Full Day Preschool Program

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Our full-day program operates year round (for breaks, please see our School Calendar), offering a twelve month program for our working families. We open at 7:30 AM and close at 5:25 PM. You may choose 3 day through 5 day per week options. The children are served a morning snack. Lunches are brought from home and the staff heats and opens containers and supervises the children during lunchtime. After lunch, all preschool children are required to nap/rest. Children may bring a favorite stuffed animal from home to cuddle with while they listen to classical music and lullabies in English, and Spanish. After nap, an afternoon snack is served.

Our full-day preschool children participate in our specialty classes in Spanish, Music, and fitness. These classes are taught by qualified specialists who join our classroom teachers for these weekly enrichment classes. Our special classes offer children the opportunity to explore other languages through songs, games, and other age appropriate activities. We also include cooking throughout our school year. Country Day Preschool children are exposed to many enrichment areas not normally offered to young children. We feel research is clear on the benefits of these activities for young people. Certain pieces of classical music by Mozart are played at different times of the day, to encourage the children to think more broadly (as studies have indicated it will do -- see more about the Mozart Effect).

Our program is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and is an integral part of our school through eighth grade program. Children who participate in our program go on into our primary school or into other schools in the area, both public and private. A number of our children move to other parts of the country or even the world. They traditionally do very well and are prepared to adapt to almost any environment.