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A Typical Day at PPNS
A typical day at Pennington Presbyterian Nursery School includes a predictable schedule, a mix of individual, small group and large group exploration, active and quiet times, and activities that are both teacher-directed and child-directed.
On Wednesdays and Thursdays, our music teacher leads lessons in singing, playing instruments, moving to music and learning concepts such as rhythm, tempo and note recognition. Two-year-old old classes have 20-minute music sessions and three and four-year-old classes have 30-minute music sessions.
Our school is committed to providing healthy snacks during the day. We do not serve juice at snack time, but give the children a choice of 2% milk or water. Each snack is planned to include a protein, whole grain, and fruit or vegetable. A typical snack might consist of cheese or yogurt, apples, bananas, carrots or peppers and whole grain crackers or pretzels. Children often help prepare snack by baking or cooking with their teachers. Snack in the three and four year old classes is served family style; children are encouraged to pour their own beverages from child-sized pitchers and ask each other to pass plates of food. On birthdays and special occasions, snacks from home are always welcome.
Our school also is privileged to have an extensive science curriculum developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb called BLAST Pre-K. Science units are incorporated into each age group's units of study throughout the year.
A Typical Two-Year-Old Day
The rainbow is the overall theme for the two-year-old classes. Two-year-old classes focus on developing social skills and learning to be part of a group.
Arrival and Greetings
Manipulatives
Circle with stories and songs
Snack
Gross Motor Play on the playground
or in The Big Room
Project
Free Play
Goodbye song and dismissal
A Typical Three-Year-Old Day
Special units of study for three-year-olds include insects, our wonderful selves, dinosaurs, animals, fairy tales and nursery rhymes and community helpers.
Arrival and Greetings
Table Toys
Circle with stories, songs, calendar and recognizing the Special Helper of the Day
Bathroom and handwashing
Snack
Free play and projects
Gross Motor Play on the playground or in The Big Room
Second circle with Goodbye song
Dismissal
A Typical Four-Year-Old Day
Special units of study for four-year-olds include apples and pumpkins, fire safety, alphabet and numbers, community helpers, winter animals, the environment. Four-year-olds learn letters and numbers through activities and games. The four-year-old classes take several field trips in the fall and spring, and use those experiences to make snacks, write their own books and reflect on their experiences.
Arrival and Greetings
Table Toys
First Circle - Weather, letter and number concepts, transition games
Bathroom and handwashing
Snack
Free play
Second Circle - Story
Project
Gross Motor Play on the playground on in The Big Room
Goodbye song and dismissal
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