In their own bubble
Photos and text by Amber McBride
Three year olds Gael, Jocelyn and Kylie sit on the playground blowing bubbles together Monday, Feb. 25. All the kids enjoyed the bubbles, and sunny weather allowed for them on the warm day.
The Child Development Center and Lab School is looking not only to provide children with skills to succeed in school, but also to succeed in life, teachers said.
“We are doing finger painting.” said Jessica Hesseltine, child development teacher and lab assistant. “We are trying to get [students] prepared for kindergarten, and seeing what we can do for them as an individual.”
Hands-on experiments are created by the teachers and then carried out by their students. If the experiments work out for the kids, they will pass on the information to the next teacher.
The teachers look into a specific school a child will be attending when they leave the CDCLS. From there, teachers make a program for students to follow, to get them ready for kindergarten. Currently, the center has 38 preschool students enrolled.
If parents want to enroll their child, they must go to the center and pay a $25 application fee. They then will be placed on a waiting list. The time spent on the list is deteremined by how old the child is and if parents are looking for preschool.
Five-year-old Max blows bubbles while out on the playground Monday, Feb. 21.
Marielle (left) and Jasmym (right), both 3, play on the playground during a sunny afternoon Monday, Feb. 25. The temperatures hit 74 degrees amidst a week of cold weather.
