Classes & Activities
WDS Classes
Your child will graduate from the WDS ready to be an independent life-long learner.
We fulfill this promise by focusing on play as the work of young children, which nurtures your child’s natural enthusiasm for learning. Through play, a child’s brain develops as they explore their world, develop language and vocabulary; practice getting along with others; try out new ideas and practice critical thinking skills; and grow physically, socially and emotionally.
Classes focus on physical, cognitive, language and social/emotional development for the youngest to the oldest children. Age-appropriate learning experiences each day include:
- Art activities
- Block play
- Music
- Literacy and math activities
- Dramatic play
- Science
- Social studies
- Outdoor time
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WDS Activities & Enrichment Experiences
The Weekday School offers a wide range of on-site enrichment activities to broaden your child’s educational experiences at every age.
- My Gym: During classes several times a month, children warm up their muscles, participate in obstacle courses, play games that build gross motor skills and learn a targeted gross motor skill to practice until the next session. Threes, Fours and TKs.
- Discovery Place: Science is brought to life monthly through interactive exhibits, hands-on labs, live animals and ever-changing exhibitions. Threes, Fours and TKs.
- The World Cultural Center: Through music, dance, artifacts, pictures, costumes and interactive exhibits, children learn about different cultures.
- Nature Museum: Children walk among free-flying butterflies in Butterfly Pavilion, observe animals in Creature Cavern, buzz by Insect Alley, explore the Nature Trail and enjoy nature-based puppet shows. Annual visits for fours and TK classes.
- Weekly music classes as well as field trips to the Raptor Center, the Fire Station, Tarradiddle Players, the Recycling Center, Grey Seal Puppets and Hunter Farm.
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Special Events
The Weekday School offers opportunities for children and families to enjoy special events together.
- Lunch on the Lawn
- Toddlers Music and Movement
- 2’s Teddy Bear Tea
- 3’s Muffins in the Morning
- 3’s Easter Egg Hunt
- 4’s and TK Drop By For Doughnuts
- 4’s and TK Field Day
- Book Fair
- Music Program and Luncheon for 3’s, 4’s, and TK Families
- Class gatherings throughout the year
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Parent Events
- Speaker Programs for professionals on topics such as technology, speech and language development, positive discipline and sensory integration
- Kindergarten Readiness Program for parents of Fours and TK students to prepare for the kindergarten search process
- Parent Social for a night out without children
Other School Events
- Serving the community: Each spring, we collect books to donate to schools with limited resources. There is also a collection for coats, hats, gloves and backpacks for the homeless shelter each fall, as well as food for the Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry located at First Presbyterian Church. These drives help children to learn to share.
- Field Day: Each spring the Fours and TK children gather on the front lawn of the church for a day of games, events, contests and popsicles
- Week of the Young Child: A week designated by the National Association for the Education of Young Children to focus on education opportunities for young children, with special events for children and parents.
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Uptown Fun
The Weekday School offers Uptown Fun, a summer program that meets on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays for three consecutive weeks from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Updated immunizations are required to enroll.
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