The Peanut Gallery's preschool program is designed for children three to five years of age. This multi-age grouping promotes children to work within their own developmental level. The reasoning behind multi-ages is that each child develops at different rates. This concept allows child to move ahead in areas they have mastered and work more slowly on the areas of development they still need to work on.

All of our classrooms are open concept and promote choices. Each room is center based and includes a reading center, dramatic play area, manipulative center, art center, block center and computer learning lab. High Reach Learning develops our award-winning curriculum each month. This theme-biased program promotes a strong foundation by preparing the early childhood student for success in kindergarten and beyond. The hands on activities keep children actively involved as they learn to recognize letters, explore beginning sounds, understand number concepts and develop a positive character traits. The Peanut Gallery offers at no extra charge to our parents a weekly music and Spanish program. To promote good large motor skills The Peanut Gallery also offers a gymnastics program available for children 3 to 5 years of age.

Frequently asked questions

In the preschool classrooms parents, are responsible for providing a naptime blanket and any needed activity items as indicated and provided to you in the form of a monthly calendar of events. Often to complete our curriculum we require children to bring items from home such as a milk jug, paper towel roll, an old T-shirt etc… The Peanut Gallery provides your child with a daily hot lunch each day, and morning and afternoon snacks. If you would like your child to eat breakfast at the center this is an additional cost of $1 per breakfast.

The Peanut Gallery's goal is to provide a safe, stimulating environment. In addition to our ZooPhonics Learning Curriculum we offer a wide range of activities such as music, language and gross-motor activities. At no additional cost to our parents we also offer weekly Spanish and music lessons. In addition all of the classrooms are bright and visually stimulating.

All Peanut Gallery employees meet and often exceed the necessary qualifications as established by the State for licensed childcare centers. On a continual basis The Peanut Gallery provides on-going training for every staff member. The most important thing we look for in our staff members is patience, kindness and the love of children.

The Peanut Gallery firmly believes that communication is the "key" to an early childhood learning program. We take great care in guaranteeing an effective parent/teacher "partnership". In addition to direct contact with your classroom teacher and center director we encourage our parents to be informed by providing parent information boards that offer current information about our learning programs such as ZooPhonics, Math Their Way and Early Literacy.  Yearly month-to-month matrix schedules monthly calendars and quarterly newsletters are all tools of our parent communication process.  Our open door concept allows parents to come at any time into the classroom.  Periodically we hold an "Open House" evening, which provides an excellent opportunity for parents to explore the center and meet all our staff.

The Peanut Gallery believes that the most appropriate from of discipline is positive guidance and re-direction. When inappropriate behavior occurs, it is corrected through explanations, redirection and diversionary techniques. Guidance is carried out in a non-threatening, positive manner that is appropriate to the child's level of development.

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