Learning Environment
The center is designed to make every moment of the day enriching.
**Come see our newly expanded facility**
Our Younger Class
Our 18 month to 2 1/2 yr old class is in a custom build room made just for their little imaginations and fun curiosity.
This room is in our newly expanded space. They have small doorways (just their size) leading from the snack area to the centers spot. A built in puppet stage, walls painted in chalkboard paint, kitchen area, and tumble zone make this room a fun place to be. Your little ones imagination will soar.
Our Pre-K 1 Class
This Class has two rooms for them to grow and learn in: a spacious classroom for curriculum time, and various centers including, a gravity wall, train table, library area, kitchen / dress up, science area and art. They also have a second room for Art/Science, and for lunch and Snack time. There is a great number of manipulatives for hands on learning -including fun color chalk walls, life size doll house walls, moving gravity walls, critical thinking manipulatives, blocks, old fashion threaded spools, and much more.
Our Pre-k 2 Class
This classroom has a castle theme with over sized paintings, strung lights, flags, banners, & apple tables.
A personal library is created by a rich red velvet curtain and an heirloom rocking chair. Story time and circle learning take on special meaning in this majestic space. The entire room converts (with an expandable wall) into a real live theater that can seat family and friends for performances and parties.
Movement and Music room
Our multicultural rainbow room is where music and movement classes are conducted daily for all age groups. This room has every instrument imaginable for the young child, can be transformed into a jumping gym with an array of bounce houses, an obstacle course with large props, and has a seemingly endless supply of movement tools that encourage physical and mental development. Adorned with African animal masks and huge murals that encompass the high walls, this room is a fantasy learning play space for any young child.
Outside castle park
Our Outdoor play area was custom built to encourage learning, imaginative play, and discovery. Sand, water, climbing, sliding, an airplane, and a pirate ship are the focus of outside play. We even have the theme park style misters along the fence to keep the little ones cool while they run on hot days. Oh what fun we have outside!!!!!!!!
Curriculum
At The Wilmington Preschool Of Fine Arts, your child will participate in developmentally-appropriate activities throughout the day,
such as:
Circle Time for story telling, phonics, numbers, games, and social skill building
Movement Exploration that uses an amazing array of props to facilitate fine and gross motor coordination
Centers and Manipulativesfor critical thinking and fine motor skill building
Puzzles and books are available throughout the day to create a literature and learning rich environment
Outdoor Playincluding sand, water, climbing, and imagination play
Multi-media art is an integral part of the daily life and activities
Music class researchbased curriculum taught by a professional children's musician
Discovery (Science)learning by doing: gardening, experiments, projects, etc....
(For our Pre-k 2 Class we also use the Handwriting without Tears Curriculum.
The focus in this class is getting Kindergarten ready, with handwriting etc.)
Other Programs Offered
at the School:
Music Together:
Mixed age classes are for children age birth to 5 years. These delightful classes allow parents with multiple children to attend class as a family. Children interact one another as they explore music together. Don't miss this wonderful family bonding experience!
"Music for Children and the families that love them!"
Classes for Fall are enrolling NOW!
Fairy Princess Birthday Parties:
Come and treat your daughter like the princess she is with a Fairy Princess Birthday Party. Your Princess and her friends will enjoy a party filled with dress up, dancing, arts & crafts, and a royal reception for cake and presents. Each Party includes your host/dance teacher, dance time, dress up time, a runway show, craft time, bounce time, and time for cake and presents. Please see office for pricing, availability, and add-ons.
The Learning Garden
The Learning Garden nurtures the whole child and instills a love for learning through creative play, thoughtful structure, individual attention, and self-expression. Our main goal is to develop a learning environment that inspires delight in the heart of children. The classrooms are uniquely designed by artists and educators to spark imagination and intelligence in little ones. In addition to the central classroom, children spend time each day in a music class, art studio, outside park, and a movement class. The interior design and physical engineering of the 8000 square foot facility creates a spectacular early childhood learning environment.
Faculty and Staff
Center Owner:Elizabeth Hester ~ Civil Engineer, Trained Atlanta Ballet, Carolina Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Walnut Hill School of the Arts, NCSA and Others. NC State graduate, Mother, Music Together Center Director. ( CPR and First Aid Certified )
Director / Infant Room Teacher: Sara Schneider~ A NativeWilmingtonian, Sara graduated from Wilmington Christian Academy in '94 and continued on at CFCC where she received an Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education and her NC state credential in 1996.
Sara worked in childcare for several years where she was the lead teacher in an infant room, three year old room and also taught a half day preschool program for 3, 4, and 5 year olds.
She has also spent the last 11 years working as an administrator in an office of a local company.
( CPR and First Aid Certified )
Assistant Director / Infant Room Teacher:Christine Kennedy~ Christine graduated in 2001 with an Early Childhood Degree from State University of New York at Cobleskill. After graduating she went on to work as an Early Childhood Teacher in both Daycare and Preschool Settings. She has 2 yrs experiance working in the Infant Room as Lead Teacher, and also working with the 3 and 4 year old classes. Christine started at the Wilmington Preschool of Fine Arts in 2006 as a preschool teacher, and then went on to become the Director in 2007. As of June 2010 she stepped down from that position to an assistant director role after becoming pregnant with her second child. Christine is a Kidz Art Trained Instructor and CPR and First Aid Certified.
Our Teachers: Sarah McAlear, Ashley Smith, Jennifer Michael, Katelin Johnson, Layla Triplett, Patricia Givens, and Breanne Brunsonall bring to the school a diverse set of backgrounds and help complete the Free Artistic atmosphere we have created here at the preschool. All of the teachers are CPR and First Aid Certified.
***The Wilmington Preschool of Fine Arts does extensive background checks on all of it's staff.***
Hours:
The Learning Garden Full Day ~ Hours: 8:30AM - 6PM
AM Preschool ~ Hours Mon - Fri: 9AM - 1PM
School Office ~ Hours Mon - Fri: 9AM - 6PM
Saturday Office ~ Hours 9AM - 12PM
Sunday: Closed
Located:
3834 Oleander Dr
Wilmington, NC 28403
