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 2020 - 2021 school year. Pick-up is at 1:15 p.m. in the Family Commons carpool line.
Session Two: Week of January 5 - Week of May 10
CLICK HERE to Register for Session Two of Afterschool
CLICK HERE to register for Session Two of Peachtree Pals
Create- An arts-based class where children will discover the different media of paints working on different papers and canvas. (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 crafts, 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 Fridays will be offered. (Children in Pre-K and Five/Six program) Please email Marin Wells at mwells@peachtreepresbyterianpreschool.org before registering.
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. (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. (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. (Children in Two-year-old, Three-year-old, Pre-K and Five/Six program)
Social Detectives- (*formerly known as Superheroes) 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. Please email Emma Cutler at Ecutler@peachtreepresbyterianpreschool.org before registering. The instructors are inclusion faculty. (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. (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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