Dawning Village
A community based organization
Programs
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world". Nelson Mandela
Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK)
Dawning Village has two UPK classrooms. We are classified as a Community Based Organization (CBO). Our UPK curriculum is aligned with Department of education standards. DOE regulations for the UPK program require the implementation of a developmen-tally appropriate curriculum, such as The Creative Curriculum, Educating Young Children-High/Scope, The Bank Street Developmental Interaction Approach, and the MontessoriApproach.
UPK provides four-year-old children access, at no charge, to comprehensiveearly childhood education experiences that promote their social-emotional, creative expressive/aes-thetic, physical, cognitive, linguistic and cultural development. In New York City, children are eligible if they become 4 years old by December 31 of the school year in which they are enrolled in the program. UPK programs operate 21/2 hours per day for five days a week, 180 days per year.
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Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK)
Dawning Village has two UPK classrooms. We are classified as a Community Based Organization (CBO). Our UPK curriculum is aligned with Department of education standards. DOE regulations for the UPK program require the implementation of a developmen-tally appropriate curriculum, such as The Creative Curriculum, Educating Young Children-High/Scope, The Bank Street Developmental Interaction Approach, and the MontessoriApproach.
UPK provides four-year-old children access, at no charge, to comprehensiveearly childhood education experiences that promote their social-emotional, creative expressive/aes-thetic, physical, cognitive, linguistic and cultural development. In New York City, children are eligible if they become 4 years old by December 31 of the school year in which they are enrolled in the program. UPK programs operate 21/2 hours per day for five days a week, 180 days per year.
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Nutrition Program
Child Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) supplies the center with nutritious food. The center offers breakfast, lunch and snack to all enrolled children.
2-Year & 3-Year Old Preschool Classes
Dawning Village offers Full day care for children age 2.0 to 4.0 in one of our two Preschool classrooms. The program is specifically designed to meet the needs of our children and we follows a developmentally appropriate curriculum which encourages children to learn through exploration and intergrates all the developmental areas.
The learning goals for the children are carried out systematically through the use of Teaching Strategies Gold. We follow both the Creative Curriculum and the Core Body Of Knowledge. The Core Body of Knowledge is organized in seven core competency areas: 1. Child Growth and Development; 2. Family and Community Relationships; 3. Observation and Assessment; 4. Environment and Curriculum; 5. Health, Safety, and Nutrition; 6. Professionalism andLeadership; and 7. Administration and Management. Within each competency area are core competencies.
Each classroom Is deivided into learning centers. They are equipped with computers. We have a large self-contained playground. During outdoor play we implement the Spark program which includes physical activities encouraging use of large and small muscles.
Hours of opperation
Universal Pre-kindergarten:
8:00 am- 2:20 pm
Dawning village Preschool
8:00 am-5:45pm
After Care(for children attending UPK and Preschool)
3:00pm-5:45pm