School age Program: Kindergarten-5th Grade
The North St. Paul program serves a maximum of 23 students before and after school, with two teachers. We are in the busing district for Richardson Elementary and St. Peters. We have Bus transportation to Webster, Parkview, Centerpointe and St. Peters' Elementary. Our summer program is structured with weekly field trips, and a fun and creative curriculum!
We will explore, learn and have so much fun doing hands on activities. Each of our curriculums will include math, reading, music and science. Your child will learn all day every day without even realizing their brains are working so much!
Our White Bear Lake Location serves Kindergarten and 1st grade children. Our class size is 10 children. We have busing to Lincoln Elementary and St. Mary of the Lake, and Mahtomedi Elementary.
Goals and Objectives
1. To develop positive self-concept; to value one's self as an unique individual; to maintain competency in dealing with; to become increasingly self-reliant:
- Using words to express feelings or the American Sign Language
- Computer (E-mac) classes with educational fun
- Using appropriate conversation using the skill of speaking the Spanish Language.
2. Maintain satisfying social skills:
- Playing and taking turns, building friendships and skills to be a friend, which will last him/her a life time. Our Teachers are enormously patient and have years of experience with Child Psychology and Child Development.
- Summer Program includes field trips to experience our world.
- Providing opportunities for the children to make choices
3. Grow and maintain effectiveness in communication skills, both verbal and non verbal:
- Listening to others ideas
- Being listened to
- Contributing to discussions
- Having interesting experiences and the desire to express, read, or be read to.
- Spanish speaking and sign language skills taught
4. To grow in knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the aesthetic world. To use creative arts as a means to self-expression and forming thoughts:
- Using a variety of artistic media. A very creative curriculum with a lot of hands on.
- Participating in music activities. Participating in puppetry and dramatic play
5. To experience math and number concepts:
- Seeing relationships as part of a whole
- Making graphs and charts
- Working with puzzles and shapes