Come explore, discover, create, and grow with us at Orchard Kids
Welcome to Orchard Kids!
Our Explorer and Creator preschool programs for 3-5 year olds lay the foundation for a bright future full of fun, curiosity, and growth. We've mastered the blend of learning and play.
New Themes & Centers Every Month
These active, hands-on units are created and developed to encourage exploration and discovery as students dig deep into learning about each new concept.
Children are able to learn best when they can interact with each other and their environment.
Learning Targets
Each day/week brings new learning targets for the students to work on. Learning targets are written in student-friendly language and are linked to standards.
For example, one of the learning targets we work on at the beginning of the year is “I can learn to be a part of a classroom community.” In a community, each member has a role and responsibility to the others in the community.
We learn about our classroom rules, how they keep us safe and how they help us to work and learn together. We also learn how these rules help us to love God and love people. As part of our role in the classroom community, everyone has a job every day. The students really look forward to their turn to help and serve others in the classroom.
Growth Mindset
The student’s responsibility for their own learning and behavior is key to their long-term success. One of the ways this responsibility is communicated is through the language of the learning targets.
Beginning these learning targets with the student language ‘I can’ or ‘I can learn how,’ expresses to the student that they are capable. Teaching the student that they can learn and they can try, even if they are not able to accomplish the task yet, focuses their attention on what they are responsible for and helps them to develop a growth mindset. With effort, the students will be able to learn how to accomplish these tasks.
Language
Learning about language is a big part of our preschool program. Letter recognition, writing and phonemic awareness are all areas we work on every day.
The multi-sensory approach we take to teach these concepts helps to not only activate multiple areas of the brain, but also helps to engage learners with different learning styles.
We use a program with songs and motions that give visual, auditory and kinesthetic cues to help students really remember the concept … and it’s fun! The students sing these songs throughout the day and even go home singing them.
Math & Science
We work on topics such as number recognition, counting, patterning, graphing, sorting, shape identification, sequencing, measuring, weight, addition and subtraction. We use hands-on materials and play math games together. We spend time working together with partners to help us gain practice and experience using these skills. We use the multi-sensory learning songs to help us understand and remember math concepts as well. We sing about everything!
There is so much to discover about the world that God made! We will explore the science concepts of motion, creation, life cycles, senses, weather and more throughout the year. Our discovery centers are a key component to our science curriculum. We learn things hands-on by actually doing the investigating ourselves. A concept will be introduced at circle or in a story, we will then get the opportunity to work on a specific science activity and have time to dig deep as we investigate and make discoveries for ourselves.
Bible
We begin each day with a lesson from God’s word. From the creation of the world to character traits that God desires in us, we will learn how much God loves us and how he wants us to love others.
As we learn about these concepts, we will also learn songs to help us remember and apply His word to our lives. Many of these songs are Bible verses. How fun to hide God’s word in our hearts when we can sing and remember it!
Meet our staff
Lisa Powers
Director
Robynne Pigeon
Lead Teacher
Katie Delgado
Assistant Teacher
Preschool Classes
Choose the option that works best for your family
Explorers
$270/mo
3 year olds
T, Th
8:30 – 11:30 AM
Creators
$330/mo
4 &5 year olds
M, W, F
8:30 – 11:30 AM
Creators
$330/mo
4 & 5 year olds
M, W, F
12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Our Kindergarten Enrichment program
Wouldn’t it be great if your kindergartener had a little more time to practice, establish, and GROW their academic and social skills every day - all in a hands-on, CREATIVE, and fun way? Wouldn’t it be great if there was more time to EXPLORE and DISCOVER built into your child’s day?
Our Kindergarten/Preschool enrichment programs offer just that! Our programs are designed to complement a half-day kindergarten enrollment or even a homeschool kindergarten or homeschool preschool curriculum.
Morning enrichment
Students will join our morning Preschool classes for fun, multi-sensory, and academic learning experiences designed to support and extend children’s learning.
Morning enrichment
$540/mo
4 & 5 year olds
5 Days
8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Morning enrichment
$330/mo
4 & 5 year olds
M, W, F
8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Afternoon enrichment
Our afternoon enrichment Kindergarten and Preschool students will participate in lots of hands-on, multisensory experiences created to help deepen and refine academic, social, and collaborative skills as they work with peers.
Afternoon enrichment
$540/mo
4 & 5 year olds
5 Days
12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Afternoon enrichment
$330/mo
4 & 5 year olds
M, W, F
12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Frequently asked questions
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Address
136 Pillsbury Road
Londonderry, NH 03053
Hours
Monday - Friday
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
