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We start with an age-appropriate lesson theme - using good manners, recognizing sounds and nurturing friendships to name a few. Then we read stories to illustrate the lesson in language children understand. Because children learn best through play, we reinforce the lesson with hands-on games and activities that relate to the day's stories and focus on a core discipline - nature, art, science and cooking.
Our program offers three, age-based classes - all designed in accordance with Massachusetts Department of Education frameworks. At Budding Bookworms, children learn from experiences that are fun and educationally sound.
Budding Explorers
Three-year-olds discover the love of literature through the exploration of nature, art and drama. The program focuses on exposing this tender age to life-lessons and how the world changes around them. The lessons are designed to spark children's natural curiosity by exploring the great outdoors, exercising their imaginations through dramatic play and expanding their artistic talents. By helping Budding Explorers recognize shapes and letters, count numbers and understand size relationships, children build an early reading and math foundation.
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Budding Scientists
Four-year-olds learn how science relates to their world. Children are encouraged to explore and recognize the links between science and the day-to-day. For example, after talking about the anatomy of a cloud, children make cloud dough. Or, they concoct their own toothpaste following a lesson on the impact of good oral hygiene. Budding Scientists also learn to identify beginning and ending consonants, recognize rhyming words and develop number sense by matching numbers to corresponding quantities.
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Budding Chefs
Five-year-olds experience the magic of cooking while exploring geography and cultural traditions around the world. Children stir up some fun with food while discussing the importance of health and nutrition. Each child creates a personalized cookbook with kid-friendly recipes prepared in class. We cover the role of practical mathematics in recipe measurements, as well as letter formation and word recognition.
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Recommended Reading List
3 Year-Olds
Leo the Late Bloomer
By Robert Kraus
Sheep In A Shop
By Nancy Shaw
Max Found Two Sticks
By J. Brian Pinkey
In The Tall Tall Grass
By Denise Fleming
My Friend Harry
By Kim Lewis
Time For Bed, The Babysitter Said
By Peggy Perry Anderson
I Love You, Stinkyface
By Lisa McCourt
I Spy A Lion, Animals In Art
By Lucy Micklethwait
Olivia
By Ian Falconer
The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry And The Big Hungry Bear
By Don and Audrey Wood
Chicken Soup With Rice
By Maurice Sendak
The Piggy In The Puddle
By Charlotte Pomerantz
4 Year-Olds
The Kissing Hand
By Audrey Penn
Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon
By Patty Lovell
Oliver's Vegetables
By Vivian French
Owen
By Kevin Henkes
Sometimes I'm Bombaloo
By Rachel Vail
Diary Of A Worm
By Doreen Cronin
King Bidgood's In The Bathtub
By Audrey Wood
The Napping House
By Audrey Wood
What Is A Scientist
By Barbara Lehn
Can You See What I See?
By Walter Wick
5 Year-Olds
Lily's Purple Plastic Purse
By Kevin Henkes
The Remarkable Farkel McBride
By John Lithgow
The Race
By Caroline Repchuck
In Enzo's Splendid Garden
By Patricia Polacco
The 13th Clue
By Ann Jonas
Everyday Mysteries
By Jerome Wexler
And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street
By Dr. Seuss
Stellaluna
By Janell Canon
The Seven Silly Eaters
By Mary Ann Hoberman
The Sweetest Fig
By Chris Van Allsburg
Bed Head
By Margie Palatini
Mr. Peabody's Apples
By Madonna
One Grain Of Rice
By Demi
The Empty Pot
By Demi
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