At Wesley Learning Center‘s 5 Day Fives program, children participate in a rich learning experience designated to challenge them to explore, to discover, to wonder, to think, to create, and to enjoy. The learning environment is arranged in interest centers, where children will find an enticing array of materials and activities from which to choose. We have designed a program that is consistent with the current research in Early Childhood Education, which documents that young children, up to the age of eight, learn best through direct and physical interaction with people and things in their environment. Our children learn to read and write through a “Whole Language” approach – by listening to stories, poems, songs, and finger-plays, by participating in shared reading experiences, by dictating their own stories to a teacher, by copying letters and words that are important to them, by writing their own stories, figuring out and inventing their own spelling as they go.  Our curriculum is based on the Benchmarks set forth by the State of Connecticut and the Newtown Public School System.  The class meets 5 days a week from 9:00 to 1:30.  The children will learn music, taught by Suzuki School of Music.  They will also have a physical education program taught by Miss Judy from KIDS-FIT.  We are confident that your child will achieve the academic success which will get them ready for their future learning years.

OUR GOALS FOR YOUR CHILD

• to help children foster a positive sense of self
• to support each child’s sense of competence.
• to promote positive relationships among students.
• to provide a loving, supportive environment which encourages the balanced development of the whole child.