Our Programs for Children
Knowing how your child is learning and developing is an integral part of feeling secure in your choice of care. At all levels of our program, we seek to incorporate the entire family in the education and development that takes place at RiverStone. You will find:
- Welcoming classrooms that encourage children to explore and learn through play.
- Staff that goes above and beyond to work with and care for your child.
- Open lines of communication that are reinforced through conferences, newsletters and daily activity reports.
- Age appropriate curriculum that seeks to allow every child to have success in education and development.
Our individual program pages will allow you to further explore your child’s classroom:
Infant Program back to top
As an infant, your child goes through an amazing period of awakening to our world. At RiverStone, we foster and encourage this extraordinary development by offering individualized activities and routines that provide consistency for your infant. This consistency, along with a nurturing and qualified staff, promotes a sense of well-being and trust, which is an essential atmosphere for infant growth.
Our Daily Routine includes:
- Free Play
- Diaper Changes (Every two hours or sooner if needed)
- Breakfast, Lunch, and Snack
- Hard Book Time
- Art Activity
- Outside Play
- Sensory/Discovery Play
- Tummy Time/Gross Motor
- Nap Time
- Music
- Fine Motor
This routine, along with the classroom environment, weekly curriculum themes, and staff seek to foster gross motor, fine motor, language, and social/emotional growth in your infant.
Toddler Program back to top
Our Toddler Program is based on the belief that children learn best through play and discovery. That is why our toddler room is always a bustle of activity. However, beneath all of the movement, is a structured program that fosters development in the areas toddlers need most: gross motor, fine motor, language, social/emotional, and cognitive. Our staff and curriculum engage children in active and dramatic learning that enhances their creativity and imagination.
Our Daily Routine Includes:
- Free Play
- Diaper Changes/Toilet Training
- Story Time
- Breakfast, Lunch, and Snack
- Morning and Afternoon Circle Times
- Art Activities
- Outdoor Play
- Centers
- Lunch
- Nap Time
- Music
- Sensory/Discovery Play
- Show and Tell (on Fridays)
Each week our entire center focuses on a theme, around which our daily activities revolve. This theme allows toddlers to explore based on the familiar, while also discovering new ideas and concepts. We integrate this theme center-wide and throughout the day in various ways and formats to allow all children success in learning.
Preschool Program back to top
RiverStone’s Preschool program incorporates the Creative Curriculum approach, pre-kindergarten skills, and the idea that every child can achieve success, into every aspect of the day. Our exceptional staff and classroom environment seek to aid preschoolers in the basic concepts of language, math and science, while also developing their expanding gross and fine motor skills. We are not only preparing preschoolers for school, we are primarily promoting a love and engagement with education for a life time of learning.
Our Daily Routine Includes:
- Free Play
- Morning and Afternoon Story Time
- Breakfast, Lunch, and Snack
- Morning and Afternoon Circle Time
- Art Activities
- Outside Play
- Centers
- Rest Time
- Music
- Literacy
- Math and Science
- Show and Tell (Fridays)
We utilize a center-wide weekly theme that exposes preschoolers to new concepts and ideas, while also integrating basic skills in counting, letters, writing, math, and science. Literacy is a main component in our program, since much of learning develops from reading, writing and exploring our world through letters and words. All children deserve an equal start and our program works to set up every child for success.
School Age Programs back to top
After School Care: RiverStone provides pick up services for children from the Warrensburg Elementary School and transports them to our center, in order to provide a safe, fun, and enriching after school option for your family. School Age children are given a variety of choices that allow them independence and a chance to unwind at their own pace. Snack, board games, centers, homework assistance, and an art activity are all set out for children to participate in, as well as engaging in outdoor play. Our School Age Staff provides assistance with homework and activities and seeks to create an environment in which children can feel comfortable and relaxed after a long school day.
Full Day Care: During vacations, RiverStone offers full day care for school age children. Our program follows a weekly theme, where school agers can maintain their school skills and develop new ideas and concepts revolving around their interests and lives.
Our Daily Routine Includes:
- Free Play
- Reading Time
- Breakfast, Lunch and Snack
- Morning and Afternoon Circle Time
- Art Activities
- Centers
- School Review
- Outside Play
- Quiet Time: Movies, books, board games, coloring, puzzles
- Writing Time
We also incorporate field trips to local fun spots and learning centers to provide children with opportunities for exploring and discovery outside of the center.
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