Children's School
The Children’s School provides young children an environment that fosters
appreciation of self, others, and the world around them. It promotes
self-motivated learning through discovery and hands-on involvement with their
surroundings. Emphasis is placed on meeting individual needs while encouraging
respect for others.
While enrolled at QCC's Children's School, children will engage in individual,
small group, and large group activities. Experiences are designed to help
children develop basic skills, to encourage a working understanding of concepts
and to simulate greater facility in language use and communication. Children are
challenged to solve simple problems and to practice developing skills in an
environment filled with manipulative, creative, and dramatic sensory materials.
Behavioral limits are set to provide children with a sense of security; actions
are redirected, feelings are discussed, and self-respect is preserved.
Quinsigamond Children’s School combines exploration and discovery,
opportunities for making choices, and an atmosphere of order, predictability,
warmth and mutual trust. Most important children gain feelings of confidence and
competence through their interactions with people and materials.
Typical Daily Schedule
The times indicated in the schedules provide a general structure needed for
program continuity. Times may vary somewhat to accommodate group needs, weather
conditions, and walking field trips. Each week, a detailed curriculum is posted.
The teachers, children and parents/guardians generate ideas for the curriculum.
Themes may provide the basis of curriculum ideas and may be integrated
throughout the classroom. The following interest areas are available to the
children: art, sand/water, science, manipulatives, language arts, blocks,
workbench, writing area, dramatic play and the outdoor learning environment.
Half Day Program
| M/W/F & T/TH a.m. |
M/W/F p.m. |
Activity |
| 8:30 a.m. |
12:30 p.m. |
Arrival |
| 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. |
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. |
Indoor creative learning experiences |
| 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. |
1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m |
Pick-up; table set; stories/music |
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Snack |
| 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. |
2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. |
Outdoor creative learning experiences |
| 11 a.m. |
3 p.m. |
Departure |
Full Day Program
| Monday through Friday |
Activity |
| 7:45 a.m. to 9:10 a.m |
Center opens, greetings
Breakfast (until 8:45 a.m.) |
| 9:10 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. |
Morning Meeting |
| 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. |
Outdoor creative learning experience (weather permitting) |
| 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. |
Snack, Indoor creative learning experience |
| 11:45 a.m. to noon |
Group Time |
| noon |
Preparation for group lunch |
| noon to 1 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. |
Rest time |
| 1:45 p.m. to 3 p.m. |
Snack, open-ended activities |
| 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. |
Outdoor creative learning experiences |
| 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. |
Open-ended activities |
| 5 p.m. |
Center closes. |
The School, which also serves as an educational site for students in the
Early Childhood Education program, is licensed by the Massachusetts Department
of Early Education and Care. Additionally, the Children’s School has been accredited by The National Academy of Early Childhood Programs (a division of the National Association for the Education of Young Children) since 1990.
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