Peninsula Preschool
Where confidence blossoms and knowledge soars!
~est. 1983~
*School begins September 6th*
Teacher of the Year!
Our Lead Teacher Leslie Leline has been awarded the Wisconsin Early Childhood Teacher of the Year Award from the Wisconsin Division for Early Childhood and the Wisconsin Early Childhood Association in recognition for leadership and dedication to quality education and care for all young children. We are so proud of her!
Mission Statement
Peninsula Preschool is an educational organization devoted to preschool children and their families.
Its purpose is to provide a warm, inviting, and well-equipped setting where children are free and safe to play and learn. The program is planned to stimulate intellectual, emotional, physical and social growth. Children are encouraged to think independently, pursue their natural curiosities and strive toward their own potential.
Its purpose is to provide a warm, inviting, and well-equipped setting where children are free and safe to play and learn. The program is planned to stimulate intellectual, emotional, physical and social growth. Children are encouraged to think independently, pursue their natural curiosities and strive toward their own potential.
Curriculum
The philosophy behind our curriculum is that young children learn best by doing. Learning isn't just repeating what is said; it requires active thinking and experimenting to find out how things work and to learn firsthand about the world we live in.
During the preschool years, by using materials such as blocks, children learn about sizes, shapes, colors and weight, and they notice the relationships between things. In dramatic play and art, children are learning that one object can represent another - the beginning of symbolic thinking. With our small manipulative games they are learning to group objects into categories, to match and classify, and to coordinate their hands and eyes. At the sensory table, they learn cause and effect, weights and balance, sharing with others, and that it's okay and fun to explore new tactile materials. The computer teaches them skills for the future, following directions, cause and effect, and improves coordination. During music, they learn to participate cooperatively, to think creatively, to imagine and perform comfortably.
Play provides the foundation for academic learning.
During the preschool years, by using materials such as blocks, children learn about sizes, shapes, colors and weight, and they notice the relationships between things. In dramatic play and art, children are learning that one object can represent another - the beginning of symbolic thinking. With our small manipulative games they are learning to group objects into categories, to match and classify, and to coordinate their hands and eyes. At the sensory table, they learn cause and effect, weights and balance, sharing with others, and that it's okay and fun to explore new tactile materials. The computer teaches them skills for the future, following directions, cause and effect, and improves coordination. During music, they learn to participate cooperatively, to think creatively, to imagine and perform comfortably.
Play provides the foundation for academic learning.
