Outdoor Play is fun and a significant part of your child’s growth and development.  Our two playgrounds provide plenty of opportunities to climb, run, jump, skip, hop, throw, catch, and use "outside voices" as a healthy release of conserved energy. Within the fences of our playgrounds, a rich setting awaits your child, filled with sand boxes, small playhouses, riding toys, bats, balls, jump robes, bubbles, swings, slides, climbing domes, and much more.

 

The school age children also learn sportsmanship as they

 participate in team games in our grassy field. Volleyball, kickball, potato sack races, badminton, soccer, and baseball are only a few of the fun S.E.L.C. sports.  The smaller playground has been designed more specifically for the toddlers to ensure safety.  All of the equipment and toys in this playground are age appropriate as well.  Besides physical activity, the children enjoy learning about the natural environment around us (i.e. plants, insects, and weather).

 

Our objectives are as follows:

 

Socio-emotional development

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  • Demonstrate social skills

  • Take turns, negotiate compromises, and cooperate

  • Express creativity

  • Enhance self-confidence

  • Increase independence

  • Demonstrate pride in accomplishments

Cognitive development

  • Make decisions

  • Plan and carry through ideas

  • Solve problems

  • Reenact life experiences

  • Identify cause and effect

  • Learn about science

  • Develop an understanding for basic math concepts

  • Increase vocabulary

Physical development

  • Develop large muscle skills

  • Develop small muscle skills

  • Coordinate eye-hand movements

  • Improve balance

  • Increase spatial awareness

  • Demonstrate persistence and endurance