About our 3-Year-Olds Preschool-3K in Staten Island, NY

Focus: Making connections between letters, words and sounds.

Our teachers use age-appropriate books as your child listens to and retells stories, asks questions and shares ideas. Language development is also strengthened through individual and small-group activities in our Dramatic Play and Library learning centers.

3-Year-Old Activities

• Singing to learn the Spanish words for parts of the body.
• Practicing writing letters of our names outside with sidewalk chalk.
• Exploring unfamiliar vocabulary.

Learn On^®

Learning continues beyond the classroom. Here are some easy projects you can do to extend learning into your home.

• Sing “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” to learn the Spanish words for parts of the body.
• Have your child practice writing the letters of their name outside with sidewalk chalk.
• Read “Where the Wild Things Are” and talk about unfamiliar words, like “gnashed,” “tamed” and “rumpus.”

Focus: Identifying similarities and differences within a group of objects.

Our teachers guide your 3-year-old through creating sets and counting beads and blocks. This helps them build a foundation for math and solve simple problems.

3-Year-Old Activities

• Making a graph of our favorite colors.
• Building towers in the Blocks and Transportation learning center and counting the number of blocks used.

Learn On^®

Learning continues beyond the classroom. Here are some easy projects you can do to extend learning into your home.

• Help your child build a tower from blocks, then count the number of blocks used.
• Have your child count how many items they can find that are red, blue and green, then make a graph to show the results for each color.

Focus: Investigating the world around us through observation and problem-solving.

We put your 3-year-old’s natural sense of wonder to work, teaching them about people, plants, animals and our environment through hands-on activities.

3-Year-Old Activities

• Reading “Sunflower House” then planting our own sunflower seeds and talking about what we see as we watch them grow.
• Using clay and aluminum foil to explore what sinks and floats in our water sensory table.

Learn On^®

Learning continues beyond the classroom. Here are some easy projects you can do to extend learning into your home.

• Write the letters that start your child’s first and last names so that they become familiar with the shapes and can practice the sounds those letters make.
• Do the finger play “Where is Thumbkin?” and have your child mimic the actions to learn the names of the fingers.
• Have your child draw a picture of a face, then practice the Spanish words for eyes (los ojos) and mouth (la boca).

Focus: Providing an ideal community atmosphere for learning, taking turns and sharing with friends.

In our learning centers, our teachers guide your 3-year-old through activities that help develop a sense of self while helping them build and maintain positive relationships.

3-Year-Old Activities

• Reading to build self-awareness and confidence as a unique individual.
• Learning about other cultures through storytelling and dances from around the world.

Learn On^®

Learning continues beyond the classroom. Here are some easy projects you can do to extend learning into your home.

• Read “ABC I Like Me” to help your child build self-awareness and confidence.
• Help your child research stories from other parts of the world to help learn about different cultures.

Focus: Developing strength, coordination and finesse in large and small muscles.

We provide the environment, activities and materials needed to help your 3-year-old’s muscles grow. Through fun daily activities, our teachers give your child the opportunities, motivation and encouragement to develop new skills.

3-Year-Old Activities

• Practicing simple yoga stretches and poses outside.
• Building coordination by fitting pegs in peg boards.
• Bouncing and catching a ball.

Learn On^®

Learning continues beyond the classroom. Here are some easy projects you can do to extend learning into your home.

• Practice simple yoga stretches and poses.
• Have your child fit pegs in peg boards to build dexterity.
• Bounce and catch a ball with your child to help build coordination.

Focus: Helping your child become a good citizen.

Character education is integrated into everything we do to support the ideas and skills your 3-year-old is already learning. Our teachers guide your child through activities that build upon positive character traits, like responsibility, leadership, empathy and forming healthy relationships.

3-Year-Old Activities

• Learning about emotions by discussing how events in a story make the characters feel.
• Learning about cooperation by working together to paint scenery for a puppet show.

Learn On^®

Learning continues beyond the classroom. Here are some easy projects you can do to extend learning into your home.

• Read stories then discuss with your child how events in the story make the characters feel.
• Have your child help you prepare dinner as a way to help them learn about cooperation.

Focus: Keeping your preschooler healthy and safe.

Health Essentials is a set of CDC-based standard operating procedures that can help mitigate the spread of potential infection throughout our Academy. Health Essentials is a key part of our overall COVID-19 response, expanding upon existing disinfection and health protocols that offer parents and staff peace of mind and demonstrates our commitment to creating a healthy and safe environment for learning and working.

1. Wellness Education

The solution starts with an understanding.

• Children learn how following proper hygienic practices can keep them healthy
• Academy staff receives training and must abide by enhanced health and safety practices outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2. Enhanced Hygiene

Soap and water is the best solution.

• Soap and water offer the simplest solution to combat infection
• Staff increase handwashing frequency
• All children must wash their hands upon entering their room at the start of each day and all recommended times thereafter in addition to following standard Academy handwashing procedures

3. Healthy Environment

A clean facility keeps families safe.

Academies adhere to advanced cleaning procedures:

• Nightly cleaning
• Daily laundering of soft items and bedding
• Limiting items brought into the Academy

4. Symptom Monitoring

Keeping a watchful eye

• Temperature monitoring at the Academy entrance.
• Track symptoms using AcademyLink^®
• Isolate symptomatic children from others immediately upon observation
• Contact parents for pickup from the Academy
• Daily health check is completed upon arrival