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Creation’s “Stations”
At Creation
Station Preschool, the children are learning a variety of skills as they rotate
throughout the school on a daily basis. Each center is designed to integrate
educational and fun activities in small group, as well as larger group settings.
In the
 the teachers read stories to the children, and they can
also choose books from the shelves to look at and read to themselves.
Comfortable chairs and small couches provide a library-like atmosphere.
The
 will allow the children to participate in open-ended art
projects with child-directed results. Teachers will also plan projects that
have specific, recognizable outcomes. Many projects will teach letters,
numbers, colors, and shapes. Art projects will also be centered around weekly
themes and will further invite educational discussions about the various topics
being studied.
The
 encourages imagination, cooperative play and a
developing sense of self, using a variety of dress-up clothes, hats, shoes and
toys with easily recognizable roles in a typical family’s daily life. Children
will have the opportunity to try out various roles in the family and community,
and to explore their future roles in society.
The
 teaches the children use their small motor skills to
demonstrate special awareness, develop hand/eye coordination, practice self-help
skills, understand number concepts, and improve pre-writing skills.
In the
 children will learn to recognize numbers up to 20, count to
20, as well as sequencing, patterning, sorting and graphing related items.
Educational games will include shapes that teach pre-math logical thinking and
spatial relations. Themes will include learning to tell time and learning about
money.
The
is designed to awaken in the children a curiosity of the
way the world works. They will work with tools such as: magnets, static
electricity, binoculars, prisms, stethoscopes, mixing colors, microscopes and
slides. They will learn about weather, seasons, nutrition, dinosaurs, bugs,
ocean animals, life cycles and parts of the body.
The
 teaches letter recognition, phonics and sight words
through games, puzzles and educational activities. Children will learn to
recognize, spell and write their own names.
In the
 the children will learn to use the keyboard and mouse to
play fun and educational games, while learning important skills necessary for
successful school careers.
The
 has a large indoor play structure, and lots of space for indoor
games and activities. It promotes large muscle activities, improves balance and
muscle coordination in a safe and air-conditioned environment. The teachers
play games with the children in small groups that encourage teamwork.
Children can
build any number of architectural wonders in the
 There
are “people” and “community helpers”, as well as an assortment of vehicles that
fulfill a variety of roles in our community.
The
 will allow the children to pretend to drive fire
trucks, police cars, airplanes, helicopters, motorcycles, fantasy vehicles,
off-road vehicles, and construction vehicles. They can “work” at the mechanic
shop or the work bench with a variety of tools.
In the
 children will explore rhythm and movement, listen and learn
to identify a variety of sounds, and build phonemic awareness. Songs,
instruments and dances will go along with the weekly themes to teach the
children to appreciate various types of music and musical instruments. | 
