A Typical Day at Circle Nursery School...
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OUR DAT AT CNS 9 a.m Welcome to School! Parents encourage your child to use the restroom, hand their bag and jacket independently, and return folders to their bin. 9:00-9:45 Dramatic Play, Free Play, and Sensory Play Throughout the classroom we have a variety of play options for children to engage in. Play is so important at this age and engaging in play with other preschool children helps develop age appropriate social skills. This time of play helps to foster these and let children's creativity and imagination run free. We have a sensory table, play kitchen, blocks, Legos, cars, dolls, coloring, puzzles, books, etc. for children to engage with during this time 9:45 Structured Bathroom Break for All & Wash Hands (Yoga/Exercise while we wait for our friends to finish) 10:00 a.m. Calendar and Circle Time This is a teaching time. There is typically a theme of the week and different topics from that theme are discussed during this time along with letters. Topics we talk about throughout the year include: School routines, Dinosaurs, Art, Winter/The Arctic, Fall/Leaves, Animals that Hibernate, Spring/Flowers, and so much more! 10:15 a.m. Snack Time Look at Books, fine motor boxes, or tracing/name writing while our friends finish. 10:35 a.m. Story Time Literature and reading to children is so essential at this age. We will explore many great books during this time and hope to leave your children with a love for reading! Check out our list of essential picture books we worked through this past year: 10:50 a.m. Center Rotations
During center time we reinforce the topic we are learning, the letters and shapes we are learning, and the skills we are working on through crafts, hands on activities, and fun worksheets. There are typically three stations. Stations help reinforce the recognition and sorting of letters/shapes. They also work on crafts and hands on learning activities that go along with the weeks theme. Crafts typically involve scissor and glue practice, shape practice, and a variety of hands on art projects. We have about a 6 week time-frame where we study art and do a lot of hands on learning. 11:45 a.m. Music & Movement Movement and Music are such important parts of your child's learning! 12:00 p.m. Dismissal Goodbye Song: See You Later Alligator, Bye Bye Butterfly, Give a Hug Lady Bug, Be Sweet Parakeet, Blow a Kiss Goldfish, See You Soon Raccoon, Take Care Polar Bear, So Long King Kong, Out the Door Dinosaur. :) We try to vary quiet and active times. It's hard to sit still for too long when you're a preschooler! We encourage the development of the children's self-help skills (i.e. toileting, nose blowing, dressing for outside). These are skills that you can help them to practice at home, also. We also love to go outside and play in our beautiful grassy area when the weather is nice. We have several special events throughout the year including: Halloween Trick or Treating around the Village Friends giving Feast Holiday Concert Pajama Days Pancake and Reading Days Valentines Day Party Easter Egg Hunt Art Gallery Night Picnic in the Park Splash Water Play Day We love to have fun here at Circle Nursery School and know that YOU are a big part of your child's learning. We highly encourage parents to volunteer and be a part of their children's education throughout the school year. 
Our Second Step lessons are teaching preschool students how to be better friends and great listeners!
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Our 3-4 year olds spend their time socializing, learning how to work in a classroom and becoming familiar with letters, numbers, colors and shapes. Our teachers focus on learning through play, hands-on learning, and small-group, large-group and individual arrangements. Our 4-5 year olds continue to build on academic and social skills learned from two day classes. Our teachers also prepare our students for kindergarten, taking into account the NY State Early Childhood Standards. 
Preschool students use their science, engineering, and math skills to solve the problem of getting Gingerbread baby from one side of the river to the other.
On warm days the preschool learning moves outside! Here nursery school students practice their letters.
Students learn about dinosaurs from a former Kindergarten teacher and paleontologist that just so happened to be a students great grandmother. We love having parents and grandparents come in to volunteer or share a special talent. Being involved in your child's education makes a world of a difference.
Do you know that we often have a class pet? Our most recent and current class pet is Snowball the bunny. Our students love sharing the classroom with her.
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Yearly Schedule
Circle Nursery School classes begin one week after the start of classes in the Avon Central School District, and end the second week in June. CNS follows the Avon Central School calendar as closely as possible during the school year for holidays, vacations and closings.
- When Avon Central has a half-day of school, CNS will be in session for a full day.
- CNS will be closed on any day that Avon Central School is closed for a full day ie. snow day or superintendent’s conference day.
- If Avon Central has a morning delay, there will NOT be a morning class.
- In the event that inclement weather arrives during the morning commute or later, teachers will contact families as soon as possible to cancel classes.
- To find out about school closings, listen to WHAM (1180) or watch local TV news broadcasts (Channel 8, 10 or 13) in the early morning.
- Morning class runs 9:00 am - 12:00 pm.
- If someone other than a parent is to pick up a child, the staff MUST HAVE a note or message from the parent giving permission.
- Please inform the staff of any changes in childcare arrangements. Make sure you include telephone numbers, addresses and any other pertinent information.
- Circle Nursery School requires a health record for each child enrolled in its program. This record must show an up-to-date immunization record acquired before the start of school. Failure to provide such a record will result in the child's removal from school and forfeiture of the registration fee. This regulation is in compliance with the New York State Department of Health guidelines.
- It is essential that your child be completely toilet trained during the day in order to attend CNS.
- If your child has been ill within the past 24 hours, please do not bring him/her to school. This policy is to benefit the sick child as well as to protect the other children and staff. Your signature on the Medical Release Form indicates your understanding and compliance with this policy. Please notify the school by 9:00 am if your child is going to be absent.
