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We are continuing to enroll students 18 months (by Sept 1) to those going into VPK (4
by Sept 1). If you or someone you know is interested in joining our school please give us a call, 262-1152, to set up an appointment and
take a tour of our school!
Church
Dinners… Kids & Middle Schoolers Eat for Free!
1st & 3rd Wednesdays at 5:30pm
~ Sign up for dinner by Tuesday, Noon
We are excited to announce that we have extended
our school day to 8:15 am - 2:00 pm. We have also opened our own little media center which will feature a computer station,
reading corner, and listening corner.
We are also
thrilled to announce that following the school's academic day, the church offers a new arts program for preschool age
children.
The program includes dance, gymnastics,
art, cooking art, music, and Spanish. This program runs Monday - Friday from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm. Please feel free to contact
the school office for further details and to sign your child up!
 Methodist Day School was
founded by and is located in the First United Methodist Church in downtown Naples, Florida. It was organized in
1960 and bears the distinction of being the oldest preschool in Collier County.
School
calendar year: August thru May Days of operation: Monday thru Friday Ages:
18 months thru Pre-Kindergarten Monthly Tuition:
2 days--$ 240.00
3 days--$ 300.00
5 days--$
515.00 ~ 5 day VPK - free 3 hrs (9am-12pm) $220.00
VPK wrap around fees (8:15-9am & noon-2pm)
The goals and objectives of
our program encompass skills the students will need to master before entering kindergarten. The goals include academic, social,
motor, music, arts, emotional and faith development. The staff is loving, kind and dedicated, recognizing the individual needs
and personalities of each little child. The learning project for the day is interspersed with games, laughter, hugs and spontaneity.
Our music and arts programs are given as high a priority as our academic program. Our staff members believe that enhancement
of the heart is as important as facts for the mind.
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Our Curriculum
Methodist Day School uses the A Beka Curriculum interspersed with some
Montessori teachings. The program is a phonics-based curriculum. The children are introduced to the vowels first
and then the remainder of the alphabet in order, beginning with the letter a. After the vowels are learned, through symbols
and signs, beginning word formation is started. After the entire alphabet has been learned, by sight and sound, writing
journals are begun. These journals eventually incorporate whole sentences, formed phonetically.
The number curriculum consists of using symbols and signs repetitiously through the use of a number poem book. The
number center has counting bears and beads, an estimating jar, number sets for matching, number games, rulers, tape measures.
Music Appreciation is incorporated through use of our room set aside specifically for music
and gross motor activities. There is a piano for the children's use, instruments, dancing ribbons and scarves, a
tape and CD player.
There
are large areas for rope jumping, hopscotch, bean bag-tossing, balance beam, parachute play and dancing.
The art areas contain tables set up with several mediums of paints, pla-doh and clay, stencils, scissors and glue,
beads, shells, beans, feathers, sequins and other craft activities.
The play ground area allows the
children opportunities for gross motor activities through ball play, hula hoops, tricycles, scooters, wagons, roller skate,
jump ropes, sand play, along with swings, tunnels, slides, a merry go round and a water table.
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Mission Statement for Methodist Day School: Methodist Day School, located in downtown Naples, provides a preschool education
that encourages all that is unique about each student, as they develop cognitively, emotionally and socially. The program
believes in learning and growing together: child, teacher and family.
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