Multi Age Mixed Group
Every child is unique and NYACC believes that success and growth come from encouragement and praise in its full day program. The focus is on building every child’s self esteem and confidence through positive feedback and rewards. The small sized group includes a mix of ages and the class ratio never exceeds 1:8 ensuring attention is given to each and every child. This allows for peer teaching, broad social interactions, individual differences in learning style and pace, and creates a social community of family. It provides the youngest students with role models and the older students with peer teaching opportunities for reinforcement of learning. NYACC Preschool nurtures your child's natural strengths. A child see’s the world around them with wonder and awe and NYACC believes in encouraging children's natural curiosity.
Children may attend for a minimum of one day per week if openings allow. For maximum benefit , however, and transitional ease, two consecutive days is strongly encouraged. Sessions are offered Monday - Thursday 8:30am-2:30pm during the school year. Upon enrollment, your child’s desired schedule is finalized prior to the first day of the school year and session days (either 3 or Specialty summer camps are announced prior to school year's last day and run for four to six weeks.
Early Education Age 20 Months to 2.9 Years
Eager learners at least age 18 months are welcome at NYACC. At 20 Months the gentle Reggio approach introduces a daily routine alongside their older peers. The primary goal at this stage is to simply socialize, gain confidence and have fun while offering plenty of opportunities to join in group enrichment classes .
Preschool Age 2.9- 5 Years
Beginning at age 3, children start softly preparing toward kindergarten readiness imparting all academic abilities required by Massachusetts kindergarten curriculum: Frameworks. The program is designed to be both fun and nurturing and includes STEM, reading and writing and phonics. Pre-K assignments and academic progress is tracked. Enrichment classes include cooking, movement/yoga, music, art, and Spanish. There is continued support on growing children's social-emotional development while encouraging creativity and curiosity. Organic play still plays a major role in harnessing these fundamental and necessary skills.
Transitional Kindergarten Age 5- 5.5 Years
Building on the academic structure learned during preschool years, transitional kindergarten bridges the gap between preschool and kindergarten and hones in on necessary skills needed to pass the Massachusetts Frameworks assessment. School age children who have missed the September 1st cutoff for kindergarten will benefit in mastering the invaluable social, emotional and academic skills necessary to succeed in their educational future.
Kindergarten Age 5 - 6 Years
Kindergarten at NYACC includes daily literacy practice, phonetic learning , improved fine motor skills in writing and understanding basic mathematics compliant with MA standards; DESE. Freeplay and enrichment learning remain the heart of the program while still implementing the tools needed to achieve academic expectations. Kindergarteners individual strengths begin to emerge at this stage of learning while continuing to build social emotional development.