Wilkes-Barre Academy

WILKES-BARRE ACADEMY

Where learning is just the beginning

  • Mission

    With the increase in working parents today, it has become essential that good child care be provided at the least possible expense. Small Wonders was established to offer that assistance to parents. Small Wonders was established in, 1987 and has grown from a small Day Care of four staff to a large Day Care School, housed in a newly constructed schoolhouse with sixteen staff. Over the years, Small Wonders has grown due to an increasing need from our parents. This growth as allowed Small Wonders to incorporate many new programs into our Day Care School. These programs include an Education for Preschool and Pre-K certification by the Child Care Food Program, as well as private contracting through the Early Learning Resource Center for subsidized day care.

    About Us

    Monthly Calendar

    Infant/Young Toddler

    • The journey begins here! Our program is centered around individual needs and adapting to a new environment.
    • Our staff focus on daily routines to bond with infants and provide cognitive stimulation through interaction and conversation.
    • Toddlers are introduced to colors, shapes and age appropriate activities.
    • Music and movement is encouraged as well as daily songs and finger plays.
    • Weather permitting, we go outside everyday. We have a beautiful outdoor play area for our little ones.

    Older Toddler

    • Some topics we focus on are: sign language, colors, shapes, social skills, art activities, music, and movement.
    • Outside play, floor activities, and messy art and food activities are an important part of our program.
    • In this room we also introduce potty training and the importance of hygiene.

    Preschool

    • We introduce Letterland, which is a well established and successful system for teaching children to read and write and meets the required curriculum guidelines. Letter shapes and sounds are abstract and often hard for children to learn. In Letterland, letters become friendly 'pictogram' characters. For example, the pictogram character for the letter a is Annie Apple.
    • Some topics we focus on are: sign language, colors, shapes, social skills, art activities, weekly show and tell, music, and movement.
    • Outside play, floor activities, and messy art and food activities are an important part of our program.

    Pre-Kindergarten

    Our classroom focuses on developing the strengths of each child as well as preparing for Kindergarten.

    Some topics we focus on are:

    • Music and movement
    • Scissor/pencil/fine motor skills
    • Letter and sound recognition that meet the PA standards.
    • Literacy, love of books, listening skills
    • Math, Science, Social Studies
    • Self help skills such as button, zipper, snaps
    • Exercising large motor skills
    • Outdoor play daily (weather permitting)

    School age children

    • Breakfast will be served at 8 am and the children will get on the bus at 8:30 am. 
    • Children in Kindergarten and First grade return at 4:00 pm after roll & snack, time is allotted for homework followed by outdoor play (weather permitting).
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