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Pre-School/Toddler - Little Learners - Summer 2024

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Group of pre-school children in a play circle with teacher

Stacey Koloski is a UPK teacher at Queensbury Elementary School with 23 years of K-3 teaching experience.
In the fall, Stacey will be teaching UPK at QES.
She designed these activities to give preschool-aged children an opportunity to develop their cooperative learning and social skills through play and fun.

Program Supervisor: Stacey Koloski

Note to Parents: For your child’s safety, please inform the Department Staff, at the time of registration, and the instructor of any known allergies that exist for your child! 

Camping Day
  • Let’s explore the wilderness!
  • We’ll read a camping themed book, follow a bear trail and rotate through camping theme stations- a dramatic play camp site where your child can build a fire and set up a tent, a camping craft and a delicious s’more snack.
  • Children must be completely bathroom independent to attend this drop-off program.

Nature Stem
  • This program gets kids outside to explore all that nature has to offer.
  • We will read “A Rock Can Be” and go on a nature walk to discover the rocks and pebbles that live in the woods.
  • Then we’ll have a STEM challenge that gets kids thinking creatively, cooperatively and applies engineering principles to science.
  • Our scientists will enjoy a nature themed snack to round out our morning of exploration.
  • Children must be completely bathroom independent to attend this program.

Dinosaur Day
  • We’ll have a roaring good time exploring everything dinosaur!
  • After “hatching” baby dinosaurs using baking soda and vinegar, we will play dino games and create our own dinosaur fossils!
  • We will read “If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur” and enjoy a dino-themed snack together.
  • Children must be completely bathroom independent to attend this drop off program.

Under the Sea
  • We’ll explore everything ocean in this fun session!
  • We’ll clean up the ocean in our sensory bins, make jellyfish sun catchers, create playdoh rainbow fish, read a hilarious ocean-themed story, and dance, move, wiggle, and shake to catchy pirate songs.
  • We’ll round out our morning with an ocean-themed snack.
  • Children must be completely bathroom independent to attend this drop off program.

Cooks and Books
  • This activity combines children’s love of story time and crafts with their eagerness to get in the kitchen! We will read stories and create crafts that will build fine motor skills.
  • Once hands are washed, children will do all of the chopping, mixing and creating of scrumptious
  • snacks that relate to our books.
  • We’ll sit together to enjoy our creation and fun conversation!
  • Children must be completely bathroom independent to attend this drop off program.

* Adjustments and discounts will be applied during checkout if applicable. *

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