The youngest preschoolers attend Preschool I at Needham Children's Center. Here we emphasize skill development, with the children's day including ample time for supervised free play, outdoor play, art, music, and language and listening skills activities. We place importance on self-help skills, such as putting away materials and dressing one's self. Academics, including colors, numbers, shapes, and letters, are introduced in a developmentally appropriate manner. The early preschooler learns learns by doing, and, at Preschool I, she/he is encouraged to do so.
Needham Children's Center's Preschool II program is for pre-kindergarten age children. The children participate in circle time, arts and crafts, science, music, walks, local field trips, At Needham Children's Center, the children are encouraged to explore their environment through play, activities, and discussion. Our program reinforces and facilitates children's natural curiosity at this stage of development through, for example: science, art, drama, music, language, arts, and computers.
