The Learning Garden
Preschool in Harvard, MA 01451
The Learning Garden is a private nonprofit preschool, offering developmentally appropriate programs for children agaes 3-6 years as well as extended day programs. We’re open Monday – Friday from 8 am – 5pm servicing the Lower Cape towns of Orleans, Eastham, Brewster, Chatham, Harwich. We are licensed by Early Education and Care and we are proud of our student-teacher ratios in all our programs. We support children and their families by developing confidence, respect, and trust in a nurturing environment. Our school is located on a 2 acre parcel of land in Orleans and was establishd in 1983 with sunny cheerful classrooms and a large well equipped playground.
- Child Ages:
- 2.5 years - 7 years
- Rates:
- $
- Licenses & Accreditations:
- Massachusetts Department of Early Education & Care
- Preschool:
- Yes
- Hours of Operation:
- Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
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The Learning Garden, Inc. is located at 63 Hopkins Lane, Orleans and is licensed by the Department of Early Education and Care. The preschool accepts children ages 2.9 to 7 years old and operates daily from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. Our school calendar of holidays and vacations follows closely that of the Nauset Regional School District.
The programs at The Learning Garden, Inc. are designed to enhance the development of young children according to their individual needs. We recognize that each child is a special person and we shall work to maximize his/her social, emotional, physical and intellectual development.
Social development goals include helping children get along with others, sharing materials, developing a sensitivity to others rights, ideas and belongings and helping children function as part of a group. Emotional development is fostered by helping children gain independence in making their own decisions, by helping children gain confidence in themselves and their abilities, and by helping them to learn expression of their feelings in a way that is in control and not hurtful to others.
Programs for physical development are an important part of our nursery school curriculum. Our programs are planned to include activities to increase muscle growth, both large muscles such as those used for balance, strength, and flexibility and small muscles such as those used for cutting, drawing, painting, pencil control and manipulation of small objects.
Goals for intellectual development include planned activities designed to increase the childs visual and auditory perception skills as well as his/her attention span, memory and thinking skills. We will make every effort to meet your childs individual needs. It is important to note that we do not emphasize the teaching of letters, numbers, writing or reading in a structured manner. We feel very strongly that the social, emotional and physical needs of a child must be met before he/she is ready for such structured academic activities.
The Learning Garden, Inc. offers a developmentally appropriate, hands-on curriculum centered around monthly and/or weekly child-centered themes.
