Shining Tides Preschool
at the Mattapoisett YMCA

All of our classrooms offer a wide selection of wonderful early learning furnishings and materials that focus on each stage of development. They have been carefully selected to stimulate your child’s natural curiosity and desire to learn through play. Young children learn through exploration, experimentation, and discovery with their selection of activities – all while having fun!

Our center offers unique spaces to enrich your child’s learning experience including:

• A variety of oceanfront outdoor environment experiences
• Paved courts for bike riding
• Sandy outdoor areas for sand play
• Covered shelter for outdoor inclement weather gross motor skills
• An outdoor pool for summer recreation

Our curriculum is designed to promote and enrich early learning opportunities for all ages and abilities served. We utilize the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and The Creative Curriculum that is designed to focus on the individual needs and current interests of our children. The curriculum implements family home values, beliefs, experiences, and language. Our developmentally appropriate curriculum provides endless opportunities for exploration, experimentation, and discovery to learn about the world around them – all while having fun at play! Our curriculum is posted in every classroom and gives teachers the opportunity to observe children regularly. Teachers observe children to find out what is unique and special about children, to build a relationship with them and for planning experiences that will enable every child to grow and flourish.

Our classrooms include EARLY LEARNING CENTERS for children to explore and learn at their own pace. Centers include:

• Language and Literacy
• Sensory
• Blocks and Manipulatives
• Creative Expression & Art
• Math
• Dramatic Play
• Science/Discovery
• Social Studies
• Music
• Outdoor Play