Child care is available at our center from 7:00 am to 5:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Our morning program hours are from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm, with children being picked up after lunch. Full day program hours are from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm. In all our programs children will bring a lunch, from home, which will be eaten at school. Extended day care is available in the morning from 7:00 to 9:00 am. Children enrolled in this program may feel free to bring their breakfast. Afternoon and evening extended care is also available from 3:30 to 5:30 pm. Children enrolled in this program will participate in afternoon centers, enrichment activities and be served an evening snack.

         Teachers set up their own routine, based on the needs of the group and the individuals within that group. Therefore, each class may have a different schedule, but the content is the same. We group children according to their social and emotional maturity as well as their chronological age. Whenever possible children will remain with the same group and with the same teacher for the extent of their enrollment, (with the exception of our kindergarten program). We feel that this provides consistency and builds strong feelings of trust and security for the children as well as for the families. We maintain small class sizes, one teacher each group of children. The younger the child the smaller the group size. As the children grow and mature we gradually add to the group. Group size will not exceed 12.

         Our curriculum is designed to accommodate the individual needs of each child through the use of centers. The centers are planned ahead of time by the staff, but the children make the decisions about what to use and do. Centers enable children to make choices and learn through active exploration. Centers invite children to learn. In a center environment, children move about freely, and learn by doing. They learn to work and talk with others. They meet problems and solve them. All the time growing in confidence and self-respect. The child and the process are not separable: the child's experience is the learning process.

         Children will bring a lunch from home, which will be eaten at the center. Children's lunches should contain a balance of nutritious foods. Try to provide a variety. Remember, lunch time is a social time, children are likely to eat smaller portions and tend to share or trade with their friends. Food that comes to the center should be healthy and low in sugar, salt and fat. Soda, gum and candy are not allowed at LITTLE DREAMERS.

         Afternoon activity centers, outdoor free-play and enrichment classes will be available to those children who participate in the extended day care program. We take special care to provide consistency and a warm loving environment for those long days away from home.