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Children's Garden has been carefully designed to provide the best possible educational experiences for young children, infant through six years old. Located on six wooded acres atop Sparta Mountain, the school includes spacious sunny classrooms, premium learning materials and equipment, a children's library, kitchen, music room and a multipurpose room. The outdoor play environment has been carefully developed with a tricycle trail, tree house, sand play area, and several large wooden climbers designed to safely challenge young students. There are also nature trails, a greenhouse, an outdoor art deck, and a heated swimming pool for use during the summer camp program.
Children's Garden also offers a Kindergarten program. The full-day program hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and parents may vary their schedule between these hours. A three-quarter-day program is also offered from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. This program is limited to those children attending a morning Kindergarten class in the public schools. Both programs balance activities that require sitting and attending with those that are more active and participatory.
The summer program is for all children under seven years of age. Our infants and toddlers take advantage of the warm weather by using our water tables and wading pool. The older children swim in our outdoor heated pool. A certified water safety staff teaches the Red Cross water safety program in daily group lessons. LUNCH PROGRAM |
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Our Infant Program is a separate unit of the school, both physically and
in terms of policies, fees and procedures. Located in a separate wing
of the building, it is separated from the main building by a fire wall
and cannot be entered from the main building. There are three large rooms
that have been designed into a play space and a learning area, a messy
area, and a nap room. The Infant Program has its own fenced play yard,
complete with a climber, sandbox, water table, and space for riding toys.
Parents interested in a full-day program may choose two, three or five
full days a week, picking a daily schedule to meet their needs. There
are two sessions for parents interested in half-day programs. The morning
session begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 11:30 a.m., while the afternoon
session runs from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Each child may bring a lunch
and enjoy eating with his friends from 11:30 to noon for the morning session
and from 12:30 to 1:00 for the afternoon session. Parents may choose three,
four or five morning or afternoon sessions per week. 
Our goals are implemented through a program which combines Art, Music,
Math Readiness, Science, Language Arts, and Motor activities with special
events and classroom visitors. Structured, teacher-directed activities
are planned to integrate all these activities into weekly themes such
as Dinosaurs, Senses, Transportation, etc. There are also times for children
to play alone or with a small group of their friends. Although infants
are very much on individual feeding and sleeping schedules, planned activities
are included for them, too. 
We know how much parents want to know about their child's day and how
little preschoolers are willing to report. A school newsletter is available
and distributed the beginning of each month. We also encourage parents
to take advantage of our special events like Back-to-School Night, Parent-Teacher
Conferences, and May Teas.