Activities

Here’s a list of things your child will be learning at Just 4 Kids Adventures. Our program is developed around 3 to 5 themes each month. Each month’s program includes a wide range of activities such as those described below.

Language Activities – circle-time activities allow children to share in discussions of experiences and concepts with which they are familiar, as well as to introduce new ideas. They will learn about the weather, the days of the week, and the months of the years.

Large Muscle Activities – these activities help children to develop physically in a setting where fun and cooperation are emphasized, rather than competition.

Number Recognition – and other math concepts, such as size, shape, counting, and one to one correspondence, are introduced.

Listening Skills – our program includes many stories, activities which require following directions, and opportunities for interaction with other children through language and listening.

Science Experiences – science concepts are introduced through hands-on activities, such as planting seeds, using magnifying glasses to observe familiar objects, water play, and many other fun activities.

Matching, Sorting, and Sequencing – there are many opportunities presented throughout our program which help children to learn these important pre-reading concepts. This is also done through our table toy manipulatives as well.

Creative Play – creative play includes such activities as building block cities, creating a cardboard carton fire station, and arranging chairs to make a pretend bus, train or plane. Dressing up, and pretending to be a bakery as well as many other ways.

Cooking Activities – activities provide opportunities for children to experiment with textures, measuring, dough sculpture, following step by step directions, and many other developmental skills.

Self Help Activities – our program provides activities which help children to learn both independence and cooperation. Such concepts as playground safety, dental health, and nutrition, are included regularly, through stories, hands on experiences, games, and getting themselves dressed to go outside and to take off coats and shoes and many other ways.

Creative Art Activities – your child will participate in many activities which provide experience with a wide range of art mediums, such as paints, play dough, and other material for sculpting.
Craft Activities – your child will bring home many examples of craft activities. These help children to learn to follow step by step instructions, develop listening skills, and manipulate a wide range of materials. They serve as fun reminders of other activities and concepts learned or used throughout the day. Many of these creations, such as puppets and crafts with moveable parts, offer opportunities for creative play when the craft itself has been assembled.

Music and Rhythm – our program provides many opportunities for your child to learn new songs each month, and for rhythm and creative movement activities. You’ll receive copies of the songs on the backs of the activity pages which the children bring home. This will allow you to learn the songs along with your child.

Alphabet Activities – our curriculum offers an excellent alphabet program. Its purpose is to introduce your child to the way that letters are used in words, and the way that words are used in our world. Emphasis is on letter recognition. The program includes many fun activities which help to increase letter recognition and the enthusiasm for books and reading.

Free Play – this is the most important part of any successful child care program. Your child will learn and express more through free play experiences than any other aspect of our program. We have many learning centers to help spark your child’s imagination, help them deal with real life situations and give opportunities for growth and learning.

Outside Time – our curriculum allows outside time on a daily basis, Children learn through nature experiences. In our play yard there are a variety of experiences for children to encounter. Whether it is riding bikes, throwing balls through a hoop, pretend play, building sandcastles making music, planting flowers, running and racing or just smelling the flowers. It will give them real life nature experiences.