“Teachers affect eternity;
They can never tell where their influence stops.”
THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
Our research-based curriculum will prepare students for future academic success. Preschool children want to touch, taste, smell, hear, and test things for themselves. They are eager to learn. They learn by experiencing and by doing. Preschoolers learn from their play. They are busy developing skills, using language and struggling to gain inner control.
Intellectual Development – Preschool children learn best by doing. They need a variety of activities. They need indoor and outdoor space. They need a balance between active and quiet play. They can communicate their needs, ideas, and questions. Their attention span is a little longer so they can participate in group activities.
We know that if we get it right in the early years, we can expect to see children thrive throughout school and their adult lives.
Both nature and nurture (genes and environment) influence children’s development. The quality of a child’s earliest environments and the availability of appropriate experiences at the right stages of development are crucial determinants of the way each child’s brain architecture develops.
Caring and supportive environments that promote optimal early childhood development greatly increase children’s chances of a successful transition to school. This, in turn, promotes children’s chances of achieving better learning outcomes while at school and better education, employment and health after they have finished school.
Evidence tells us that a person’s life successes, health, and emotional wellbeing have their roots in early childhood.
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM: 3 & 4 YEAR OLDS
Our Preschool Program is stocked with materials that encourage children’s creativity, problem solving, exploration, experimentation, and learning in all areas of development.
We aim to provide a supportive learning environment that promotes the development of children’s critical thinking skills, fosters awareness of diversity and multiculturalism, and uses enthusiasm and engagement as the cornerstone of approaches to learning.
We provide an environment that nurtures the children’s capacity to engage in individual, small group, and large group activities and projects. Opportunities for indoor and outdoor interactions are offered through carefully planned instructions and purposeful play.
Children are offered opportunities to strengthen their knowledge through a variety of developmentally appropriate learning experiences that include age appropriate media, drawing, painting, construction of models, dramatic play, and verbal and written descriptions.
Structured activities included in our daily routines provide the children with much needed order, stability, and familiarity. Examples of those activities are, circle time meetings, small group time, and meal time. Both structured and unstructured take place in a learning environment that is safe, healthy, clean, loving, warm, and stimulating.
PRESCHOOL: 3 AND 4 YEAR OLD ADDITIONAL FEATURES
-Daily activities and experiences that are planned and aligned with New Jersey’s State department of Education Preschool teaching and learning standards (2014)
– High order Thinking Skills
– Independent Work
– Collaborative work (Small and Large Groups)
– Organizational Skills
– Spanish Classes
– Mental health/Emotional identification
– Self-Control/Impulsive Control
– Self Care
– Transitions
– School Library
– Reading and Writing
– Etiquitte
– Problem Solving/Decision Making
Testimonials
Our daughter Renee started sowing seeds back in September when she was just 3 months old. We are very thankful for the love and affection that she has received from miss Gloria, and the others in the school. I highly recommend this facility to all the parents looking for a top-notch daycare/school for their kids.
A Word
From Managing Director
“Children have always been my passion. I am blessed with three amazing children and have enjoyed a 30 plus year career of working with children and families as a teacher, School Principal, and Director of Educational Programs in both the public and private sector. “
– Marilyn Duran
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Location: 100 Avenue @ Port Imperial, Weehawken, NJ 07086
Telephone: (201) 766-1053
Email: [email protected]
School Hours: M-F: 7am - 7pm
Seeds for Success
Learning requires active thinking and experimenting in a nurturing environment filled with endless opportunities.
At Sowing Seed School our goal is to support children’s development from birth to prepare them for the future by providing a safe, warm and welcoming place for children to explore, learn and grow at their own pace.
GROW WITH US
Our newly constructed, modern facility (10,000 sq. ft of high ceiling space) is meticulously maintained to provide a safe and healthy environment for your child.
Our staff will engage your child in developmentally appropriate activities to ensure high quality education.