Programs

How We Spend Our Days

Art

Paint, crayons, glue, paper scraps and playdough. What matters is the making, not the result — squeezing, tearing and mixing build the hand strength children will later need to hold a pencil, and art is where they make choices entirely their own. Expect something you can't identify and should absolutely put on the fridge.

Music

We sing constantly — at cleanup, at mealtime, in the car seat line, for no reason at all. Children shake, drum, clap and dance along, and every song is quietly doing several jobs: teaching rhythm and new words, marking the transitions in our day, and giving a child who isn't talking yet a way to join in. It's also the fastest way we know to turn a hard moment around.

Movement

Young children think with their bodies. We climb, crawl, carry heavy things, balance, chase and tumble — indoors and out — because that's how balance, coordination and confidence get built. Big movement also helps children sleep better and handle frustration better, which matters as much to you at home as it does to us during the day.

Language

Language at this age grows through everyday conversation, stories, songs, and play. We talk with children throughout the day, name what they see and do, ask questions, and give them time to respond. Favorite books are read again and again, helping new words and ideas become familiar. English and Mandarin are naturally woven into our daily routines, giving children meaningful opportunities to listen, understand, communicate, and build confidence in both languages.

Mathematics

Math at this age is mostly noticing. We count the steps, the snacks, the children at the table. We sort blocks by color, find the shapes in the room, spot the pattern in a row of beads, and figure out which cup holds more water. Children build a real feel for quantity, order and comparison long before they see a number written down — and that intuition is what later math is built on.

Outside Play

We go outside every day the weather allows, and around here that means we dress for it. Outside is where children run off energy, dig in the dirt, watch bugs, handle rain and mud, and play in ways that are simply too loud and too big for indoors. It's also good for sleep, appetite and mood — there's a reason the hardest days are usually the days we couldn't get out.