Peachtree Enrichment Afterschool
The Preschool offers afterschool opportunities, staffed by Peachtree faculty, for children ages two-years-old through six-years-old. There are two sessions for the 2021 - 2022 school year. Pick-up is at 1:15 p.m. in the Family Commons carpool line. *Afterschool Classes for Extended Pre-K and 5/6 are available on Thursday and Friday.
Session Two: Week of September 6 - Week of December 13
CLICK HERE to Register for Session One of Afterschool
CLICK HERE to register for Session One of Peachtree Pals
Create - An arts based class where children will discover the different media of paints working on different papers and canvas. Create will take place Tuesdays and Thursdays. (Children in Three-year-old and Pre-K program)
FUNdamentals - This class will concentrate on building up basic literacy and math concepts. Using engaging activities, such as games, stories, songs and craft, children will be exposed to foundational skills like letter ID, rhyming, sound matching, patterns, number recognition, 1:1 correspondence, sequencing and ordering. Both a morning session on Tuesdays and an afternoon session on Friday will be offered. (Children in Pre-K and Five/Six program)
Mindful Movement - Let’s get moving! Mindful Movement offers opportunities to develop a strong connection between the mind and body. The practice is designed to develop focus, physical coordination, and balance energy.One goal is to bring strength and flexibility to ourselves, physically, cognitively, and emotionally. Mindful Movement will take place Thursdays and Fridays. (Children in Two-year-old, Three-year-old, Pre-K and Five/Six program)
Outdoor Tinker - Exploration of Simple Tools - This session takes place in an outside studio where children and their friends gather and create.The session supports cognitive learning, negotiating, playing, confidence-building, language development, and creating. Designed encounters with simple machines such as levers, pulleys, wheel and axle, inclined plane, and wedge provide children with opportunities to explore the ways humans discovered easier ways to work. Collaboration and discovery are keywords in this fun, hands-on session. Outdoor Tinker will take place Wednesdays and Fridays. (Children in Three-year-old, Pre-K and Five/Six program)
Purposeful Play - ALL play has a purpose for children. All play is purposeful and meaningful for the joy-filled intellectual and social development of children. Purposeful Play will spend most days playing outside (weather permitting). This program is designed with thoughtful encounters, in a variety of play environments, that recognize and support negotiation, problem-solving, building empathy, and developing a growth mindset. Purposeful Play will take place on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. (Children in Two-year-old, Three-year-old, Pre-K and Five/Six program)
Social Detectives - This program is designed to help children develop confident social skills. The class focuses on age appropriate concepts including sharing, turn taking, problem solving and creating play schemes together with peers. The instructors are inclusion faculty. Social Detectives will take place on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Email Emma Cutler before registering for this class - ecutler@peachtreepresbyterianpreschool.org. (Children in Three-year-old, Pre-K and Five/Six program)
The Great Outdoors - Children enjoy the Outdoor Classroom where they will encounter everything nature has to offer. Children will experience working in the garden, “cooking” in the Mud Kitchen, sketching the environment, searching for bugs and caring for the chickens. The Great Outdoors will take place on Mondays and Thursdays. (Children in Two-year-old, Three-year-old and Pre-K program)
Peachtree Pals - the Preschool offers an early morning drop-off program daily from 7:45 - 8:45 a.m. The program is staffed by Peachtree teachers. There is not an option for drop-in and registration is required.
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