Traditional Preschool Oakland County Milford Highland White Lake MI

Opening the Door for a Love for Learning

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AM Traditional 3, 4 and 5 Year old
Are you looking for Flexibility and a high quality program for your child? We have the
right size program for you and your child. Click here to find out more .
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Morning 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Want to prepare your child for Kindergarten? Enroll your child and add on our Pre-K
Plus Program. 12:00 p.m. To 2:00 p.m. (Monday - Friday)

Example of your child's day at
Building Blocks Preschool

Group Meeting
Welcome conversation on how we are feeling and who is here today. Story
time and a conversation on the plan for the day.

Free Choice Time

Children move freely through the day's activities. During this time the
children are free to eat their snack at the provided snack tables whenever
they are hungry.

Sensory Experiences

Sand and water tables are available for children to explore hands-on
materials

Art Center

Children are given to explore open ended materials that allow them to
focus on their creative processes.

Block Area

All ares of development are nurtured in the Block Area, where
children are able to construct structures using blocks, wood and
other recycled materials.

Math/Science Center

Daily activities and hands-on materials allow children to work on
counting, sorting, patterning, graphing, as well as higher order math
skills. Science activities include materials that promote prediction,
hypothesizing and active exploration.

Literacy Center

Planned opportunities for children to activate their background
knowledge. Activities stress emerging literacy by emphasizing letter
and print awareness, and an understanding that pre-reading, pre-
writing, listening and speaking are valuable avenues for learning.

Dramatic Play

Social, emotional and language development are fostered in the
interactions children have with each other through social dramatic
play. Children are provided with time during their day for free play
and to take on real life roles.

Gross Motor PLAY
At this time the children enjoy gross motor activities at the outdoor
playground and go on Nature Walks.

Circle time and Dismissal
Teachers provide the children with a rich variety of written stories, felt board
stories, group game, as well as music and movement. This is followed by a
review of the day, goodbye song, and dismissal.

Building the Foundation for a
Love of Learning

Building Blocks offers an anything but traditional program. We support the child’s natural curiosity. Our
goal is to create lifelong learners. We follow the child’s interest and encourage exploration while
viewing the children as researchers of their world, continually reconstructing knowledge.

Children learn best when they find answers for themselves and in their own way. We document your
child's learning and send you a learning story daily (Learning Story Example). This give you an
opportunity to scaffold the learning process so you know what is happening in our classrooms. This is
a great tool to extend the learning process at home. Give your child a great learning experience.

For many children this is their first experience with non-family members, and their first exposure to a
social environment with their peers. Our comfortable, nurturing environment helps to ease the transition
as they grow and adjust in their new surroundings. Children are welcomed at their individual stage of
development and will be encouraged to continue their development individually. Our traditional
preschool program follows the Huron Valley School Districts Academic Calendar. Children enrolled in
our Preschool program at Building Blocks must be 3 or 4 years old on or before December 1, of the
academic school year.

Kids Plus program is an add on feature for your child who is getting ready for Kindergarten. This adds
on time for your child to enjoy lunch made from home and small group and individual academic
support. Kids Plus is Monday, Wednesday and Friday's from Noon to 2:00 pm. Building Blocks
Preschool currently runs 3-5 year old program, which operates from September to June.

We also offer a great outdoor adventure Preschool Summer Camp program.

2.5 - 5 Year Old
Class
Monday thru
Friday

9:00 to 12:00 p.m.
(choose 3, 4, or 5
days per week)

Pre-K Plus
Program
12:00 p.m. to 2:00
p. m.
(Monday - Friday)