Purchase Children's Center
Explore. Play. Learn.
School Day Specials &
Enrichment Classes
School Day Specials
The Purchase Children's Center programs include weekly and monthly 'specials' that offer new opportunities for our students to grow in literacy, language, numeracy, gross & fine motor skills, and social-emotional skills.
Music
Classes participate in weekly music which exposes children to rhythm, nursery rhymes, & basic music theory. Children utilize rhythm sticks, beans bags & other materials to explore creative movement. The 3's and 4's present two concerts during the year including a Holiday Show & Graduation Celebration.
Physical Education
Every class participates in weekly physical education, which focuses on gross motor skills, introductory sports skills, self-esteem & confidence building. These skills foster the development of proprioception, spatial awareness, & hand-eye coordination.
Library
Hosted by our neighbor, The Purchase Free Library, classes visit the library for a read aloud and class book checkout on select dates in the Fall and Spring. This program fosters a love of reading as well as responsibility in caring for borrowed items.
Yoga
Classes participate in yoga monthly! This program exposes children to social emotional development through mindfulness, as well as gross & fine motor skills. Yoga provides strategies for reducing stress & anxiety as well as improves focus in the classroom.
Optional Programs
Lunch bunch and extended day programs are offered to both meet diverse scheduling needs of our families and, most importantly, offer our students new social emotional opportunities.
Spring Enrichment Class
Beyond the school day, a variety of enrichment class options are available as fall, winter, or spring sessions. Classes vary and subjects include math, science, art, cooking, or sports.
Below are the Spring Enrichment offerings which ended on May 8th.
Stay tuned for our Fall 2023 offerings!
MONDAYS
Happy FIT Multi-Sport Fitness & Fun
This program gives children an exuberant introduction to a range of wonderful sports including: Happy Feet Soccer, Hooray for Hoops Basketball, Kool Kicks Kickball, Fit Kids Agility and Balance Games, Run for Fun Track & Field Events and Much more! Muscles get worked, self-confidence, listening skills and cooperative play grow and there are giggles galore.
TUESDAYS
The Art of Sculptures and Woodworking
This process focused art class features the woodworking, paper mâché and free style sculpture making. The children will design, assemble and paint various pieces that they create. In a process art experience, children have many opportunities to explore materials, think, express themselves, and create facilitating an enjoyment of art, critical thinking skills, and healthy development. Children will also dictate stories to go along with their works of art!
WEDNESDAYS
Science: Animals & Habitats
During this session of science, the children will explore, organize, and manipulate materials that deal with the habitats of animals and plants. They will also explore the difference between nocturnal and diurnal animals. Throughout these eight weeks they will also create a variety of habitats to bring home.