Holly Street Programs
Our classrooms are organized by age and by readiness, with children typically transitioning between classrooms in August, to match the academic school year. We try our best to alert parents in advance of any classroom change.
Nursery
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Ages 6wks- 13 months In the nursery our focus is love and attention. The ratio is 3 adults to 8 babies so that we have the opportunity to give the children one on one time and build relationships with the children and families so that they feel safe and secure.
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Toddlers
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Ages 22-30 months In the toddler classroom, we focus on the Holly Street belief that play is a child's work. When your child is playing play dough, building blocks, or running on the playground they are enhancing valuable skills that help the learn and grow. Art and sensory experiences are a large part of your child's creative imaginative development in our class. This is an age of major exploration-- even though we use smocks, please keep in mind that your child's clothes may get dirty during art, lunch, outside, or other every day activities. So please, please have your child wear daycare clothes in Toddlers! Children in this class may be learning to use the potty, and we have one right in our classroom for those students interested in trying. A two-hour nap time is observed in the Toddler classroom at noon every day. Parents receive daily reports, and extra activities include Dance, Music-N-Motion, and Water Play.
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Early learners 2-3 Year Olds
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Ages 30-36 months Moving to the Early Learners classroom is a great big step in a child's life at Holly Street-- moving from the Toddler House to the Red Building, and from the small playground to the big one at the center of our campus. In Early Learners, we begin to really focus on children learning to clean up after themselves, which helps them learn to organize and categorize. To accomplish this, we have several "centers" around the room, with toys organized by activity (dress up, books, etc.) Children choose the center that they wish to play in and hang their photo. If there are no spaces left for the center they want to play in, they learn to choose a different center. This helps them to exercise their ability to take turns and be patient. And, of course, a big focus of our day is on potty training!
A two-hour nap time is observed in the Early Learners classroom at noon every day. Extra activities include Dance, Music-N-Motion and Water Play. |
Preschool 3-4 Year Olds
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(Children must be potty trained) In the Preschool classroom we will be working daily to instill a sense of confidence and independence through daily activities. Each morning during circle time we will choose class helpers for various activities including lunch, snack, feeding the fish, and many others. This gives the children a feeling of ownership in the classroom. Our goal as teachers is to give your child the confidence to become self-reliant and encourage them to try difficult tasks. A two-hour nap/ rest time is observed in the Preschool classroom at noon every day. Extra activities include Dance, Music-N-Motion, Field Trips, and Water Play.
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Pre-K, 4-5 Year Olds
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In the Pre-k classroom our goal is that all the children leave Holly Street Daycare with a love for learning and the tools they need to be productive in school. In Pre-K the children learn through play. We intentionally set the environment so they can work on the skills they need for Kindergarten while they are engrossed in play. There are paper and pencils in every center so they can strengthen their fine motor/ writing skills and they also have journals that they write in. The children have a sign in sheet that they use to sign in daily so they can practice writing their name. There is a love note mailbox in the Pre-K classroom that parents can use to leave a note for their child to be read to them at nap time. We take our Pre-K children on many different field trips such as, TPAC, Nashville Children's Theatre, Zoo, Nature Center, Pumpkin Patch, etc. Extra activities include Dance, Music-N-Motion, Water Play, and Field Trips.
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School-Age After Care Program
Holly Street's School-Age program is designed to give children in grades K-6 a healthy, safe space to play after school each day. An afternoon snack is provided.
School-Age Summer Camp Program
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Each summer we provide a summer camp for school age children who are graduating Kindergarten and up. There is an adventure scheduled every day! Swimming typically takes place MWF weather permitting with movies, museums, farms, zoos, etc. taking place on TTH. Our goal each summer is to encourage the children to try new things, build confidence, and have fun (while also bringing them home tired)!
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