Pennridge Nursery School Activities Include: Arts and Crafts Computer skills such as numbers, letters, colors, and shape recognition Special days for kids to bring in a pet, wear your pajamas, beach day, etc. Sensory motor training to music Field trips to places like the Grocery Store, Pumpkin Patch, Crayola Factory, Zoo, Firehouse, etc. Show and tell Snack time Development of small motor skills through drawing, writing, and manipulates. Group story time Opportunities for social interaction with peers.

Classroom Experience: PNS provides many learning experiences every day that help the child to grow intellectually, emotionally, verbally, socially, and physically. Activities include art, math, science, and language arts projects, in addition to other learning materials in the

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lab. Group time involves a story, songs, and movement to music. In addition to the classroom curriculum, education field trips and “special days” are scheduled each semester. Tuition: Current tuition per session (fall and spring) is $80 per child. This includes materials and snacks but does not include cost of field trips. If you would like to place your child on the waiting list for a fun-filled year at PNS, please send this completed form to: PENNRIDGE NURSERY SCHOOL ATTN: Mrs. Meg Reim

A Pennridge High School Community Education Program

Teaching and Learning for Growth

Pennridge High School 1228 North 5th Street

Phone: (215) 453-6944 X3770

Perkasie, PA 18944

Email: [email protected]

PLEASE DO NOT SEND TUITION WITH THE FORM, WAIT TO BE CONTACTED BY MRS. REIM TO CONFIRM YOUR ENROLLMENT.

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and his/her way of learning.

All classes are taught by Mrs. Meg Reim. Meg has been a teacher at PHS since 1999 and holds BS degree in Family and Consumer Sciences (University of DE) and a Master degree in Elementary Education from Kutztown University. There is a teacher in the classroom at all times with the high school aides.

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The classroom teacher also maintains a positive learning environment for the kids. Prior to the beginning of each semester, the teacher instructs the high school students in child development principles, age appropriate learning activities, positive guidance, safety, and discipline. The teacher also stresses the importance of nutritious snacks. The high school students help as aides in the classroom, develop educational projects for the children, prepare nutritious snacks, observe the children’s behavior, and maintain an observation notebook. Students who elect to participate in Child Development I and II classes are often interested in pursuing a career working with young children such as elementary education, pediatric nursing, psychology, or early childhood development.

to teach the children as classes are not separated by age. The focus of PNS is playbased with numerous choices of activities available to the child. Play is a child’s work

Nursery School is in session Monday through Thursday from October to January (fall session) and March to May (spring session). If high school student enrollment is full, there are three 90 minute sessions each day-two morning sessions and one afternoon session. No more than 15 children will be enrolled in each session.

Enrollment: PNS maintains a waiting list for families interested in enrolling their children. It is assumed that the enrolled children will attend both the fall and spring sessions. Enrollment for the fall session takes place each April and includes those children who wish to re-enroll and children from the waiting list. Enrollment is the spring only occurs if spaces become available.

You will be contacted to discuss enrollment options once the enrollment process has begun.

community. A developmental approach is used

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trained, and members of the local Pennridge

PNS was founded in 1978 by Mrs. Donna Trumbower. It was established as a child development laboratory for the Family and Consumer Sciences Department to teach high school students about the growth and development of children through the classes Child Development I and II.

Year you wish to enroll: _____________

The children who attend PNS must be between the ages of three and five, toilet

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