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- info@olfdaycare.com
- Mon - Fri: 7:15 AM - 5:15 PM
At Our Lady of Fatima Day Care Center, our preschool program is designed to nurture curiosity, creativity, and a love for learning. Using the Creative Curriculum, along with ELDS and DOTS assessment tools, we provide hands-on experiences that help children explore the world around them through sight, touch, sound, and movement.
Our curriculum focuses on four key areas of development:
✅ Personal & Social Growth – Encouraging independence, problem-solving, and positive peer interactions.
✅ Physical Development – Strengthening both fine and gross motor skills, from skipping and jumping to cutting with scissors.
✅ Cognitive Skills – Building early math, literacy, and problem-solving abilities through engaging, play-based learning.
✅ Creative Expression – Inspiring imagination through art, music, pretend play, and hands-on building activities.
Our experienced teachers carefully observe and support each child’s growth, adapting lessons to their interests and needs. Parents are always welcome to visit, communicate with teachers, or even volunteer in the classroom. Together, we create a positive and enriching preschool experience that prepares children for success in kindergarten and beyond!
Our Family Handbook has all the important details about our programs, policies, and how we partner with families for your child’s success.
7:15 – 8:00 Day Care Opening/Free Play
8:00 – 8:30 Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00 Choice Centers
9:00 – 9:15 Tooth brushing
9:15 – 11:00 Outdoor Play/Story Time/Choice Centers
11:00 – 11:10 Washing up
11:10 – 11:50 Lunch Time
11:50 – 12:00 Bathroom Activities
12:15 – 2:30 Rest Time
2:30 – 2:45 Bathroom Activities
2:45 – 3:00 Snack Time
3:00 – 3:30 Story Time
3:30 – 4:45 Supervised free Play/Gross Motor (outside weather permitting)
4:45 – 5:15 Closing
Our program uses Creative Curriculum to plan and the ELDS and DOTS assessment tool. Children learn from what they can see, touch, smell, hear, and taste. They learn from their everyday environment. We provide a hands-on learning approach in order to build on what they already know and to expand their knowledge. We teach and observe the children in 30 different performance standards that are broken into four categories: personal/social, physical, cognitive, and creative.
The personal/social part of our curriculum focuses on teaching the children self help and independent skills. We work on interacting with peers, problem solving skills and keeping an appropriate amount of attention to a task. These are all very important skills they will need to become successful learners now and into kindergarten.
The physical part of the curriculum teaches all aspects of gross motor and fine motor skills from jumping and skipping to stringing small beads, and cutting with scissors. Gross motor activities focus on large muscle control which is important for moving and coordination. Fine motor activities prepare children for future writing and reading skills.
The cognitive skills that are taught include sorting, working with patterns, problem solving, defining order, numbers, letters, sounds, reading, and writing. These concepts are all taught in a prepared environment that allows children to learn from doing.
The creative part of the curriculum will give children experience by using building materials as well as art supplies. Language will be fostered as they make believe, draw, or sing. All these activities will help children learn to communicate and use language in order to express their needs, desires, and interests.
Throughout the year children will have opportunities to explore, communicate, and learn in a safe environment. All the staff and teachers at the Our Lady of Fatima Day Care Center, Inc. are looking forward to having a great year of learning. When teachers and parents work together children have a positive school experience. Feel free to visit the classroom, speak to the teachers or volunteer your time in the Program.
Teachers are given a planning time each week in which to discuss with their co-teachers their plans for the coming week. Lesson plans are posted in each room for that week. Teachers reserve the right to change their activities at any time so that they might follow the interest of the children. However, parents will be informed about the daily activity.
Our Family Handbook has all the important details about our programs, policies, and how we partner with families for your child’s success.
The Our Lady of Fatima Day Care Center in Hartford seeks to provide a high-quality education and care to the most important person in the world – your child!
