Two-day preschool
Age 24-36 months by August 31st
9:00-11:00am, Thursdays & Fridays
Fauntleroy School House
2022/2023 School Year Monthly Tuition: $131
TEACHER: Tami Aidlin
PARENT EDUCATOR: Kylene Ushimaru
CHILDREN’S PROGRAM
Life with a 2 year old is like a Seattle day–sunny one moment and cloudy the next!
- They are excited to play and explore.
- Their imaginations are blossoming.
- They still need our help moving beyond “MINE!”
Our class is a safe place to express their independence by exploring a room full of opportunities. As they grow more comfortable with language, we help them learn to communicate their needs.
CLASS ROUTINE
Welcome from Teacher Tami
Choice Time to Play, Explore, Pretend, and Create
Put Away Time (we made a joyful mess and we learn to clean up, too)
Circle Time Story and Songs (learning to sit and take part)
Snack (sitting together eating a healthy snack furnished and prepared by parents according to
Health Department standards)
Music and Movement (singing and using big muscles)
Time to say Good Bye
PARENT/ CAREGIVER INVOLVEMENT
Parents assist in the classroom one day a week. You choose whether your day each week will be either Thursday or Friday. If you cannot come in due to illness, etc. you ask another parent to trade with you. We teach you ways to interact with the kids using our “positive discipline” philosophy. Your child comes the other day without you. Some 2-3s have a hard time separating–we follow your lead and help you both make this transition.
Parents get to: attend a monthly parent meeting to discuss business and parenting topics (evening set by the parents–example: first Tuesday of each month 7-9:00); help with the running of the preschool and fundraising; choose a co-op job that fits their interests, skill, and time.
PARENT/ CAREGIVERS PROGRAM IN A TWOS CLASS
The push-pull, I want you and I want to do it myself, of growing independence brings parenting challenges. How to set limits that don’t squelch independence? How to help two children who want the same toy?
A Parent Education Instructor attends class one day each week (alternating Thursday and Friday) ready to check in with you to offer tips that will help at home and at school. The class chooses one night a month for a Class Meeting–time to learn about guidance and discipline AND as an adult night out together (example: first Tuesday of each month 7-9pm). To personalize your learning, choose from a list of free talks on topics such as: Guidance & Discipline, Raising Boys/Girls, Separation, Sleep, Raising an Only, First Aid and CPR.
“Being in co-op helped us move through those “Terrible Two’s” I had heard about. They weren’t so bad because I had friends going through it together–with the help of our teachers!”