Mrs. Bonnie LaRonde is a qualified teacher with a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education.  Her training continues and now is refocused on Early Childhood.  She has many years of experience teaching kindergarten at Our Redeemer.  A teacher’s aide will make up the other half of our classroom teaching team.  Mrs. Kathy Ross will continue to be a part of our school staff providing the secretarial and business needs of the preschool and also helping out as needed.        

     Our program will be a loving, fun and creative balance of guided group and individual free play experience which provides children with socialization opportunities.  We will also provide an introduction to academic basics through age-appropriate learning activities.  Outdoor playtime will always be a part of our mornings, weather permitting. Circle Time with Pastor Batchelder has always been the highlight of our Wednesday mornings and will continue to give the children an opportunity to come to know God’s love for them through devotions, music, and singing.

     The half-day schedule (9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon) will run Tuesday -Thursday each week of the regular school year.  This schedule provides young children with a “3-day learning core” each week for creative and fun socialization and learning experiences.  We are limiting our enrollment to 16 children, which we feel will provide us with an ideal number of energetic little ones to ensure a close knit, caring, happy community.  

Daily Schedule (approximately)
 
9:00 Hello’s, settling in, quiet picture book time
9:15 Devotion, show & tell
9:30 Circle time, pledge, music/movement, calendar
10:00 Free choice time (activity centers)
10:30 Clean up, wash up, snack (each child brings their own snack)
11:00 Story time 11:15 Tabletop time; readiness activities, seasonal arts & crafts, lessons & projects
11:30 Playtime outdoors (weather permitting)