Preschool Connection
WINTER 2015/16
The Department of Child Care Services has developed The Preschool Connection,
Preschool Connection Plus, Best Buddies, Toddler Connection, and The
Kindergarten Connection programs to serve the Saddleback Valley community.
These programs are offered with different attendance options with a daily
schedule of three or four hours. The programs provide an enriched classroom
environment with guidance, experiences, and materials including
“Handwriting Without Tears,” a pre-reading readiness curriculum. Daily
activities include readiness learning activities, music, art, games, and
outdoor play. Parents are kept informed through event flyers, newsletters,
and calendars. The Preschool Connection programs provide an
enriching, safe, positive learning environment offering the opportunity
for development through personal growth, involvement, interaction, and
exploration. Dedicated Preschool Teachers and Assistants have education
and experience specific to Child Development.
The programs are held in TLC portables on the
campus of 11 SVUSD elementary schools.
Fees range from $515 to $740
Preschool Connection PLUS
Ages: 3-5 Years / For children 3 years of age by Sept. 1, 2015
9:00 am-1:00 pm / 2-3 days a week
Locations: La Tierra & Trabuco Mesa Schools
The Preschool Connection Plus Special Friends is a four-hour
program that was developed as a part of the SVUSD Special Needs
Early Childhood Center. It includes the same curriculum offered in
Preschool Connection...plus our Special Friends. This program is
composed of typical children who participate in combined activities for
approximately two 30-minute sessions with their Special Friends. This
mainstreaming enhances understanding and friendship for all children.
Combined activities allow Special Friends to model typical behavior of
the Preschool Connection children. Light lunch required.
Kindergarten Connection
9:00 am-12:00 pm
Monday through Friday
Preschool Connection
Ages 3-5 Years
For children 3 years of age by Sept. 1, 2015
9:00 am-12:00 pm / 2-3 days a week
Locations: Cielo Vista, Cordillera, Del Lago,
De Portola, Foothill, La Tierra, Portola Hills,
Rancho Canada, Robinson
and Trabuco Mesa Schools.
“Best Buddies”
Ages: 3 - 5 Years
For children 3 years of age by Sept. 1, 2015
9:00 am-12:00 pm / 2-3 days a week
Location: La Tierra
This program is a developmental preschool program offered
in collaboration with the SVUSD Early Childhood Center. It is
a blended class of children from the Preschool Connection
and the Early Childhood Center. The instructional program is
provided through a team-teaching model with a Preschool
Connection teacher, assistant teachers and a credentialed
special education teacher, planning and delivering instruction
together.
The Toddler Connection
Ages: 2.5-3 years
Child must be 2.5 by Sept. 1, 2015
9:00 am-12:00 pm / Tues. & Thur. / 2 days a week
Location: Cordillera School
For children
5 years of age by
April 30, 2015
The program focus is development through
creativity and self-awareness and to encourage
positive social interaction and social skills.
Storytelling, learning activities, music, games, and
crafts will be introduced. Each class has a maximum
of 14 children led by a teacher and an assistant.
Child must be toilet trained.
Location:
Melinda Heights School
Fee:
$370 per month
Department of
The Kindergarten Connection is a pre-kindergarten readiness class. It is a five-day per
week program with the focus on developing and practicing skills needed for a successful
kindergarten experience. Class has 25 children led by a teacher and two assistants. The
daily activities help each child build on their existing skills and improve readiness skills
for kindergarten. The curriculum enhances basic reading and math readiness, language
development/dictation, gross and fine motor skills, accelerated pre-reading readiness skills,
and “Handwriting Without Tears” curriculum.
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