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505 E. Buck Rd
Wilmington, DE, 19807
United States

(302) 472-0021

Christ Church Episcopal Preschool educates young children, creates community among school, families, and church, and honors and nurtures children in the Episcopal tradition. We welcome children aged two to five in small classes where all are affirmed as children of God and are inspired and encouraged to become their best selves—socially, emotionally, academically and spiritually. 

Nursery

 

Nursery Program (2 Year-Olds)

Our two-year old students are busy. The developmental job of a two-year-old is to explore their environment. Our job is to provide new materials and fresh experiences for them to discover and to create an environment that feels safe and secure so that they feel free to discover. 

The daily routine allows time for discovery. A new toy or art material is placed on the classroom tables each day. One day it’s Magnatiles, on another day water colors, and the next day, it’s stones that can be balanced or patterned. Some children sit down immediately to manipulate and explore this new toy. Others head for a familiar favorite like the dress up corner, the kitchen, or the giant sized legos. Either is okay. The children will come together for music class, PE, and dance, but much of their day is spent in free choice activities.

We believe that every child is different and this approach ensures that each child has an individual experience, matched to their specific interests and developmental needs. Our goal is to foster curiosity and to provide room for social-emotional growth.

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Curriculum

Social & Emotional Development

  • Grow in awareness of self

  • Identify self by categories (gender, age, family, relationships)

  • Know first name

  • Develop a positive self-concept and self-esteem

  • Contribute to classroom responsibility

  • Share and cooperate with others

  • Initiate play situations and learn how to establish relationships with friends

  • Use good manners

  • Help others in need 

Literacy & Language Develop

  • Increase vocabulary and use in new contexts

  • Identify and produce oral rhymes

  • Name and describe pictured objects

  • Express familiar routines, follows directions

  • Tell simple personal narratives

  • Use position and sensory words

  • Show growing interest and involvement in a variety of books and poetry

  • Independently engage in reading behavior

  • Enjoy being read to, and hearing stories

  • Recognize favorite books and understand that reading is informative

  • Recognize own written name in a variety of contexts

  • Recognize letters as distinct from numbers and other objects 

Math

  • Recognize and name shapes and solids

  • Predict, reproduce, and create simple patterns

  • Create simple repeating patterns

  • Understand objects which are the same and different

  • Begin to sort objects

  • Count by ones to ten

  • Identify first, middle and last in a series

  • Assemble simple puzzles

Science

  • Continually grow in observations of the world around us

  • Recognize primary colors

  • Develop the five senses

Social Studies

  • Begin to understand the way that people form a community

  • Understand human relationships and roles

  • Grow in awareness of religious and national holidays

Fine Arts 

  • Experience different media

  • Talk about art

  • Participate in group music and learn some songs to sing independently

  • Create original artwork

  • Explore new instruments and types of music

  • Engage in dramatic play with other children

  • “Make believe” with objects

Health & Safety 

  • Develop strength and endurance

  • Walk up and down stairs

  • Run, hop and climb

  • Put coats and jackets on independently

  • Strengthen muscles in hands and fingers

  • Begin to use tools such as crayons, paint brushes and scissors

  • Eat a variety of healthy foods

  • Wash hands after toileting and before eating

  • Learn to stay away from fire and not to touch electrical outlets

  • Understand not to put things (except food) into the mouth

  • Develop an awareness of keeping oneself and others safe

Daily Schedule

8:20-9:10

Drop off/ Free Choice: Dramatic Play, Construction/Blocks, Creative Arts, Manipulative/Mathematics, Language and Literacy, Multi-Sensory Play

9:10-9:30

Circle Time: Greeting our friends, wish you well board, calendar, weather, discuss monthly theme

9:30-10:00

Cooking and Food Exploration; Snack

10:00-11:00

Outdoor play, nature investigation, and science exploration

11:00-11:30

Specials (P.E., Music, Godly Play)

11:30-12:00

Lunch/Healthy Eating Habits

12:00-12:30

Half Day Pick Up/Free Choice: Dramatic Play, Construction/Blocks, Creative Arts, Manipulative/Mathematics, Language and Literacy, Multi-Sensory Play

12:30-2:00

Quiet Rest/Nap

2:00-2:30

Snack and Chat

2:30-3:00

Afternoon Special (Athletic, Theater)

3:00-3:30

Outdoor play, nature investigation, and science exploration

PROGRAM OPTIONS

3 Days Per Week

Half Day: 8:30-12:30 (morning snack and lunch included)

Full Day: 8:30-3:30 (morning snack, lunch, and afternoon snack included)

5 Days Per Week

Half Day: 8:30-12:30 (morning snack and lunch included)

2 Half Days (Monday and Friday) and 3 Full Days (Tuesday-Thursday)

Full Day: 8:30-3:30 (morning snack, lunch, and afternoon snack included)

Early care and after care are also options. 

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