Our Programs - Little Friends Learning Academy

Our Curriculum

We use Fun Shine Express curriculum® which is a comprehensive, researched-based curriculum designed to implement developmentally appropriate practices and offer responsive daily routines and meaningful experiences that nurture learning and development.

Our Center Programs

Infants: 8 weeks to 12 months

Our Infant Program serves children from the age of 8 weeks through the age of 12 months. There will be approximately 4 infants assigned to this classroom with consistent caregivers.

Early Toddler: 12 months – 18 months

Our Early Toddler program will focus on creating a nurturing learning environment where your child can feel safe and secure. By providing you with a detailed report of your child’s day,..

Toddlers: 18 months to 24 months

Our Toddler Program will focus on creating a nurturing learning environment where your child can feel safe and secure.

Preschool: 2 years old

Our two-year-old program will focus on creating an environment where children can discovery their environment through play and learning.

Preschool: 3 years old

Our Early Preschool classroom will focus on creating a nurturing learning environment where your child can feel safe and secure.

Our Early Preschool classroom will focus on creating a nurturing learning environment where your child can feel safe and secure. Children are able to learn and grow when they feel safe and cared for, are appropriately challenged, and guided and have strong relationships with nurturing adults. That is our main objective to lay this foundation at an early age. Our staff will work with your child’s individual needs to become fully potty trained if they are not already. We have developed a system that is sure to make potty training a rewarding experience for both parent and child. Teachers will begin largely focusing on the children’s fine motor skills. The children will learn the correct way to hold and handle a pencil, use scissors to cut a straight line, and trace letters and numbers. Our teachers will implement lesson plans that will increase the children’s developing skills in a variety of age-appropriate activities. Each morning and afternoon the children will participate in group time, where they will continue to work on recognizing shapes, colors, numbers, and letters. Along with mastering the recognition of shapes and colors they will also work on letter and number recognition, as well as recognizing their name in print. In addition, teachers will assist your child in letter recognition, number recognition, one to one correspondence, patterning, early writing skills, and more. The children will participate in teacher facilitated lessons such as circle time, reading, writing, and math activities each day. The children will be exploring the outside world with outside play time, both in the morning and afternoon (weather permitting). The children will enjoy a wonderful playground with age-appropriate equipment where they can climb, run, and ride bikes on the bike track. The Fun shine Express for Preschool features studies which are hands-on, project-based investigations relevant to the children’s everyday experiences. These studies tap into the children’s natural curiosity which then results in a fun and intentional learning environment.

Pre-Kindergarten: 4 years to 5 years

The pre-kindergarten classroom will focus on content areas that the children will need to be familiar with upon entering kindergarten.

Pre-Kindergarten Club Focus: 5 years old

We offer transitional kindergarten for kids who missed the cutoff date. Your kindergartener’s classroom will follow a daily schedule, including group activities,..

School Age Program

School-age children will experience a very open-ended curriculum. The children will assist the teachers in planning activities for when they are not in school, such as summer and holiday breaks.