"Others have seen what is and why. I have seen what could be and say why not?" - Picasso

Curriculum Details: February 2012 | January 2012 | December 2011 | November | October | September

Our classes meet on Mondays and Wednesdays at Carmel Valley Recreation Center (CVRC) and Tuesdays and Thursdays at the North Clairemont Recreation Center (NCRC). Parents can participate in the classes or they can drop off children and run errands, take an exercise class, or just relax for a few hours!

The Tiny Tots classes are affiliated with the City of San Diego Parks and Recreation Department and offer a safe, affordable, and fun environment where children can draw, paint, sing, and play.

Our programs are specifically designed to help preschoolers (ages 3-5) get ready for "real" school. Miss Kim and the Hopscotch staff offer a well-rounded curriculum that includes art, music, movement, science, language arts, pre-math, and pre-reading. The Tiny Tots class provides a *fun* atmosphere for children to socialize with others both indoors and outdoors, learn how to stand in line, participate in circle time, and the list continues!

Registration is free and each session costs $20 (two hours at NCRC) or $30 (three hours at CVRC); session fee includes instruction, materials for learning activities, art projects, musical instruments, water, and healthy snacks.

Tiny Tots Activities...
With our intimate setting at City of San Diego Recreation Centers, children receive much one-on-one attention while creating their artwork and composing their musical masterpieces.

Meanwhile, outdoor playgrounds and fields coupled with the indoor gymnasium provide the perfect space for traditional children's games, floor exercises, introductory sports such as kickball, as well as simple yoga movements.

The same order of activities occurs each day, to give the children a sense of security and knowing what comes next. We begin our activities with free play; this encompasses self-directed play and learning centers that allow children to choose activities that help them adjust to the classroom.

Once everyone is settled into the Tiny Tots environment, we have a circle time with singing, games, and sharing. During this time, children experiment with percussion and stringed instruments as well as the piano. Music genres range from traditional children's songs, nursery rhymes, and classical music to jazz, bluegrass, folk, and the list continues.

Next, we have sequencing art time - using a range of art materials such as paints, chalks, clays, pastels, crayons, felt markers, and the like. Our projects include activities such as handmade musical instruments, puppets, windsocks, picture frames, and much more!

Our art time transitions into outdoor time (or gymnasium time), which includes exercises, games, and an array of movement activities. Some of our favorite games are balloon racing, circle soccer, exercise dice, parachute play, animal yoga stretches, freeze dancing, giant bubbles, water games (weather permitting), tisket tasket, and of course - hopscotch. :)

Once we are finished up with our outside/gymn activities, we return to our Tiny Tots room and have a snack of healthy foods (fruits, vegetables, crackers, and water). While eating our snack, we talk with the children about our artist and musician (or genre) of the month. We have a short story and then a creative art time where children can choose from varying mediums to create their works. A final circle time includes storytelling, puppetry, singing, and playing our instruments. Check out our February 2012 curriculum for more details!

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