Early Arts Handbook
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From the Directors
Dear Parents,
Children are so wonderful and fun to be with. We and the Early Arts Staff
consider it a delight and privilege to teach your children. Our greatest
desire is to create a safe and happy environment where your child will thrive
emotionally, academically and socially.
We welcome you, and are excited about getting to know your child as we grow
together at Early Arts.
Sincerely,
Laura Gorham
Renee Schneider
Directors
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| Every year the Early Arts students 'Trick or
Treat' in Homewood. We make our costumes and then go around to all
the merchants. |
Our Purpose
Providing an environment of love, security, acceptance and success.
Planning and directing a wide variety of stimulating, age appropriate
activities in an enriching environment.
Assisting each child in developing a positive self-image and positive
attitude toward school.
Assisting children in developing expressive and receptive language skills,
sensory-perception skills, gross and fine motor skills, and effective
interpersonal skills.
Promoting in each child a healthy independence.
Our Program
The philosophy of the Early Arts Center is that “School is Fun!” We want to
teach children to love school. Our main teaching methods are creative “arts”
consisting of constructive play, art projects, music, literature, cooking,
drama, and creative movement.
Two Year Olds
The two year old program is a “learning through play” experience, involving
guided play and emergent academic and social skills. Primary teaching tools
include music, creative movement, rhyme and rhythm, as well as, literature.
The two year old program is very informal with light structure. We will teach
in the Early Arts style of learning through experience.
Three Year Olds
The three year old program is slightly more formal and structured. Our main
teaching methods are the same, but we add language enrichment, introduction to
letter recognition, and numbers. A strong emphasis is again placed on learning
through play. Students entering the three year old program MUST be potty
trained by the first day of school.
Four Year Olds
The four year old program is designed to prepare children for kindergarten.
Our main teaching methods will revolve around the arts, but we will emphasize
language enrichment, letter recognition, and numbers while adding fine motor,
listening, and pre-readiness skills. Our four year old program builds on those
language art skills introduced in the three year old program, expanding the
alphabet into both the written and spoken word, introducing phonemic awareness
and beginning handwriting. Math skills are also extended to incorporate
sorting, patterning, adding, subtracting, and other age-appropriate concepts.
Teachers will strive to:
- Help the child develop self-confidence and self-worth
- Encourage interest and awareness of the world and all there is to learn
about it
- Teach children to share and take care of toys and equipment
- Encourage the use of common courtesies and manners
- Help the children to develop coordination and basic motor skills
Registration / Fees
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page of our website.
Inclement Weather
In case of inclement weather, Early Arts will follow the action taken by
the Homewood School System. Please listen to the local weather reports on
television and radio for school closings. During tornado warnings, children
will be held inside an interior room of the school until the warning has been
officially canceled.
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