Our Philosophy

At Creative Kids Center, our unique approach to early childhood education includes a *Reggio-inspired multi age classroom where children are respected and recognized as capable, competent and creative individuals. Nurturing the whole child is of utmost importance as we embrace both contemporary and traditional approaches to learning.

Creative Kids passionately strives to grow lifelong learners. In our responsive learning environment, activities are personalized according to the individual needs and unique strengths of each child.  Choices are encouraged. Learning is directed by child interest. Children are invited to explore and engage while utilizing all of their senses. Offering a flexible transition process tailored to the needs of the individual child allows us to follow the child’s pace. Our highly qualified staff collaborates and works together as a team in order to facilitate, support and encourage children during their formative years.

Additionally, we pride ourselves on offering a parent-friendly, affordable, and flexible program in a safe, comfortable environment. We genuinely care about our relationship with your child, your family and each other. 

Please call us today to schedule a visit. 


*Reggio is a philosophical approach rather than a standard curriculum.*

Newsletter - March 23-27, 2015

Welcome Spring!!! 

Spring was our theme for the week. We welcomed this beautiful season of re-birth and renewal with many fun spring time activities! Our spring reading list included How Do You Know It's Spring? (Allan Fowler), The Happy Day (Ruth Krauss), The Wind Blew (Pat Hutchins), and It's Spring (Samantha Berger & Pamela Chanko). We sure enjoy reading books more and more every day!!!

We diligently worked on our spring art projects. We sponge painted with purple and white for our April door decoration, made V is for Violet Vase pictures, continued painting tree branches and gluing pom-poms on them as well as created spring flower pictures.

Circle time was spent reviewing the calendar and weather, counting our friends, discussing the new spring season, explaining what happens in the spring for our weekly language experience chart, and conducting a windy experiment. Using a small fan, we predicted which items would or wouldn't “blow in the wind.”

Wednesday Class

Thursday Class

Additional activities this week included dinosaur play, kitchen center, sand table, science center (wind table), block center, table top (puzzles, writing practice, green play-dough and green gak).

Well, as usual, March has come in like the lion that it is and continues to stay that way.

Special News

We will have pajama day on Wednesday, April 1^st. Remember to wear your favorite pajamas to school!

Reminder

Next week is a 3-day week. Spring break begins Thursday, April 2^nd. We return to school on Monday, April 13^th (make-up snow day).

Have a “Springy” Weekend!!!

Sheri, Joyce, Fabi & Bethany

Letter of the Week - Vv

This week is brought to you by the letter Vv.

 What begins with the letter Vv?
 

Newsletter - March 16-20, 2015

Green was our theme during this third week of March.

We painted shamrocks at the easel with green and white paint! We also began painting twigs all different colors. Using our imagination, we created fabulous objects with green play-dough, shamrock cookie cutters and lots of green “loose parts” such as pipe cleaners, gems, beads, and craft sticks. So much green fun!

Additional activities this week included the sand table, kitchen center, block center and table top. During story time, we read some great books such as I am a Big Dinosaur (Francois Crozat), Clever Tom and the Leprechaun (Linda Shute), and as requested by Thomas, Two Little Trains (Margaret Wise Brown). On St. Patrick's Day, we read Green Eggs and Ham (Dr. Seuss) and had a fun green eggs and ham snack. It wasn't really green eggs and ham but rather a white chocolate wafer with a green M&M on top of a square pretzel. YUMMY!

Think Spring! Happy Weekend!

Sheri, Joyce, Fabi & Bethany

Letter of the Week - Uu

This week is brought to you by the letter Uu.

Weekly Newsletter - March 9-13, 2015

WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK

It was dinosaurs galore this week at Creative Kids.  And the dinos sure were a-stomping!!!  Our dinosaur reading list included The World of Dinosaurs (Melvin Berger), Story of Dinosaurs (David Eastman), Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones (Byron Barton), and The Dinosaur (Anna Milbourne & Mandy Field) as well as a book on CD, Dinosaur Pet (Marc Sedaka).  We also read and looked at many more dinosaur books on our own during book time!

Dinosaur art projects included dinosaur feet and sponge painting dinosaurs.  Since our letter of the week was T, we also made “T is for Tree.”

Circle time was spent reviewing the calendar and weather, counting our friends,  and creating a dinosaur anchor chart.  Thomas informed us that some dinosaurs are herbivores and some are carnivores. We also did the “Dino Pokey” and “Stegosaurus Hop.”

Additional activities this week included digging for dinosaurs in the sand table, block center (with dinosaurs), train tracks and table top (green play dough with what else, but dinosaurs)! 

We have our new assistant, Ms. Joyce with us now every Tuesday and Thursday and she jumped right in this week. 

Welcome back to Jacob. We're sure glad he's feeling better. We missed him last week.

We're looking forward to Monday when we will be welcoming two new friends, Stephanie and Caitlin!

Two Reminders:

1. Tonight is our Dr. Seuss P.J. Party from 6:30-9:30!
2. Wear green on Tuesday, March 17, 2015! 

Have a “Dino-mite” Weekend!!!

Sheri, Joyce, Fabi & Bethany

Letter of the Week - Tt

This week is brought to you by the letter Tt.

Newsletter - Week of March 2-6, 2015

WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK

March certainly came in like a lion this week! Hopefully we've seen the last of our snow days now.

We had an exciting week welcoming five new friends: Matthew, Kayleigh, Kendall, Liam and Maddy! We are so happy to have them join us! 

We welcomed in March by celebrating Dr. Seuss and the letter “Ss.” Dr. Seuss wrote and illustrated so many fabulous children's books it was hard to choose which ones to read. We finally decided on The Cat in the Hat, The Shape of Me and Other Stuff, The Foot Book, and Dr. Seuss' ABC. We also read My S Book by Jane Belk Moncure.

Art projects included “S is for Snowman,” The Shape of Me and Other Stuff, thing 1 and 2 handprints as well as painting Cat in the Hat hats at the easel You can see some of our artwork on our front door! Oh yes, we also painted with snow! Now that was FUN!

Circle time was spent reviewing the calendar and weather as well as counting our friends. We made some interesting creations during table top with play dough, gemstones, craftsticks and pipecleaners. 

Happy 3rd Birthday to Jacob who shares his birthday with Dr. Seuss! He's been out sick this week. We sure hope he's feeling better.

We're looking forward to seeing our new assistant, Ms. Joyce next week!

Have a fabulous weekend!!!

Sheri, Miranda, Fabi & Bethany

Letter of the Week - Ss

This week is brought to you by the letter Ss.

Monthly Letter - March 2015

Dear Family:

Our preschool year is certainly breezing by! March, our breezy month, will bring a rustle of activities that are aimed at providing the children with skill builders that are sure to please. This delightful, breezy month is filled with lots of green fun and fantasy. The shamrock will be our shape for this month and of course, green is our color of the month!

March will begin with a Dr. Seuss celebration followed by a two week study on dinosaurs! We will be immersed in everything dinosaurs.

We will follow our dinosaur study with a unit on spring (it’s so very close!) which will also include wind and kites. (What would spring be without them?). This month is sure to “breeze” by.

Top o’ the mornin’ from preschool! 

Wishing you a marvelous March!

Sheri, Miranda, Fabi & Bethany

P.S.  We will celebrate the “wearin’ of the green” on Monday, March 16th and Tuesday, March 17th. Please be sure to send your child to school wearing something green!

Weekly Letter - February 23-27, 2015

Dear Family,

It was all smiles this week as dental health was our main focus during this final fabulous week of February (also known as Dental Health Month).

We painted with toothbrushes and dental floss, painted a big tooth at the easel, discussed healthy foods to eat for strong, white teeth and read Your Smile Counts (Colgate-Palmolive Company), Moose’s Loose Tooth (Jacqueline A. Clarke) and The Tooth Book (Dr. Seuss). Songs included “This is the Way We Brush Our Teeth,” “Brush Your Teeth” and “The Toothbrush Pokey.”  After classifying healthy foods and items to keep our teeth happy and unhealthy foods that make our teeth sad, we made paper plate smiles. Our special snack included apple smiles. DELICIOUS! Check out all the pictures on our FB page!

Guess what?! We are 100 days smarter! We celebrated 100 days of school on Thursday and Friday. Thursday was our actual 100th day of school! We read The 100th Day of School (Angela Shelf Medearis), counted to 100, made 100 Days hats and placed 100 items into bottles in sets of 10. Ms. Sheri also sent home a special 100 days snack.

Our letter of the week was “R” so we read “My R Book” (Jane Belk Moncure), walked the letter R and created “R is for Rainbow” pictures.

Don’t forget to brush and floss to keep those smiles bright and shiny!

Happy weekend!

Sheri, Miranda, Fabi & Bethany