Project Help Prep is the next step for many children graduating
from our Early Intervention and Early Learning programs, as well
as, a fantastic first classroom experience for three, four, and
five year-olds preparing to enter the public school system. Each
child entering the Prep program is evaluated using the
Development Assessment for Young Children (DAYC) diagnostic to
determine their needs and their strengths. This information
allows teachers to develop activities adapted to each child's
individual learning styles. Activities, both indoors and out,
build on developmental domains such as: speech / language, motor
skills, self-help, and cognitive. Learning centers and monthly
theme-based lesson plans incorporate art, book exploration,
puzzles, dramatic play, house keeping, and other activities
enhance learning. In the hands of our teachers dramatic play
becomes an opportunity to develop language skills by prompting a
child to talk about their actions, and what they are imagining
around themselves. In a hou