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Oakland, CA
Giggles
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neighborhood: Rockridge / Temescal · Telephone: (510) 601-6526 · Website: www.giggles-preschool.com
School Philosophy and Mission
Giggles is committed to providing your child the highest standards of quality child care. We offer a safe, stimulating and individually-paced enfironment; loving, quality care; friendship and respect. We believe a crucial aspect of an excellent nurturing environment is the responsiveness to individual needs of the child insofar as this is possible and desirable.
Our developmental-interactive approach to childcare allows your child to pursue his/her own path at his/her own speed while receiving encouragement and supervision from our trained and experienced staff. Your childs' individual progress will be monitored and shared with you on a regular basis.
Our goal is to provide the highest quality child-directed and family-centered childcare. Child-directed refers to the philosophy that in the preschool years a child's work needs to be self-directed play. Family-centered means that both the child and family are important and should be provided support and understanding.
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Typical Day-In-The-Life At This School
A Day at Giggles:
7:30 - 9:30 - arrival self-initiated free play/storytime/art
8:30 - 9:00 - breakfast served
9:30 -10:30 - morning snack, self-initiated free play (outside/inside), monthly theme projects and nature walks, diaper changing & potty time
10:30 - 11:00 - group time with children divided into 3 groups based on
kindergarten start dates (September 2006/2007/2008) kindergarten readiness
(2006 graduates) skill development (2007 and 2008 graduates)
11:00 - 11:30 - circle time daily activity: Monday - share day/show and
tell/movement
Tuesday - Spanish/ sign language Wednesday - nature walks (2 & 3 year olds) - storytime at the library (4 & 5 year olds)
Thursday - cooking
Friday - music class - two classes
(10:30 - 11:00 and 11:00 - 11:30)
11:30 - 12:00 - lunch - children bring their own lunches
12:00 - 12:30 - nap preparation for full day nappers/storytime
12:30 a.m. session ends/ pick-up time for a.m. children
p.m. session begins/ drop off time for p.m. children
12:30 - 2:30 - nap time - for children whose parents prefer naps preschool program (non nappers): free play, theme projects, walks to the park, kindergarten readiness
2:30 - 3:00 - wake up/afternoon snack-children bring from home
3:00 - 5:30 - afternoon circletime monthly theme projects/ art/storytime,
self-initiated free play/art (outside/inside) skill development and kindergarten readiness
5:30 - (afternoon) session ends/pick-up/daily report
5:45 - 6:00 - full day session ends/pick-up/ daily report
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