Parents are an integral part of the teaching team at Adventures Preschool.  Each day two teachers and two parents* work together to facilitate learning and fun.  In this way, the adult to child ratio is kept low.  More adults in the classroom means that children are closely supervised; children have extra support as they learn social skills, language skills, self-control, decision-making skills, emotional development and muscle development. 

The teachers plan the curriculum, set up the classroom, purchase necessary materials, and lead activities.  The teachers provide an orientation to new parents and a handbook to help answer questions.  Working parents arrive a few minutes early on their work day and receive specific instructions for the morning.  During free-play time, working parents generally assist children at two of our centers:  “snack table” and “art table.”  At the snack table, adults and children work together to prepare the snack for the day.  At the art table, children have the opportunity to create a different art project each day.  The working parents also participate by interacting with the children in other ways—playing a game, reading a book, talking and listening, and more.

*Note:  Two parents are needed each day, but these are generally parents from two different families; a child’s mother and father may choose to sign up to work on the same day, but this would count as two volunteer days for that family.

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