Classes

he Storybook Center  provides educational services  for children birth to 5  and their families.  The motto of The Storybook Center is      “. . . where happy endings are just the beginning. . .”

The Center stands behind this motto by offering various classes and groups with the focus on creatively shaping early literacy and language skills through a strong children’s literature-based curriculum and the social power of child peer models. Sign up now!

Classes are offered for children from one year to five years of age. The Storybook Center is unique in that we have an adaptable curriculum that allows us to teach to each child. Each child over the age of one year is given  an initial assessment from which a developmental profile is determined,  goals and objectives are created, and a Family Education Plan is developed.  If a child already has particular goals from another source or therapist, The Storybook Center incorporates those goals with its own. Each child's specific developmental learning goals are implemented into our daily, literacy-based center activities of story/circle time, peer play, pretend play, reading, brain dancing, music, art, cooking and snack time, sensory exploration, yoga, early science, and discovery time.   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 and to enjoy exciting stories all within our warm and nurturing environment.

Most classes for children pair speech with sign language.  The instructors both talk and sign at the same time.  Children are not required to sign back.  It is not the method of communication but the communication itself that we work to strengthen.

Classes vary in length from 90 minutes, 2 1/2 hours, or 3 1/2 hours a day (depending on age level) and from 1 to 5 days a week.

Most classes participate in our popular "Growing a Reader" take-home literacy program.  Sign up now!

Learn with your babies, too! Classes for children under one year old and their families are offered at various times throughout the year.  During  weekly group meetings, parents learn how to effectively communicate with their baby through developmentally appropriate experiences in play, music, and simple activities.  Parents are taught basic sign language and activities to do at home to encourage communication with their baby.  Each baby group allows time for families to share their experiences and ask questions.  Sign up now!