PREMIERE SCIENCE & NATURE BASED CURRICULUM AT TANGLEWOOD PRESERVE IN ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY
QUICK DETAILS
- Ages: 3-4 years old
- Duration: 3 hours
- Program Time: 9:00AM to 12:00PM (2, 3 or 5 day options)
- Availability: Monday to Friday
Interested in finding out more? Use our Nature’s Kids Contact Form.
REGISTRATION IS NOW FOR 2023-2024 – SPACE IS LIMITED!
Contract registration 2023-24 school year
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Our philosophy is to provide a stimulating and meaningful first school experience for your child. We foster a partnership between dedicated, nurturing teachers and involved caring parents.
- We create a place for children where they can play, explore, learn, and grow both mentally and physically.
- We value each child as unique, with individual talents, strengths, interests, and needs.
- We foster wonder and amazement as children discover the world around them and learn to care about living things.
We create a learning environment where children are free to learn and grow, secure in the knowledge that they are very special. A typical day at nursery school is dynamic, engaging, and meaningful to your child’s development.
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- We have the premiere science and nature-based curriculum on Long Island.
- Located on a 17 acre nature preserve, complete with trails, streams and ponds, gardens, live animals, and museum artifacts to engage your child.
- Operated by an exceptional staff with extensive credentials.
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The administrative and teaching staff at CSTL have the credentials necessary to create a program such as Nature’s Kids. With a doctorate in education from Columbia University, and two Masters degrees in education from Hofstra University and Curtin University, we have dedicated ourselves to creating a program that puts children first, helping them become motivated and excited learners.
That’s because we know that besides their ABCs and 1,2,3s, kids need to love learning to succeed as they move into a K-12 setting. That’s what we do best; use our knowledge about inquiry, hands-on learning coupled with our love of science, to create a unique and very special place for your child.
AVAILABLE CLASSES 2023-2024
Turtles 9:00 am – 12:00 pm (2, 3 or 5 day options)
TUITION FOR 2023-2024SCHOOL YEAR:
| 5 Days – Monday – Friday | ||
| Annual Tuition | Due by 3/1/23 | Due by 9/1/23 |
| $6,699.00 | $3,349.50 | $3,349.50 |
| 3 Days – Monday, Wednesday & Friday | |
| Annual Tuition | Due by 3/1/23 |
| $4,402.00 | $4,402.00 |
| 2 Days – Tuesday & Thursday | ||
| Annual Tuition | Due by 3/1/23 | |
| $2,680.00 | $2,680.00 | |
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Much of what we do involves kids learning through science and nature. When the children first arrive, they have an opportunity to engage in free play. During this time kids can explore many different activities that are available to them at Nature’s Kids. The kids may choose to play in one of the outdoor sandboxes, visit with our resident animals, do experiments or interact with their friends in play.
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After free play the Kids gather around the teacher for circle time. The boys and girls enjoy this time because it prepares them for another action packed day of experiential learning in science and nature. Circle time allows the children to refresh their memories about what they learned in a prior day and to discuss with the instructor and each other what they would still love to learn more about. Through conversation and sharing, kids better understand and process their experiences and begin to perceive the school day as a goal oriented learning experience. Circle time gives direction and purpose to the learning experience for both the students and our professional staff of teachers.
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The Possibilities are Endless!
At Nature’s Kids much of what we do is done with using nature as a classroom. Our 17 acre preserve has ponds. streams, fields, forests, bridges, gardens, live animals, and all sorts of nooks and crannies for your toddler to explore. The possibilities are endless. Class takes place in the outdoors as much as possible and each day at Nature’s Kids provides our instructors with new teachable moments.
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During snack the Kids eat healthy foods provided by CSTL or snacks the children made themselves. Children take the opportunity to have snack outside under a big shady oak tree or sitting on the fishing pier overlooking the pond.
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Four to six academic topics are presented each day. Math and language skills are integrated into the nature theme throughout the course of the session. Children are encouraged to sort, count, and observe whenever the opportunity presents itself. Counting rings on a tree, petals of a flower, or clouds in the sky, numbers are everywhere. Language arts are also integrated into the science and nature curriculum and lessons. Letter recognition by sight and sound happens through out the school day.
The ability for a person or child to have control over their body is called kinesthetic intelligence. The ability to gently hold a butterfly, to roll over a log, climb a hill, or play a musical instrument are things we tend to learn as children. How to use your body to perform these and dozens of other tasks are part of the lessons at Nature’s Kids. Our facility, with all its geological and ecological features, is the perfect place to develop your child’s kinesthetic skill set. The children are challenged to use their bodies, hands, legs, fingers, toes, lips, and eyes in new ways, each day, and in each lesson. The ability to balance is done outside as much as possible. climbing over or under logs, hiking through the trails, jumping like frogs, and flying like birds are just a few ways we teach the children how to use their body.
What We Learned Today: To end the day and reflect on what happened, the class enjoys this time to recollect their day. A sign greets the parents and caregivers, providing a summary of their exciting day!
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As the seasons change learning evolves into something special. The terrain in each of our ecosystems changes as well. Your child will learn more about living things in a few months than most children do in their first several years of development.