Northwest Children's School

Typical School Day

Welcome: Children are greeted individually as they enter the classroom.

Circle Time: Musical activities with singing, records, and band instruments; creative dramatics skits, pantomimes, finger plays, and flannel board stories; group games, fun learning activities involving pre-reading and pre-math skills, alphabet puppets, counting, weather, calendar, and phonics activities.

Learning Center & Art Time: Children choose from three to four different art projects and/or play and learn at the different Learning Centers set up in the room: Science Center, Library Center, Dress-Up/Kitchen Center, Puppet Center, Math Center, Lego Center, Block Center, Puzzle Center, Special Theme Centers, Easel Paint Center, Art Center, Writing Center, and an Alphabet Center.

Theme Discussion: Some theme examples throughout the year include: Special Me, Safety, To Your Health, Fall Harvest, Changing Colors, Spiders and Bats (Halloween), This Land is Your Land (Thanksgiving), Holidays Around the World, Winter Wonderland, Rainbows and Weather, Teddy Bear Picnic, Community Helpers, Transportation, Dinosaurs, Space, Nursery Rhymes, Zoo and Baby Animals, Spring Gardening, Birds, Pancake Day, Western Days, Marine Sea Life, Frogs, Bees and Butterflies, Recycling, Skill Reviews.

Snack

Outside Play

Good-byes and Announcements: "Special Helper", Sharing and Story Time. Every day the teachers greet parents by telling them exactly what their children did that day.

Curriculum

The children participate in Music and Creative Dramatics and Storytelling on a daily basis. Often you may see original compositions and plays performed in the classroom, complete with child-made props and costumes. During the school year, the children put on several musical programs for parents. We also offer an optional after-school Ballet Program.

Learning by doing breeds creative thinking, self-expression, and the confidence to experiment, control and perfect skills. By encouraging self-discovery, originality, and individualism, we avoid a competitive atmosphere and encourage each student to participate at his or her own pace.

Class Schedule

PRE-KINDERGARTEN (4-5 years old):
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday
8:30-11:30 / 9:00-12:00 / 12:30-3:30 / 1:00-4:00

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday
12:30-3:30 / 1:00-4:00

Monday / Tuesday /Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
12:30-3:30 / 1:00-4:00

PRESCHOOL (3-4 years old):
Thursday/Friday 9:00-12:00
Thursday/Friday 1:00-4:00

Field Trips

Field trips are an important part of our curriculum at NWCS. Frequent enrichment field trips help the children apply what they are learning to the real world and real-life situations around them.

Some examples of field trips include the Pumpkin Patch, the Fire Station, A commercial Bakery, Children’s Theater Performances, bowling, a Christmas Tree Farm, the Children’s Museum, the Beach, the Library, Woodland Park Zoo, and even a Ferry Ride!

Special activities include a school calendar sale, a School Shirt and Tote Bag Sale, Scholastic Book Sales, Recycling, Dad’s Pumpkin Carving Day, Mom’s Gingerbread House Day, a Mother's Day celebration, Class Pictures, Holiday Programs, Spring Programs, and an end of the year All-School Picnic.