PPNS offers Afternoon Enrichment programs from 1 – 3 pm, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday with a different focus each day of the week. Enrichment is divided into three multi-week sessions, with the first session running from the second week of school until winter break, the second session running from January through the middle of March, and the third session running from the second half of March through the first week of June. The cost is $20 per daily session. Each session includes the area of study detailed below, as well as a short gross motor period, free play period, and a light snack. Currently, we offer the following schedule of themes:
Mondays for Children in Pre-K and Three-Year-Old Classes focuses on literacy and developing pre-reading and beginning reading skills through author studies.
Tuesdays for Children in Pre-K and Three-Year-Old Classes focuses on art, art technique and famous artists and their styles alternating with social and emotional growth activities.
Thursdays for Pre-K’s are planned to develop mathematics skills through movement and games. In addition, children become adept at sharing game instructions with others.
Thursdays for Three-Year-Olds investigates ocean animals during the fall session, animals who thrive in cold weather during the winter session, and animals who lives are in other parts of the world during the spring session
Fridays for Children in Pre-K and Three-Year-Old Classes focuses on science, performing experiments, predicting outcomes, and discovering what actually occurs after the experiment has been performed.