Calendar
Fall 2024 – Spring 2025
Registration
Fall 2024 – Spring 2025
News and Updates
What's new!
- Our Late Club now includes Spanish class for our Threes and Pre-K at no extra cost to families.
- Jodi Proefriedt, Early Childhood Director, oversees all teaching staff and operations here at Jacob's Ladder Preschool. With more than 30 years of expertise and experience in Early Childhood Education, including 20 years here at Jacob's Ladder Preschool, Jodi has become the trusted staple with our professional staff, our children and families. She ensures that all children and families are treated with kindness, respect and love so they can fully develop into confident, independent, self-assured learners. Jodi possesses a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education.
OUR SERVICES
Flexible scheduling. Early Club. Late club.
Jacob’s Ladder Preschool will provide a stimulating and safe environment for children ages 18 months (Watch Us Grow interactive class) through Pre-K.
Preschool Education
- Our program provides a creative, safe and stimulating environment for each and every child within a loving and nurturing atmosphere, allowing each child to develop individually and enjoy a positive attitude toward both himself/herself and school.
- Our teaching staff is comprised of professionals with early childhood education and experience.
- We have both indoor gyms and outdoor playgrounds, and a brand new arts and crafts center.
What We Do
How we Learn at Jacob's Ladder
- We explore. We observe. We ask questions. We predict.
- We integrate our learning experiences.
- We reason. We hypothesize. We theorize.
ACADEMIC LEARNING
Colors and Shapes, Letter Recognition, Letter Sounds, Counting Skills, Number Recognition.
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
We learn best by hands on activities that incorporate all of the senses. Literature is incorporated throughout the curriculum.
MATH AND SCIENCE
We take nature walks. We enjoy cooking in our classrooms. We partake in science experiments and math games. We engage in water play and building activities with paper or plastic cups and magnets.
OUTDOOR PLAYGROUND TIME
Outdoor play is an integral part of every day, weather permitting, and encourages children's physical fitness, gross motor skills and intellectual development.
INDOOR GYM TIME
Indoor gym time is incorporated in the children's daily schedule including structured games and activities. We have three indoor facilities that are utilized throughout the school year. Gym time encompasses exercise and physical activity.
CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT
We love to listen stories. We love to sing and dance. We love to laugh.
Early Childhood Center
We sing, we dance, we laugh, we read. Communication is a crucial and extremely important aspect of the preschool. Newsletters are sent home throughout the year to give parents an insight into their child's classroom. The director will provide information on a regular basis to inform the parents of anything that is newsworthy in the school.
What Parents say
“It's hard to articulate just how thankful I am for all you have done for my family but also for all your hard work every day. The environment that you have fostered at Jacob's Ladder is beyond special for so many reasons. Your approachability, empathy, kindness, investment in every child and warmth provide such a security blanket feeling for me and for my children. They love school! It is never a fight to leave the house and at the end of the day they beg me for 5 more minutes.”
“How can we even begin to thank you for everything you and your amazing staff have done over the last three years? You have gone above and beyond your roles as educators and advocated for him and helped in ways our family will never forget. Thank you for making this OUR home away from home and for making our son feel safe and loved. We will miss our Jacob's Ladder family tremendously.”
“Love Jacob’s Ladder! My family has wonderful memories of our time there! 14 years ago and I still smile remembering”
“ Our family is at peace knowing our son is at Jacob’s Ladder”
About Us
About our Preschool
Jacob’s Ladder is a unique school. We are a nursey school with day care hours. Typically, Nursery schools are half-day programs. Jacobs Ladder has evolved and our hours have expanded as the community needs have changed. What has not changed is our teaching philosophy along with the love and attention that each child receives. Our class sizes are small and our teacher/child ratios are more than what is required because it is our goal to give every child the attention and quality care and education they deserve.
Small Class Size
All of our classes comply with OCFS regulations. The teacher student ratio allows for individualized attention as well as group activities.
Safety First
Evacuation drills and shelter in place drills are conducted throughout the year. There is a security guard on the premise during school hours.
Activities
Calendar, Weather, Alphabet, Numerical recognition, Music, Story time, Yoga, Science, Snack time, Holiday celebrations
Our Philosophy
Our teaching philosophy is simple. Children learn by “doing”, when they are active participants in their learning. We as teachers provide situations where each child can learn at their own pace and always feel successful. We are focused on teaching to the whole child while they are given the opportunity to explore, interact, experiment, create, and discover. It is a tried and true method where our well prepared teachers support and extend each child’s learning based on their developmental levels so children are school ready and eager to learn.
Our Programs
Coming soon. Check back for more information.
When children are finally ready to separate, they move on to our Playmate classes. Children are required to be two years old by November 1 to enroll. The nurturing environment encourages each child to venture into the social/academic world on his/her own. Children encounter both group and individual activities where they will experience crafts, participate in musical activities, learn shapes, colors, and holidays while working on gross and fine motor skills, independence, socialization and language development.
Our Three year old program is designed to further encourage each child’s social and emotional development. Children are engaged through a thematic, hands-on-approach to learning. With the use of literature, music, crafts, science, math, and creative play, children begin to recognize their name and mathematical concepts that include sorting, grouping, counting, and one- to- one correspondence. Through individual and group activities, children experience texture and weight, make predictions and problem solve all while being encouraged to develop their expressive language. Children at this age begin to work and play together and we often find that this is the year that friendships blossom.
Our Pre K program prepares the children for Kindergarten by differentiating each activity to meet every child’s ability so they become confident learners. There is a focus on letters, language, mathematics, writing, and understanding the written word. We continue to focus on each child’s social and emotional development and encourage independence and individuality. Many activities are provided to assist in fine motor development, which is so important for writing. Both indoor gym time and outdoor playground time help develop a strong core, upper body strength and all gross motor skills. Whether in large or small groups, teacher directed or open play, all activities help foster imaginative play, creativity and a positive sense of self.
The last week in June is the beginning of Summer Camp at Jacob’s Ladder! All of our camp classes focus on science, cooking, creative art, imaginative play, music and indoor and outdoor playtime. Although we do not offer pool time, the children enjoy outdoor water play while splashing about in our water tables and participating in water play games and activities. We offer camp classes for Watch Us Grow, Playmates, Threes, and Pre K. Some summers we even offer our Stepping Stones class, which is for those students entering Kindergarten in the fall. Summer Camp is a half-day program and is available four days a week for seven weeks.
Mini Camp is only offered to current Jacob’s Ladder students who need a fill-in program before Summer Camp begins. It is a two-week program between the end of school and the beginning of Summer Camp,and is offered as either a half-day class or full day class, and must be attended the full two weeks. Children who attend must be in either the Playmates, Threes or Pre K. The thematic daily activities include science, art, music, creative play, indoor and outdoor playground time.
Visit Us Today!
For additional information about our school please contact Jodi Proefriedt, Early Childhood Director at 516-763-0235 or JLADDER@CSBELI.ORG
Contact Us
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Jacob's Ladder
Call us (516) 763-0235
430 Demott Ave, Rockville Centre, NY 11570