A Typical Day at School
Each class has their own unique schedule.
Below is an example of what a child’s day might look like:
Sample Schedule
8:45am – Car drop-off (program available to students 2.5 years and older)
8:50am – Preschool doors open to allow parents to enter the building and drop their child off
9:00am – School starts/ free play, with emphasis on sensory, imaginative, and manipulative toys
9:30am – Music class (1x/week)
10:00am – Circle time
10:15am – Outdoor courtyard time
10:45am – Wash up and snack time
11:00am – Art time
11:30am – Outdoor Nature Playscape time
11:45am – Story time may include a volunteer guest (guardian) reader
12:00pm – School dismissal
Optional, M-Th: 12:00pm-1:30pm – Lunch Bunch
Optional, M-Th: 1:15pm-2:00pm – Enrichment Class
Optional, Friday: 12:00pm-1:00pm – Enrichment Class
Nature Playscape
Outdoor nature play contributes significantly to a child’s holistic development, supporting their physical, emotional, social and cognitive growth. Spending time immersed in nature helps children develop resilience, self-confidence, problem-solving skills and the ability to assess and approach risk safely. Nature play fosters natural curiosity and cultivates a sense of wonder about the natural world around us.
At FPCP we firmly believe that Nature Play is essential to a young child’s growth and development. We foster this belief through our Nature Playscape and multiple outdoor play spaces. We encourage interaction with natural elements that allow varied opportunities for exploration, discovery and skill-building. Our campus has many play features such as a large 6’ x 12’ sandbox, tree stumps for sitting, climbing and stepping, a mud kitchen, a large magnetic board and multiple outdoor activity sets that encourage creativity, critical thinking and discovery.
Extended Program Options
We offer early car drop off, lunch bunch, enrichment classes and summer camp. Our Car Drop-Off allows eligible children to be dropped off at the school 15 minutes prior to the start of our school day.
Lunch Bunch
M-Th 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Our ‘Lunch Bunch’ Program allows students to pack a lunch (no nuts, please!) and join their friends for lunch and extra playtime. This program is for students 3-5 years of age who are potty trained and no longer require a nap. Lunch Bunch takes place Monday-Thursday and families can choose to sign up for as many days per week as they prefer.
Enrichment Classes
M-Th 1:15pm - 2:00pm & Fri 12:00pm - 1:00pm
We offer a variety of enrichment class opportunities Monday-Friday. Here are some examples of classes we offer: Jumpin’ Beans, Pea Pod Players, Art Exploration, Science and Fun, and Tumbling Teddy Bears. These classes are for children 3 years of age and potty-trained. Classes are offered by semester, one day a week, and prices are set by the instructors.
Play-based, Research Supported Curriculum
Our school embraces play-based learning as the best tool for helping to prepare children for essential 21st century learning skills. These include collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity and confidence along with social/emotional development, language and math development. Teachers incorporate both child-directed and teacher-guided play in their curriculum.
Child-directed play focuses on social/emotional development, creativity and sensory play and teacher-guided play includes inquiry play, collaboratively designed play, playful learning, and learning through games. All are important aspects of a well-rounded and developmentally appropriate program.
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Social Activities
Many social Social/community events take place throughout the year such as our Annual Ice Cream Social, Fall Festival, Book Fair, Community Service Project and Spring Fling. These events and others help create a strong sense of community and connection outside the preschool day.
Summer Camp
We offer an extended program with our Lunch Bunch and Enrichment Class programs. We also offer two weeks of Summer Camp at the end of each school year which ends in late May (all extended day programs are contingent upon availability and other possible student requirements.)
Field Trips
Many classes take field trips throughout the course of the school year to such places as apple orchards, libraries, farms and Wildrock Nature Playscape. Parent participation in these special trips is encouraged.
