Natural Learners Early Learners
Ages 4-7
Letter and sound recognition through science exploration, stortytelling, music, movement and world cutures
Classes are ongoing and begin April 10th-Open house April 3rd.
Thursdays 8:30-11;30
Fridays 9-12
Ages 4-7
First session is $35, then sign up for a 5 week session for $175.
Call or text 646-283-4192 to register
Children are Natural Learners.
They learn to read and write, experiment and tinker, much like they learn to walk and talk. This program is founded on the belief that children learn best with encouragement and direction from a caring adult who challenges them to stretch to their potential without fear or worry about tests, benchmarks, falling too far behind or too far ahead. Children thrive in healthy enviroments with soft lighting, outdoor time, nutritient rich foods and supportive socialization. Call 646-283-4192 to schedule a tour of our creative learning space.
Imagine you wanted to plant a flower? Would you rush to plant the seeds in the fall and struggle all winter to protect it? Wouldn't it be better to spend your energy nurturing the soil? Waiting for the right conditions has its advantages. The Natural Learner's Early Learners program is founded on the idea that the right environment makes all the difference. Through story teling and re-telling, creative exploration and by providing ample opporutnities for meaningul connections, we enrich the soil that will offer the nutrients your child's literacy and math will need throughout their life, to flourish, with nimimal guidance, when the time is right.
Our Mission: To inspire our next generation of thinkers to remain perpetually curious, to acquire the skills necessary to excel as leaders and effective problem solvers while developing empathy for others with differing learning styles and abilities.
“The beautiful “Magic Letter Book” my child created during Ms Trezza’s classes, is another perfect example to the love of learning Ms Trezza can instill in a child. We keep this Magic Letter Book stored with her preschool diploma and other cherished and important school year memories.”
Emergenct readers and writers will receive a magic letter book. Each week focuses on a new letter and sound as we journey throught the alphabet. We’ll practice letters and sounds as we write in our books documenting our science experience.
Early readers and writers will receive a science journal. They will draw a picture of our science experience, label the parts of their picture and write a sentence or two about the experience.
Core Program meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays with enrichment offered Mondays and Wednesdays
Choose a 2 day, 3 day or 4 day program half or full day option.
Daily Flow
Arrival/social toys, legos, blocks and other building tools
Introducing our letter of the day and science experience
magic letter books/science journal reflections
play doh -strengthening the writing muscles
snack/lunchtime
storytime- a language rich story is carefully selected to connect with our daily theme or seasonal holiday
Calendar time, math activity to build number sense
music and movement: music from different genres is chosen
good bye song
dismissal
A is for Ant
You’ll be amazed what these tiny creatures can do. Join us as we virtually visit an ant farm to find out what goes on inside those small mounds we see on the sidewalks. We’ll learn about different types of ants, their social structure and meet one of the earth’s strongest creatures.
Materials needed: Magic Letter Books
N is for Narwhal
We’ll listen to a re-creation of a true story about a Narwhal that loses his pod. Along the way we’ll learn to compare Narwhals to Beluga whales, learn where Narwhals lived and what their “horns” are actually made of.
Materials needed:
White clay, model magic or homemade salt dough(salt, flour and water).
Magic Letter Books
T is for Top
We’ll build and decorate our own spinning tops and watch how the patterns change as they spin. We’ll also try different size spinners and test to see which ones spin best.
materials needed:
toothpicks, or preferably, wooden barbecue skewers, glue stick, scissors, chip board cardboard which is found on any cereal box and most foods packaged in cardboard and a print up of this circle template or 3-4 circular items such as drinking cups and canned foods ranging from 1”-4” in diameter to trace.
magic letter books and dough
QU IS FOR QUEST
INTRODUCTORY VIDEO, FREE WITH ANY PURCHASE.
A IS FOR ANT (MUST PURCHASE 3 CLASSES)
N is for Narwhal
T is for Top
B IS FOR BUBBLE (MUST PURCHASE 4 CLASSES)
U is for Unicorn
L is for Lava Lamp
E is for egg
C IS FOR Car (PACKAGE OF 2 CLASSES)
R is for Rainbow
D is for Dinosaur (Package of 4 classes)
I is for Insect
O is for Optical
S is for Snake
F is for Float-Boat Building ( 1 Class)
G is for Gravity (Package of 3 classes)
V is for Violin
Y is for Yeast
H IS FOR HORSESHOE CRAB ( 1 CLASS)
J is for Jam and Jelly (Package of 2 Classes)
M is for magnet
K is for Kite ( 1 Class)
P is for Pollen (l 1 Class)
W is for Water( 1 Class)
X is for Hexagon(1 class)
Z is for Zipline (1 class)
Bonus Sounds
A_E combination is for Bake
C is for Celery
Ch is for Chicken
Sh is for Shelter
Th is for earth