Programs:
Our programs are designed to help children learn at their own pace. Group activities are designed with the developmental needs of each age group in mind. A good deal of time is allotted for children to explore the various interest centers in their classroom.
We also take advantage of our ever-changing Wisconsin weather by providing stimulating outdoor play experiences in all seasons. Center field trips are planned monthly, they provide children with new opportunities outside the classroom.
We also take advantage of our ever-changing Wisconsin weather by providing stimulating outdoor play experiences in all seasons. Center field trips are planned monthly, they provide children with new opportunities outside the classroom.
Infants and Toddlers
Welcome to the Infant and Toddler Rooms: Our program is based on your child’s individual schedule to ensure the same loving care that is given at home. Our staff to child ratio is kept low with small groups to maintain a home like feeling. Our infant and toddlers are encouraged to discover the new world around them. All our staff have been certified in CPR, SIDS, Child Abuse and Neglect training, and Shaken Baby Training. Our staff creates a developmentally appropriate lesson plan that enhances your child's daily experiences.
Items needed for the Infant Room
Please make sure you have:
- Pre-made bottles - all bottles must be labeled with the date and child's name
- Pacifier (if needed)
- A set of extra clothes-in a plastic zipper bag-labeled
- Supply of diapers, wipes, diaper cream
- Sunscreen for summer
- Paperwork completed
Please label everything with your child's name.
Items needed for the Toddler Room
Please make sure you have:
- Two sets of extra clothes, including socks
- Supply of diapers, wipes, and cream/ointment
- Favorite blanket for naptime
- Sunscreen, hat, and swimsuit for summer. Hats, mittens, snow pants, and boots for winter
- Paperwork completed
A Day in the Infant / Toddler Room
We have a lot of fun in the Infant and Toddler Rooms. We are always busy singing songs, reading books, doing art projects, and most importantly, reaching individual goals for each child. There is always interaction between your child and their teachers!
We also love to go outside on those nice summer days when the weather is less than 90 degrees. We love buggy rides or just sitting on the playground blowing bubbles or listening to songs and stories. So please make sure your child has sunscreen and a hat. We even go out on cold days if the weather is 20 degrees or above so, for those cold months, please have a winter hat, coat, and mittens.
Preschool A
Welcome to Preschool Room A! The programs in these classrooms emphasize an individualized approach towards learning and developing preschool skills. We focus on helping the children gain the developmentally appropriate skills for social and emotional growth.
Items needed for Preschool Room A
Items needed:
Please make sure you have:
- An extra sets of clothes in plastic zipper bag-labeled (Including socks & underwear)
- Blanket
- Diapers and wipes
- Winter: coat, hat, waterproof mittens, snow pants and boots
- Fall/Spring: coat, boots (if muddy outside)
- Summer: sunscreen, swimsuit, water shoes or extra shoes or sandals
We are looking forward to getting to know you and your child. While working on pre-school skills, we will also focus on self-help skills, small and large motor skills, letter and number recognition, communication, and several other cognitive and social skills. We will cover these areas using a variety of methods to ensure that learning is always fun and interesting for your child.
Our classroom is theme-based, meaning every week has a theme and everyday we discuss a different topic pertaining to that theme while integrating arts and crafts projects, large and small motor, and play into our day.
We divide our classrooms into learning centers which include: Blocks, Dramatic Play, Art, Sensory, Table Toys, Writing Area, and Quiet/Reading Area. We also integrate new and exciting centers that complement our learning and themes.
Preschool B
Welcome to Preschool Room B! We prepare the children for a smooth transition into kindergarten. We strive to prepare each child academically, socially, and emotionally. Our desire is to meet each child's individual needs, while maintaining a consistent standard of learning for the entire classroom. We incorporate math, science, writing skills, art, and music into our daily lesson plans. The class will also work on number and letter recognition, finger plays and cooking activities.
Items needed for Preschool Room B
Please make sure you have:
- An extra sets of clothes in plastic zipper bag-labeled (Including socks & underwear)
- Blanket
- Winter: coat, hat, waterproof mittens, snow pants and boots
- Fall/Spring: coat, boots (if muddy outside)
- Summer: swimsuit, sunscreen, water shoes or extra shoes or sandals
What Do We Do in Preschool Room B?
Circle time is a group gathering during which we share our ideas, plans, and observations. Circle time activities are designed to stimulate children's thinking, and enrich their social skills, and expand their attention spans.
Large-motor activities give children the opportunity to use their muscles, as well as their imaginations as they engage in fun, healthy exercises, such as: running, jumping, and climbing.
Fine-motor activities help improve small-muscle development and hand-eye coordination. Some common items found in the fine-motor/manipulative area include puzzles, beads and laces, pegboards, crayons, and scissors.
Art activities help children creatively express their thoughts and feelings. They help reinforce fine-motor skills and concept development in areas such as colors, shapes, and size relationships.
Dramatic play activities help children express themselves, practice life skills, improve social skills, increase self-esteem, build vocabulary, and problem solve.
Music activities promote children's listening skills, creative expression, spatial awareness, and social skills. In music, children can explore sound, volume, tempo, and rhythm.
Science activities offer children many hands-on opportunities for observation, exploration, investigation, making predictions, and experimentation.
Block play gives children experience with many different concepts, such as shape and size discrimination, spatial relationships, number skills, balance, organization, cause and effect, and classification. Cooperative play skills, problem solving, and creativity are also promoted in block play.
Story time is designed to help children develop an appreciation and enjoyment of literature. Reading activities enhance children's vocabulary and comprehension skills, and also expand their knowledge base.
We also concentrate on one letter of the alphabet every week. To find out what letter we are on, please look at the lesson plans that are located on the bulletin board in our classrooms. We will work on recognizing this letter, sounding it out, and beginning to write it.
The Preschool Room B classroom is a busy classroom with a lot of activity and learning going on everyday. Our staff work diligently to prepare your children for success in Kindergarten.
School Age
We offer a program for our school age children that allows them to continue forming friendships with those children they are attending school with. We gear our school-age program to the likes and interests of the children. A variety of games, art and craft activities, outdoor play and just having good friends around making those extra morning and afternoon hours a lot more constructive and fun. We also offer care on off days, and Winter and Spring break.
Discovery Days offers a Before and After School Program at Mill Valley Elementary School. We provide cereal, milk, and juice for breakfast in the morning and we will also provide a snack in the afternoon. Please let us know if your child has any food allergies.
Before and After School Care is open from 6:30am to start of school and release of school until 6:00pm.
Due to safety concerns and state licensing requirements each child must be walked in and signed in daily by a parent or adult.
Off days, such as Teacher’s Convention, or Conferences, Winter and Spring Breaks, we will be running a full day program. We will be located in the gym or cafeteria on these days and the location may change. Field trips may be planned for some of these days, you will have advance notice. We will also provide, cereal for breakfast, morning and afternoon snacks for full day care. Your child will need a peanut free bag lunch on off days. These days run from 6:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
If for any reason the school needs to close early due to inclement weather, or water, or power emergencies, we are unable to run our programs on these afternoons.
If school is delayed in the morning due to winter weather, we will still run our programs in the morning. If school is completely cancelled due to any of the reasons listed above we will not be able to run our program from the school, but if our main center is open, you have the option to bring your school age child there should there be space available. Please call the main center for availability.
Summer Program
We step out of our formal role of “school” once summer begins. We have planned activities to make summer interesting, our activities will stimulate the children’s minds and encourage creativity. Numerous field trips are planned weekly to help make summer vacation fun and educational. Whatever is planned, you can be sure your child will be happy and well cared for by a trained, fun-loving staff. Summer program runs from 6:30 am-5:30 pm at one of the Muskego Norway District Schools.
Field Trips School age:
School age children will be required to pay an activity fee prior to the start of the Summer Program to offset added expenses. Field trips will be posted and described in advance.
Items your child will need for Summer Program
Please make sure you have:
•Lunch every day
•Sunscreen and bug spray (with signed permission slip)
•Swimsuit and towel labeled with your child's name or initials
•Water Bottle
Please label everything with your child's name!