Our Program

Seattle, Washington.

Full time enrollment open to the community for children 4 weeks (Infant) to 6 years (Pre-K), with priority enrollment given to Trupanion employees.  

Butterfly Room & Dragonfly Room (Infant)

The Infant Programs (4 weeks to 12 months) will provide diapers, formula, and baby food.  The curriculum of this program is to assert a high level of responsiveness to each infant in order to establish basic trust and security in a safe environment.  Major gross motor skill lesson objectives are lifting the head, sitting upright and alone, crawling, standing with support, to walking.  Fine motor skill lesson objectives are grabbing objects, feeding themselves, and the pincer grasp.  Sensory development lessons based on depth perception, hidden objects, and object permanence.  Encouragement of language development through rhythm exchange using expressive words and receptive verbal communication.  

Monkey Room (Woddler)

Woddler Programs (12 months to 18 Months) will provide diapers.  This program nurtures the child's basic sense of autonomy, self-control, independent action, and empathy.  Gross motor skills evolve around learning to walk independently in different mediums such as stairs and different directions such as backwards, as well as throwing, pulling, and kicking. This program is designed to have a playful atmosphere primarily child directed process orientation. Recognizing purpose of numbers, experimenting with food, and teachers that model pronunciation and grammatical structure are continual themes for this age group.

Mouse Room (Toddler)

Toddler Programs (19 months to 29 months) work on toiletry training skills. Some key gross motor lessons work on developing jumping, running, biking, and balance.  Fine motor lessons include holding a pencil, copying shapes such as a circle, and preparing cereal. Play starts to include invention of objects and roles through symbolical representations, cooperation, and story sequencing.  Problem solving skills, learning to be part of a group, using words to express emotions are recurring themes in this program.  Music, creativity, and dramatic play are fully embraced in this program.

Giraffe Room 

Preschool Programs (30 months to 4 years) start the process of experimenting, practicing, and imitating.  This program promotes physical activities such as hopping, skipping, spinning, and walking in a straight line. Fine motor lessons include the use of scissors, small blocks, and drawing straight lines, circles, and rectangles. Shape sorters, construction blocks, playdough are example materials for manipulative play. Creative play develops by using glue and models to increase concentration. Discovery play lessons include simple experiments of guessing objects. Imaginative play is expanded with the use of objects such as cardboard boxes. Prosocial behavior is promoted through organized games and sharing.

Prekindergarten Programs (4-5 years) provides children with all the tools needed to enter Kindergarten.  Physical lessons include obstacle courses and swings.  Fine motor lessons include buttoning coats, legos, small puzzles, and cutting outlines. Play often involves "follow the leader" activities, music, sewing cards, and collages. Creative skills are enhanced through using textured paints and objects such as sand. Discovery skills is seen in science lessons with seeds and "what-if" scenarios. Imaginative play involves dress up clothes and social groups start to form. Differences between reality and fantasy, development of humor, and verbal reasoning are key components of this program. Children are taught how to organize and sort their surroundings, create a system of fair group rules, and think out loud.  Emergent literacy skills are a primary focus where interactive/participatory process of learning to read and write.

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