Our preschool program integrates play with developmentally appropriate exposure to academics to help students acquire skills like problem solving, critical thinking, time management, advocacy, self-awareness, and awareness of others. Providing these skills at a young age will help learners be successful in whichever kindergarten setting their caregivers chose for them next. The interactions between peers is very important to us to observe, redirect and guide. Additionally, we help learners develop their core skills by blending nature into their play and themes as much as possible. We believe teaching your littles to appreciate and see the joy in their environment not only can spark interest in the outdoors, but fosters real life connection to core subjects that will prove fruitful for their future. We try to stay as unplugged as possible to help foster a child's natural curiosity and engagement.
We offer a full and half day program. We believe before lunch is when kiddos are most adaptable to learning new things, so we fill our mornings with our curriculum. For our full day kiddos, they continue into the afternoons with quiet and free play opportunities.
Please click here to see a breakdown of a typical daily schedule. The schedule will change on days there are special events or trips.
Our literacy based curriculum integrates beloved children's books and core subjects to help students access and relate to larger themes like kindness, empathy, perseverance, advocacy, and courage.
Please click here to get an idea of how our curriculum is integrated into our day to day.
Play is the work of childhood. - Jean Piaget
Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood. - Fred Rogers
Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society. -Maria Montessori
"If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden."
- The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
Contact Info:
Email: sowingjoyschool@gmail.com
Phone: 413-203-1268
"A little magic can take you a long way." - James and the Giant Peach, Roald Dahl