Notre Dame Learning Center Preschool is a play-based early childhood program that provides preschool and extended childcare, emphasizes developmentally appropriate practices and faith-formation readiness, and includes an outdoor classroom.
Notre Dame Learning Center Preschool provides early childhood education using play-based, developmentally appropriate practices. The program includes an outdoor classroom and references faith-formation readiness as part of its offerings.
The program emphasizes play as the primary vehicle for learning and aligns activities with developmentally appropriate practices and expectations of the California Department of Education. Instruction seeks to develop social, emotional, physical, cognitive and pre-literacy foundations and references researched approaches to early learning and executive-function development.
Staff include Sisters of Notre Dame alongside certified and credentialed early childhood teachers; some lead teachers hold degrees and site-supervisor permits and other staff hold child-development certificates.
Extended childcare is provided during the day and includes lunch, playground/patio activities, afternoon rest, story/music time and quiet play; it is available for children between 2 and 5 years of age.
The fall preschool session runs September through June.
Morning preschool sessions run 8:30–11:30 a.m. and include circle time, center activities, snack, story/music time and outdoor classroom activities.
A summer session is offered in July and August.
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