Our Programs
Our Programs
Our Programs
Moving Forward Daycare programs are designed to meet the individual child’s basic developmental needs: social, physical, emotional, intellectual, creative, and self-concept, while responding to the needs of families. The child’s world is expanded mainly through appropriate staff-peer interactions and by staff picking up on children’s cues.
Infant
(6 weeks – 18 months)
Moving Forward Daycare provides a nurturing environment to care for your baby. Our teachers listen and communicate with parents to ensure both the child’s and parents’ needs are met. We are attentive to your baby as important milestones are reached, such as learning to roll over, crawl, walk, smile, babble, and wave hello! Moving Forward Daycare uses a curriculum to ensure your child is learning through educational concepts, social interactions, play, and new experiences. These tools guide teachers in documenting observations, ensuring all children are meeting developmentally appropriate milestones and introducing new activities for learning.
Toddler
(18 months – 3 years)
Moving Forward Daycare provides toddlers with opportunities to learn and explore. Toddler classrooms are organized into learning centers to engage children in learning through play while building independence.
Our teachers communicate with parents to ensure we are working together on important milestones such as potty training and language development and also to ensure your child’s daily needs are met. We utilize the Teaching Strategies to guide your child’s natural curiosity into meaningful learning experiences. Teachers utilize authentic assessment tools to document daily observations, develop new learning opportunities, and ensure the progression of development and learning.
Preschool and Pre K
(3 years – 5 years)
Moving Forward Daycare provides preschoolers with opportunities to develop a love of learning! Children are given more freedom to explore based on their interests as they are engaged in the classroom learning centers. Learning centers give your preschool child the opportunity to learn to share and play with others, build independence and confidence, and acquire the skills needed for kindergarten. Learning emerges through frequent exposure to concepts, interactions, purposeful play, and new experiences. Utilizing the Teaching Strategies curriculum, our teachers complete daily observations and authentic assessment to guide lesson plans and activities while ensuring that each child is meeting developmentally appropriate skills. Children ages 4 and up will attend quarterly field trips.
School Age Before & After School Program
Summer Camp (5 yrs – 12 yrs)
Moving Forward Daycare provides an engaging learning environment for your School Age student. Even when school is not in session, children need to be actively engaged in a stimulating learning environment. We offer a safe, structured environment that balances learning and fun. Our programs offer enrichment opportunities, field trips, engaging learning centers, and opportunities to extend learning beyond the school day. From completing homework to fun physical activities, this program builds independent learners while promoting youth voice.
Curriculum
Moving Forward Daycare provides a nurturing environment to care for your baby. Our teachers listen and communicate with parents to ensure both the child’s and parents’ needs are met. We are attentive to your baby as important milestones are reached, such as learning to roll over, crawl, walk, smile, babble, and wave hello! Moving Forward Daycare uses a curriculum to ensure your child is learning through educational concepts, social interactions, play, and new experiences. These tools guide teachers in documenting observations, ensuring all children are meeting developmentally appropriate milestones and introducing new activities for learning.
Curriculum and Learning
Infant
Our Schedule gives parents a part of each day’s lessons. Daily Lesson Plans engage your toddler in the following areas:
- Social/Emotional
- Gross Motor
- Music & Movement
- Story Time
- Fine Motor
- Sensory Activities
- Outdoor Play
- Baby Sign Language **COMING SOON
Toddler
Our Schedule gives parents a part of each day’s lessons. Daily Lesson Plans engage your toddler in the following areas:
- Group Story time
- Social Skills
- Gross Motor
- Fine Motor
- Language
- Sensory/Discovery
- Outdoor Play
- Math Concepts & Manipulatives
Preschool and Pre K
Our Schedule gives parents a part of each day’s lessons. Daily Lesson Plans engage your toddler in the following areas:
- Circle Time/Large Group Activities
- Small Group Activities
- Creative/Process Art Activities
- Outdoor/Large Motor Activities
- Block Play
- Math & Manipulatives
- Writing/Language Arts
- Dramatic Play
- Sensory/Science
- Music & Movement
- Spanish **COMING SOON
- Sign Language
School Age
Our Monthly Curriculum Calendar gives parents a part of each day’s lessons. Daily Lesson Plans engage your School Age student in the following areas:
- Anti-Bullying
- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) COMING SOON
- Vocabulary
- Spanish COMING SOON
- Literacy
- Math
- Art
- Community Building
- Physical Education
- Enrichment Activities
- Field Trips
Infant
Social/Emotional
Gross Motor
Music & Movement
Story Time
Fine Motor
Sensory Activities
Outdoor Play
Baby Sign Language COMING SOON
Infant Daily Schedule
The infant classroom provides many opportunities for stimulating and nurturing young infants’ minds, but also allows each child an opportunity to rest and recharge. Young infants determine their own schedules- there is no such thing as a “typical day” in an infant classroom! As your baby matures, we guide each child towards a more structured and organized schedule to provide consistent feeding and rest times.
Children Arrive/Greet Parents/Swings/Bouncers
Change Diapers
Feeding Time/Bottle/Cereal/Baby Food
Quiet Time (morning nap)
Quiet Time (morning nap)
Tummy time/Toys/Bouncers
Outside Play/ Cribs & Swings (weather permitting)
Change Diapers
Feeding Time/Bottle/Cereal/Baby Food
Soothing Music/Story Time/ Preparing for Nap Time
Quiet Time (afternoon nap)
Change Diapers
Feeding Time/Bottle/Cereal/Baby Food
Outside Play/ Cribs & Swings (weather permitting)
Songs/ Story Time
Change Diapers
Tummy Time/Toys/Bouncers
Feeding Time/Bottle/Cereal/Baby Food
Clean up/Diaper Changes/Prepare to Go Home
Infants‘ schedules are determined based on individual development, needs, and temperament.
Diapering & Feeding is done as needed. Children sleep as needed
Toddler Daily Schedule
The toddler classroom provides a structured daily schedule to help your young child learn. Each classroom provides opportunities for structured activities, story and circle time, music and movement, guided play, meal times, and a rest time.
Children Arrive/Wash Hands/Free Play
Wash Hands/Breakfast
Clean Up/Change Diapers/Potty/Wash Hands
Morning Circle (Letters, Numbers, Shapes, Colors,
Emotions)
Guided Centers/ Small Group Activities
Outside Play (weather permitting) or Free Play
Check Diapers/Potty/Story Time
Wash hands/Lunch
Clean Up/Change Diapers/Potty/Wash Hands/
Singing Lullabies
Nap Time
Change Diapers or Potty/Wash Hands/Snack Time
Afternoon Circle Time (Review Learning Activities)
Outside Play (weather permitting) or Free Play
Wash Hands/Music & Movement/Change Diapers
Guided Free Play
Clean Up/Table Play (puzzles & table toys)
Free Play/Prepare for Departure
Preschool Daily Schedule
The preschool classroom provides a structured and nurturing environment that provides children with structured group activities, individualized learning opportunities, play, and numerous activities to encourage your child’s development. Preschool children are engaged in group circle time, purposeful play, meal times, and an opportunity for rest time as needed.
Children Arrive/Wash Hands/Free Play
Wash Hands/Breakfast
Clean Up/Potty/Wash Hands
Circle Time (Letters, Numbers, Writing, Shapes, &
Colors)
Guided Centers–Dramatic Play, Blocks, Science,
Cars & Trucks, Home Living, etc.
Outside Play/Gross Motor (weather permitting)
Wash Hands/Story Time
Lunch
Clean Up/Potty/Wash Hands
Nap Time /Quiet Time
Potty/Wash Hands/Snack Time
Arts & Crafts
Outside Play/Gross Motor (weather permitting)
Potty/Wash Hands/Music & Movement
Guided Centers–Dramatic Play, Blocks, Science,
Cars & Trucks, Home Living, etc.
Clean Up/Puzzles/Coloring
Free Play/Prepare for Departure
School Age Daily Schedule
The School Age program offers parents and students Before School, After School, Before & After School, or School Vacation options. Mornings are filled with activities to help “wake the brain” as children arrive and begin their day. Students are given the opportunity to choose activities based on their interests and engage in structured activities. Homework assistance is always available.
