The Little Bears

       for children 12 to 24 months of age

he Little Bears classes focus on developing peer recognition, peer language modeling, early literacy skills, and vocabulary building.    For a general description of our classes click here.

Each child over the age of one year who is enrolled for the school year at The Storybook Center is given an initial assessment from which a developmental profile is determined,  goals and objectives are created, and a Family Education Plan is developed.  Each child's goals are implemented into our weekly, literacy-based schedule of story/circle time, peer play, pretend play, reading, brain dancing, music, art, cooking and lunch time, sensory exploration, yoga, early science and math, and discovery time.  If a child already has particular goals from another source or therapist, The Storybook Center incorporates those goals with its own goals.        Sign up now!

Peer interaction is at the center of the learning environment.  Each child has the opportunity to explore and grow with his peers. The Storybook Center is unique in that we have an adaptable curriculum that allows us to teach to each child, within the support network of his peers and his peers' modeling.   

Children in the Little Bears participate in our Storybook take-home reading program, Growing a Reader.  For more information visit our Services menu or click here.

In order to maintain a high level of individual and small group educational opportunities for each child, enrollment is limited for our classes.

Please note: No Little Bears classes are being offered for the remainder of the 2009 - 2010 school year; however, we are considering offering them in August/September for the 2010 - 2011 school year. If you are interested in learning more and/or would like to be added to our Little Bears waiting list, please call.