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Cook's Child Care Program Preschool Room

Ages (2 ½ to 5 years)
Child to Teacher Ratio (8 children for 1 teacher)
Group Size: Maximum 23 children

Welcome to our Preschool Program!

The preschool program at Cook's offers a diverse and enjoyable environment for children 2 ½ to 5 years. We offer a wide range of experiences to meet the wide range of needs for the children in our care. The Teachers draw from their many years of experience to provide the best possible overall care for your children.

Highlights of the Preschool Program

  • We explore new ideas and activities to keep the children interested and exposed to different aspects of life.
  • We encourage the children to discover their creativity through art, music, and imaginative play – offering diverse opportunities to do this.
  • We provide consistent and fair guidelines and work as a team in our expectations of the children.
  • We have known and cared for many of the children and their siblings since they were toddlers! This provides a unique continuity of care and the ability to build strong relationships with our families.
  • We respect the differences of the children in our care and try to always integrate them into our Program.

Goals for the Preschool Program

  • To foster self-help skills (dressing independently; toileting skills; communicating with others).
  • To develop language skills, letter and name recognition.
  • Recognition of others' feelings; sharing; respect; and good manners.
  • Genuine enjoyment of the Program, their Teachers, and each other.
  • Learning, genuine relationships, and FUN!

Preschool Schedule:

Time

Activity

Goals and Objectives

6:30-8:50

Children arrive and are in a family-grouping situation. Staff welcomes each child and family and find out how the child's day has started. If there are any questions the staff will try to address it as quickly as they can. A breakfast program is offered until 7:45. The children are involved in self-chosen activities.

Self-Chosen Activities:

  • Decision-making, independent choices
  • Choosing toys and returning to labelled storage container (reading labels with letters and pictures)
  • Turn-taking
  • Cooperative Play
  • A variety of sensory experiences (water, sand, playdough, oatmeal, rice, etc.)
  • Self-regulation (keeping noise levels appropriate, walking indoors, following rules

8:50-9:00

Tidy up/washroom time/wash hands

 Washroom Time:
  • Personal hygiene (washing/wiping)
  • Self-help skills (dressing/undressing)
  • Toilet-training
  • Ability to express, "I'm wet",
    "I'm dirty", "I need to pee"

9:00-9:15

Snack time has arrived. We have a great variety of snacks offered (Our menu is posted on the wall in each playroom and is provided in the parent handbook).

  

9:15-10:15

Creative Activities/Self-chosen Activities/Tidy up.

Creative Activities:

  • Exploring different textures and mediums
  • Making purposeful marks and strokes on paper
  • Recognizing name and letters
  • Pre-writing skills
  • Scissor skills
  • Exploring colours and shapes
  • Fine motor skills

10:15-10:30

A theme-based circle with stories, songs and activities happens at this time.

Circle Time:

  • Turn-taking
  • Quietly attending to discussion
  • Interactions between Teachers and children
  • Literary experiences through books, flannel boards and games
  • Repetitive language through songs and rhymes
  • Building self-esteem (show and tell)

10:30-10:45

The preschoolers are preparing to go outside. We are working on self-help skills during this time with lots of positive reinforcement. Children use the washroom. Indoor shoes are removed and outdoor clothing is put on.

Cloakroom:

  • Recognizing names/labels on cubbies
  • Recognizing one's own clothing and belongings
  • Self-help skills (dressing/undressing; fastening hooks, Velcro, zippers)
  • Returning belongings to proper area

10:45-11:50

Outside time. There are a variety of gross motor and fine motor activities (balls, bikes, various riding toys, sand toys and our fabulous climber). Staff monitor and join in the activities.

Outside Time:

  • Gross motor/large muscle skills (running, jumping, climbing, sliding, balancing, riding a trike, kicking a ball, catching, etc.)
  • Cooperative play (games)
  • Fine motor/small muscle skills (scooping sand, digging snow, blowing bubbles, drawing with chalk, etc.)
  • Safety rules

11:50-12:00

Back indoors to remove outdoor clothing and footwear; use the washroom; and wash our hands for lunch.

  

Snack/Lunch Time:

  • Turn-taking
  • Manners
  • Self-help (feeding)
  • Decision-making (a little or a lot)
  • Experimenting with food tastes and textures
  • Nutritional education
  • Learning about allergies

12:00-12:30

Lunch. Children are encouraged to use their manners at this time. Staff sits with the children and we find this is a great time for conversations between staff and children. We try to make this time as relaxing and enjoyable as we can.

12:30-12:45

After lunch the children use the washroom and are washed before they lay down on their cots. A special sleep toy or blanket can help your child to settle for rest time.

  

12:45-2:45

Quiet rest/sleep time for children. Staff assists the children with rest time by sitting with children and rubbing their backs while soft music is playing.

Quiet Rest/Sleep Time:

  • Recharge and relaxation
  • Ability to sooth one's self and rest the body

2:45-3:00

Children are awakened and taken to the washroom and hands are washed before snack.

  

3:00-3:20

Children sit at the table with staff and are offered snack and a drink.

  

3:20-3:45

Self-chosen activities

  

3:45-4:00

Washroom/cloakroom

  

4:00-4:45

Outdoor activities

  

4:45-6:00

Indoor self-chosen activities/home time

  
 

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