Ridgewood Nursery School Verified

\ Our Purpose \ To provide a warm and caring environment for children to play, learn, and make new friends. Each child, while experiencing the benefits of group activity is helped to progress at his/her own pace. This is accomplished through individual attention by our professionally trained and certified staff. \ A traditionally planned curriculum includes: \ \ \ Academically focused hands-on projects \ Exposure to all types of literature \ Thematic based curriculum integrating all subjects areas \ \ SMART Board Interactive lessons \ Enrichment classes such as Music and Yoga \ Directed and free play in our spacious indoor gymnasium \ Age appropriate learning experiences, and \ Outdoor physical activity. \ \ \ \ \ \ Our Faculty \  Our qualified and experienced staff understands child development and is talented, nurturing, and dedicated. \ Our teachers: \ \ \ Are NJ state certified in Early Childhood Education. \ Have a great many years of experience working with small children. \ Use games, storytelling, play acting and other methods/activities to help children develop language and vocabulary, improve social skills, and learn basic science and math concepts. \ Bring a firm understanding of the entire range of a child’s future academic experience to their love of working with learners at their most formative years. \ Have the knowledge and experience that lets them guide and encourage children to grow in all areas of development by providing the richest possible educational environment. \ Staff attend continuing education seminars throughout the year. \ \