Meadowlarks

Age Requirements & Schedule Options

Children must be three years old by December 31st of the school year in which they enroll as a Meadowlark.
A day in the life of a Meadowlark is 8:45 am arrival and 1:00 pm departure. An extended day option from 1-3pm is available.
There are three scheduling options:

Monday/Wednesday/Friday
Tuesday/Thursday
Monday through Friday

Student-to-Teacher Ratio

There is a maximum of 18 children and three teachers per class. The Earthplace Preschool standard of one teacher per six children is maintained.

Overarching Goals of the Meadowlark Program

The overarching goals in the Meadowlarks class is to meet the needs of each student through a nature-based program. We help with the children's development through age-appropriate experiences that are play based and occur both in and outside of the classroom.

Here in the Meadowlarks, the children begin to learn independence. They learn self-help skills such as putting on their jackets and carrying their backpacks as well as cleaning up after themselves and putting their water bottles and lunch boxes in the appropriate spots.

We help the children with their social and emotional growth. We help them learn conflict resolution and to play cooperatively with others around them.

In Meadowlarks we help the children develop a sense of self confidence and pride in themselves. We encourage them to tell us about what they are working on, and we always allow the children to speak up for themselves and encourage their self-advocating skills.

We strive to help the children develop a lifelong positive attitude about learning, themselves and the world around us.