Children Learn Through Play!

It is a strong belief of Welcome School CDC that a child's best learning is through play and experiences. It is because of this that we do our best to provide diverse opportunities for children. Here are some things you might find your child participating with at Welcome School.

Art: Children might be found working with wood, paint, playdough, scissors, glue, markers, or crayons. We have a variety of mediums to create wonderful works of art.

Science: Children might be found discovering textures of animal furs, where animals live, or what they eat. They might be investigating how much things weigh, whether they are magnetic, or if light can go through them. We have all sort of materials to explore including shells, furs, seeds, bones, magnifying glasses, magnets, and more.

Dramatic Play:  Children love to pretend to be many things. At Welcome School we give children opportunities to pretend in many different settings throughout the year. Areas include: camping, farm, grocery, ice cream shop, pizza shop, shoe shop, doctor's office, house area with laundry or babies, dress-up, post office, and school.

Building:  Children love creating things. They can learn about building structure with big wooden blocks, connector blocks, or legos. Who knows, maybe your child will be the next big name architect or engineer!

Manipulatives and Puzzles: Children can learn spacial awareness and build beginning math skills by putting together one of our many puzzles.  Maybe they like to put things in order, play matching games, or practice lacing or tying shoes. No matter the interest, there is plenty to explore from pegboards, floor puzzles, matching games, and sorting activities.

Writing and Reading:  Children love to explore books and learning to write things. It may just look like a scribble to you but to them it is a word or even an entire story! Welcome School has over one thousand books, both fiction and non-fiction, for children to explore. We also have many marker boards and magna doodles to begin exploring writing if interested.