OUR PROGRAMS
Stork's Nest Child Academy follows the Early Learning and Development Standards to offer your child an age-appropriate development program that's designed to help your little one grow and explore their imagination. We consider many areas to be valuable and fundamental during child development including academics in a play atmosphere, gross and fine motor perception, language stimulation, dramatic play, music and art, technology, phonics, readiness for the next class and enrichment classes.
The Nested Academy Kindergarten Program:
5 to 6 years
Our Kindergarten program is licensed by the Department of Education and implements a comprehensive curriculum incorporating the Common Core Standards of Rhode Island. We offer a full day program with certified teachers, small class sizes, and excellent child/teacher ratios.
This program is currently only available at the East Greenwich location
PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS
Stork’s Nest Child Academy
Beautiful Beginnings
6 weeks to 1 year
In our Beautiful Beginnings Program, we are focused on keeping your baby happy, engaged, and secure. We personalize care for each infant based on his or her unique schedule, nutritional guidelines, and any other special attention he/she requires. Your baby’s primary caregiver is a nurturing child development professional who is focused on creating experiences aligned with the Rhode Island Early Learning and Development Standards. Our caregivers provide opportunities that invite exploration and support the rapid and important development that is occurring in your child’s first year. Warm and nurturing interactions with caregivers, days spent in a loving environment, individualized attention and experiences, and meaningful partnerships with parents are the goals of our curriculum for infants.
Babies on the Move
1 year to 18 months
Our Babies on the Move program uses hands-on exploration and social interaction in safe, engaging surroundings to help your one to two year old learn about his or her expanding world. Through the guidance of our early childhood development professionals, mobile infants enjoy learning experiences that promote their blossoming independence and social skills, and foster self-confidence. Experienced teachers promote emotional, physical, social, and intellectual development in a fun, engaging environment with activities that are aligned with the Rhode Island Early Learning and Development Standards.
Toddler Town
18 months to 3 years
The diverse developmental needs of two-year olds are met in two separate programs: Young Toddler and Older Toddler. We see the toddler years as a time to support young children’s growing sense of self and to help prepare them for preschool. Through play and exploration, we foster children’s emerging abilities in all areas, specifically content areas of Rhode Island’s Early Learning and Development Standards: physical health and motor development, social and emotional development, language development, cognitive development, literacy, mathematics, science, and creativity. With our warm nurturing approach, we help toddlers take those initial steps towards independence.
Little Explorers Preschool
3 to 5 year olds
In our Beautiful Beginnings Program, we are focused on keeping your baby happy, engaged, and secure. We personalize care for each infant based on his or her unique schedule, nutritional guidelines, and any other special attention he/she requires. Your baby’s primary caregiver is a nurturing child development professional who is focused on creating experiences aligned with the Rhode Island Early Learning and Development Standards. Our caregivers provide opportunities that invite exploration and support the rapid and important development that is occurring in your child’s first year. Warm and nurturing interactions with caregivers, days spent in a loving environment, individualized attention and experiences, and meaningful partnerships with parents are the goals of our curriculum for infants.
Pre-K/K-Prep Program
4 to 5 years
Our Pre-K/K-Prep program helps children advance skills in core pre-academic areas such as literacy, math, science, art, social and emotional well-being and health and wellness. Our child-centered approach, aligned with the Rhode Island Early Learning and Developmental Standards, ensures that children are exposed to a diverse variety of learning activities. We aim to expose children to a diverse variety of learning activities and ensure they thrive in all areas of child development, creative thinking, complex problem solving, empathetic collaboration, curious investigation and appropriate decision making.
The Nested Academy Kindergarten Program
5 to 6 years
Our Kindergarten program is licensed by the Department of Education and implements a comprehensive curriculum incorporating the Common Core Standards of Rhode Island. We offer a full day program with certified teachers, small class sizes, and excellent child/teacher ratios. Our comprehensive curriculum places a clear emphasis on development of strong language, reading and writing abilities, and math skills essential for ongoing success in school and life. We provide a student-centered learning environment that incorporates the academic expectations of local and state curriculum standards so children make a successful and seamless transition to school.