Hyde Park Nursery School Information

In addition, Hyde Park Nursery School offers: Full day sessions Center Hours: 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM Before & After school care is available to those children attending the Hyde Park Central School District. All programs include: Listening Skills auditory discimination following directions learning rhymes Visual Discrimination identifying colors and shapes comparing items for "same" and "different" concepts Motor Skills gross motor activities - jumping, skipping, hopping, dancing, follow the leader and more eye-hand motor coordination throwing and catching a ball fine motor activities - arts and crafts, using scissors, pasting, stringing beads, painting, coloring and tracing skills Social Skills adult supervised free play (indoors and outdoors) role playing, sharing, listening in a group show & tell and snack time Academic Skills reading to the children to develop concepts and vocabulary telling stories to develop sequence concepts counting, recoginizing numerals, understanding quantities, writing numbers (when appropriate) reciting and recognizing alphabet, writing alphabet (when appropriate) Music the study of rhyme and rhythm through song singing to piano accompaniment Science the study of plants, animals, magnets, weather, and nature Social Studies field trips into the community, discussion of historical figures, introduction to other countries and other cultures Health the study of personal hygiene, dental care, nutrition and safety Field Trips apple and pumpkin picking, dentist's office, library, various theatrical performances and many others related to the curriculum Recitals Holiday and Spring Recital / Graduation Daycare is available for children from 6 weeks old to 2 years and 9 months @ Miss Chris and Miss Joan's Group Family Daycare. This programs is an affiliate of the Hyde Park Nursery School, which is located in another building onsite. The Daycare consists of age appropriate activities. This includes: Hyde Park Nursery School offers a Nursery program for ages 2 years 9 months and up.