Our Preschool and Daycare Programs

May’s Chinese/English Child Development House is a renowned Chinese/English bilingual early childhood program, which continues to set standard for excellence.  Our focuses are to build a Chinese/English bilingual foundation for young children at their critical early language developing time, to provide the best preschool learning experience for young children’s future school readiness, and to promote a life-long love of learning. 

We welcome children aged from 6 months to 5 years old for our preschool and daycare programs.  Since we have low children-teacher ratios, we can provide individually and developmentally appropriate early childhood education to each of our children. 

For Infants (Birth to 18 Months):

Infants learn by playing, exploring, and discovering.  They learn how to move, communicate, socialize, and understand their surroundings.  We use simple baby toys, facial expresses, smoothing music, stories and talks, sensory experiences, and fun “tummy time” to stimulate their rooting reflexes, interact with them, and teach them.

For Toddlers (18 months to 36 months):

Toddlers are curious, active, and busy explorers and learner.  As they toddle around, they try to make sense of the world around them by observing, recognizing, and categorizing the things they encounter.  For toddlers, we help them learn how to be independence and promote their interests for intellectual learning.

For Preschoolers (36 months to 5 years):

As preschoolers gain more and more physical, social, and intellectual abilities, they show increasing initiative and curiosity about their work, increasing engagement and persistence in their work, and increasing invention and imagination in their work.  We use Michigan State Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Prekindergarten as our curriculum framework, Creative Curriculum as our lesson plans’ base, and ZooPhonics Curriculum as our early literacy supplementary material to help our children multi-dimensionally reach the goals of physical, cognitive, social, creative, emotional developments.

For Kindergarteners and Elementary Students:

Starting from September, 2011, we are available for after-school childcare. 

A Typical Day

7:00 - 8:45

Arrival / Health Check / Children engage in free play in Activity Areas.

 

8:45 – 9:30

Activities Time
Children are allowed to select their activities from teacher-directed activities or self-directed activities, such as:  creative art, cooking, science/discovery, block-building, dramatic play, language art/listening, sand and water play, dramatic role play, games for development of fine motor or gross motor skills, manipulative.

 

9:30 – 10:00

Circle Time
Clean up and get ready for the circle time.  Circle time content:  the Chinese/English hello song, action songs, music, finger-plays, concept games, rhymes, book-reading, stories, and stretching with Chinese numbers

 

10:00 – 10:15

Clean-up and Eat AM Snack

 

10:15 – 11:15

Outdoor play or vigorous indoor activity (depending the weather)

 

11:15 – 11:30

Clean-up, Preparation for lunch 

 

11:30  - 12:00

Lunch

 

12:00 – 12:30

Quiet stories, Preparation for nap

 

12:30 – 2:30

Naptime
Children are required to rest for a reasonable period but not required to sleep. Quiet activities are available for those who are awake before others, i.e., quiet books, puzzles

 

2:30 – 2:45

Wake-up, clean-up and Eat PM Snack

 

2:45 – 3:30

Group Time

Reading, Story-telling, Craft-making, or free choice in activity areas

 

3:30 – 4:00

Outdoor play or vigorous indoor play (depending the weather)

 

4:00 - 5:30

Teacher-led Reading or Self-led Reading, free choice in activity areas, Preparations for departure, and Children leaving

Note:  Toileting is done throughout the day as needed.  Outdoor schedule changes according to the weather.