
  • Moving with objects
  • Musical instruments
  • Rhythm
  • Singing
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Music and Movement
Everyone participates in activities including, singing, playing musical instruments, expressing creativity in movement, circle games and storytelling. Music activities allow children to learn through motor and verbal activities and it's fun. Children acquire an understanding of the concepts and language that are connected to actions and positions, words and phrases like inside, outside, in-between.
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Children develop
Children express and represent what they observe, think, imagine and feel through pretend play.
Pretending and Role Playing
“Play is the work of children” –Piaget
Music and Movement
Everyone participates in activities including, singing, playing musical instruments, expressing creativity in movement, circle games and storytelling. Music activities allow children to learn through motor and verbal activities and it's fun. Children acquire an understanding of the concepts and language that are connected to actions and positions, words and phrases like inside, outside, in-between.
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Children develop
Children express and represent what they observe, think, imagine and feel through pretend play.
Pretending and Role Playing
“Play is the work of children” –Piaget
Language and Literacy
Acting out stories; playing rhyming games, making up words, songs, and stories. There is also writing in their own way using conventional or unconventional forms develops children's understanding of language. Language skills expand when they are offered wealth of opportunities to have fun with language and printed communication. Our Teachers are trained in the State of California's language and literacy standards and how young children learn to read and write.
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  • Alphabetic knowledge
  • Book knowledge
  • Comprehension
  • Concepts about print
  • English language learning (including sign language)
  • Phonological awareness
  • Reading
  • Speaking
  • Vocabulary
  • Writing
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Language and Literacy
Acting out stories; playing rhyming games, making up words, songs, and stories. There is also writing in their own way using conventional or unconventional forms develops children's understanding of language. Language skills expand when they are offered wealth of opportunities to have fun with language and printed communication. Our Teachers are trained in the State of California's language and literacy standards and how young children learn to read and write.
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  • Alphabetic knowledge
  • Book knowledge
  • Comprehension
  • Concepts about print
  • English language learning (including sign language)
  • Phonological awareness
  • Reading
  • Speaking
  • Vocabulary
  • Writing
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Math Concepts
Children construct an understanding of concepts in logic and mathematics as they interact and work with materials, people and ideas. This mathematical knowledge is constructed as young children work objects in their physical world.
Children develop
  • Counting
  • Data Analysis; make decisions, solve problems and draw conclusions
  • Measuring
  • Number Words and Symbols
  • Part-Whole Relationships
  • Patterns
  • Shapes
  • Spatial Awareness
  • Unit
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Math Concepts
Children construct an understanding of concepts in logic and mathematics as they interact and work with materials, people and ideas. This mathematical knowledge is constructed as young children work objects in their physical world.
Children develop
  • Counting
  • Data Analysis; make decisions, solve problems and draw conclusions
  • Measuring
  • Number Words and Symbols
  • Part-Whole Relationships
  • Patterns
  • Shapes
  • Spatial Awareness
  • Unit
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Science
Young children are experimenters and testers from birth. If we observe young children as they explore their world, we will see them using science processes such as observing, classifying, experimenting, predicting, drawing conclusions and communicating their ideas to others. We call these processes the preschool scientific method because they are the early forms of abilities adult scientists use.
Children develop
  • Classifying
  • Communicating Ideas
  • Drawing Conclusions
  • Experimenting
  • Natural and Physical World Knowledge
  • Observing Processes
  • Predicting
  • Using Tools
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Science
Young children are experimenters and testers from birth. If we observe young children as they explore their world, we will see them using science processes such as observing, classifying, experimenting, predicting, drawing conclusions and communicating their ideas to others. We call these processes the preschool scientific method because they are the early forms of abilities adult scientists use.
Children develop
  • Classifying
  • Communicating Ideas
  • Drawing Conclusions
  • Experimenting
  • Natural and Physical World Knowledge
  • Observing Processes
  • Predicting
  • Using Tools
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Outside Time
Is an opportunity to enhance children motor skills while jumping, running, riding tricycles, sliding and climbing. Plenty of sand and water play, art, games, gardening, and socializing with friends is available.
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Children develop
  • Body Awareness
  • Fine Motor Skills; dexterity, hand-eye coordination
  • Gross Motor Skills; strength, flexibility, balance.
  • Healthy Behavior
  • Personal Care
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Outside Time
Is an opportunity to enhance children motor skills while jumping, running, riding tricycles, sliding and climbing. Plenty of sand and water play, art, games, gardening, and socializing with friends is available.
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Children develop
  • Body Awareness
  • Fine Motor Skills; dexterity, hand-eye coordination
  • Gross Motor Skills; strength, flexibility, balance.
  • Healthy Behavior
  • Personal Care
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Connecting Children To Nature
A dynamic nature-based play and learning space. Research shows that regular time in nature supports whole- child learning and the development of foundational key skills.
Children develop
  • Construction and Engineering Skills
  • Creativity and Imagination
  • Critical Thinking
  • Feelings of Empathy for Nature
  • Fitness and Well- Being
  • Language and Literacy
  • Math
  • Physical Skills
  • Problem Solving
  • Reduced Stress
  • Science
  • Social and Visual spatial learning
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