Age Groups
Footprints in the Sand Daycare offers a Learning Classroom to each age group year-round. Our themed and sensory curriculum is KidzSparks and includes Monthly themes during the school year and a Summer “Fun” Themed Curriculum. Our focused age-appropriate learning year correlates with the Hopewell School District School year. A weekly curriculum plan is completed by each classroom and includes fine and gross motor skills.
School Age: Before and After School Care for Hopewell School District Elementary Schools kindergarten through fourth (4th) grade is offered during the school year. Footprints in the Sand Daycare is responsible for supervising the child to the bus in the morning and meeting the bus to bring the child back into the daycare in the afternoon. Footprints in the Sand Daycare is not responsible for a child's safety or behavior after the school bus has picked them up and is on route. The school bus driver or bus aide is responsible for the child's safety and behavior while on the bus.
Children are served breakfast in the morning and offered snack in the afternoon. We offer care during any school closures; this includes planned school closures, snow days and emergency school closures.
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We offer full time care for the school summer break. Children will have a planned summer theme curriculum along with age-appropriate learning that correlates with the child’s school grade.
Preschool/Pre-K: Footprints in the Sand Daycare offers a full Preschool learning classroom and curriculum. Our Preschool day consists of Circle Time, Two (2) separate curriculum times along with interactive, group and free play. Preschool includes themed sensory learning, literacy (letter, number recognition and writing), math, matching, rhyming, patterns and spatial awareness based on Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards. Children also practice self-regulation and self-sufficiency in order to fully prepare children for Kindergarten.
Older Toddler: Footprints in the Sand Daycare offers an Early Preschool learning classroom and curriculum. Our Early Preschool day consists of Circle Time, a curriculum time along with interactive, group and free play. Our Early Preschool includes themed sensory learning, and a focus on literacy (letter, number recognition), math, pre-writing practice, scissor use along with introducing matching, rhyming, patterns and spatial awareness based on Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards using Age-Appropriate Practices in preparation for Preschool.
Toddler: Footprints in the Sand Daycare offers a Toddler learning classroom and curriculum. Our Toddler day consists of Circle Time, a curriculum time along with interactive, group and free play. Our Toddler learning includes themed sensory learning with an introduction to literacy (letter, number recognition) and math along with shapes, colors and writing utensils based on Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards using Age-Appropriate Practices in preparation for Early Preschool.
Younger Toddler: Footprints in the Sand Daycare offers a Young Toddler learning classroom and curriculum. Our Young Toddler day consists of Circle Time, a curriculum time along with interactive, group and free play. Our Young Toddler learning focuses on sensory learning and includes letter, numbers, shapes and colors along with an introduction to toddler paint brushes and writing utensils based on Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards using Age-Appropriate Practices in preparation for the Toddler Classroom.
Infants: Footprints in the Sand Daycare offers care to infants starting at six (6) weeks of age. Our Infant Area schedule is on demand and starts to introduce a schedule as infants near the age of one (1). Infants are offered curriculum that includes body awareness, exercise, sensory items and introduces shapes and colors. Infants learning includes stimulus interactive play, caregiver reading, food curriculum and a theme “Marvelous Me” to incorporate Age-Appropriate learning based on Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards.