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Oakland, CA
Little Sprouts Preschool
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neighborhood: Fruitvale · Telephone: (510) 533-5667
School Philosophy and Mission
At LSP, we provide a rich and varied school environment that encourages the physical, cognitive, social, emotional and spiritual growth of children. We respect children's individual needs, skills and interests and allow them to explore and grow at their own pace.
Our program balances structure and choice play. Examples of these balanced activites would be are child initiated play, teacher directed activities, self regulating skills, creative expression and following directions. We seek to increase the children's respect of and relatedness with other members of their classroom community which lays the foundation for the development of healthy interdependence in life.
We treat each child with love and respect. We respect their individuality, their uniqueness. We encourage the children to love themselves, others and all of creation.
We are a non-donominational, non-profit Christian school. We welcome ALL families from all backgrounds and faith traditions.
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Typical Day-In-The-Life At This School
Our 9am-1pm class program schedule looks like this:
Mighty Sprouts class -
9:00am to 10:15am -- Free Play at various stations. Mighty Sprouts class has a block area, reading & writing area, dramatic play area, project table and 3 tables of pre-set table table toys.
10:15am to 10:20am -- Clean up time
10:20am to 10:45am -- Circle time
On Mondays and Fridays, we have musical instruments during circle time. On Tuesdays, we have a P.E. portion. On Wednesdays, we have social-emotional lessons.
The curriculum we're using right now for this time is called Second Step. It's a violence prevention curriculum that involves puppets, stories, pictures and games to teach the children about feelings, problem solving and empathy.
On Fridays, the Sproutlets join us in our cirle time.
10:45am-11:00am -- Snack time
11:00am-11:45 -- Outside time
11:45am-12:30pm -- Lunch time
12:30pm-1:00pm -- Outside time
At 1:00pm, some children go home and the rest of the children go have nap time.
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9am-1pm SPROUTLETS program:
9:00am-10:15am -- Indoor free play at various stations. The Sproutlets classroom has a block area, dramatic play area, a reading & resting area, a project table and several small tables for tabletoys.
10:15am-10:20am -- Clean up time
10:20am-10:30am -- Circle time
10:30am-11:15am -- Outside Time
11:15am-11:30am -- Diaper Changing/Potty Time/Washing Hands
11:30am-12:15pm -- Lunch time
12:15pm-1:00pm -- Outside time
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