Will my child learn things that will help her in school?
To prepare for kindergarten,
children need to have their innate desire to learn supported and
encouraged, they need to experience what it is like to be a friend, and
they need to be able to adapt to the routine of their new school. The
Big Kids room offers children all the experiences of a pre-school or
nursery school within a community that knows them and their famili
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well. Because we know the children so well we can create an "emergent"
curriculum, that grows from the interests and different lives of the
children. While we gear specific activities to each child's
developmental level, all children enjoy an elaborate block corner, a
dramatic play space, as well as painting, manipulatives, science, music
and movement as daily experiences. Childhood is a wonderful time to play
and explore and our mission as caregivers is to enable each child to
enjoy that time. Some of the private and public schools that our
children have gone on to include: The Anderson Program, Bank Street,
Collegiate, The Day School, Ethical Culture, Hunter Elementary, The Lab
School, The Manhattan New School, PS87 and PS163.
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child and a commitment to know them. When babies first start at BT, we
talk to the parents a lot about their schedules and their needs. On a
general level, we already know how much a six-month old needs to sleep
or a nine-month old needs to eat, but we watch each child. I feel very,
very strongly that a child's basic needs should be taken care of in the
most respectful way. When kids are overtired or hungry, they're
miserable and can't do any of the things they like to do. So we learn to
read each child's signals. We also encourage and support strong
attachments between children and the teachers. Like any parent with more
than one child, we learn to love several. You learn how to let lots of
children in and let them in pretty deeply