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Flexibility
Parent's can choose 1 - 5 days a week for care. We provide flexible class start and end times as well as half-day classes. Extended hours are available upon request.
Affordability
The daily rate is no different if you choose 1 day a week or 5 days. Big centers charge more if you are part-time. We can save you hundreds of dollars in a month. Affordable childcare and early preschool services in Aloha, Hillsboro and Beaverton are not a myth!
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Half Days
AM CLASS:
- 4 hours Regularly $18
(8am to Noon)
- 5 hours Regularly $22
(7:30am - 12:30pm)
PM CLASS:
- 4 hours Regularly $18
(1pm - 5pm)
- 5 hours Regularly $22
(12:30pm - 5:30pm)
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Full Time
- 8 hours Regularly $30
- 9 hours Regularly $34
- 10 hours Regularly $38
Chat live with the director or call 503-720-9319 for more info.
Drop In
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Exciting Days Filled with Education
Our fall preschool program offers your child a wonderful array of activities to physically engage cognitive and foster development.
- Potty training available
- Structured, fun classroom routines
- State certified curriculum
- Music, dancing, creative movement
- Drama areas
- Art in many mediums
- Learning centers
- Water, sand and sensory activities
- Large yard with play structures, bikes, and other equipment
- Computer time (max 15 min educational)
- Daily sing-along songs and circle activities
- Individual progress and development tracked
- Field trips
Focus on the Basics
Circle Time and Story Time are vital to early preschool children. Everything they hear, touch, see, and taste provides them the building blocks they will need for the future. Since toddlers only have a short attention span, these group listening times teach them patience and respect. Children listen to an average of 2 stories a day and have time to "read books" on their own during transitions.
Frequent Conversations with help children to develop their language skills and broaden their vocabulary and understanding of the world. Teachers at Bright Start read to, sing with, talk with, and listen to each child individually and in group activities every day. Our small classes ensure that each child gets plenty of one-on-one and group time and that their individual learning needs are met.
Loving, Patient Teachers are the key to our huge success. They help with potty training, behavior problems, educational development questions and more. We love what we do and it shows!
Counting and Number are taught in everything we do - songs, circle activities, and in one-on-one math building time.
Music is an important bridge in education for children. It provides a lasting connection to a unit and the concepts we learn. We use morning songs at circle with words and pictures to connect the theme to a child's experience. Active or movement music stimulates important brain development and is a please to be involved in.
Physical activity is key to a child's ability to focus and learn. Our day is planned so children have several opportunities to be active and move large muscle groups throughout the day. Their ability to focus is greatly increased and their overall mood is greatly enhanced by the endorphins that "chase" games create.
Daily Routines
Early Preschool
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8:00 |
Free Choice / Guided Basic Centers |
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8:10 |
Cleanup |
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8:30 |
Recess |
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9:00 |
Morning Job (Coloring Names) |
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9:45 |
Circle Time |
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10:00 |
Snack / Cleanup and read a book |
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10:45 |
Activity and Lesson |
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11:00 |
Cleanup / Recess |
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12:00 |
Centers |
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12:15 |
Cleanup / Make Beds |
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12:30 |
Washing Hands and Getting Read for Lunch |
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1:00 |
Lunch |
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1:30 |
Bathroom, brush teeth, |
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2:30 |
Nap Time or rest with book |
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3:00 |
Quiet Table Activities to not disturb sleepers much |
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3:30 |
Recess |
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3:45 |
Snack |
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5:00 |
Centers |
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5:15 |
Clean up and pack items |
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5:30 |
Games, dance, drama or other "easy to leave" activities |
Our Teachers
All our teachers are required by the state to have current:
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Adult and Infant First Aid / CPR cards
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Food Handlers Cards
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Abuse and Neglect raining
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Yearly educational development classes for the ages they teach.
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North Preschool Head Teacher and Director
Tessa Gripp |
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North Early Preschool Teacher
Tiffany Boicourt |
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South Preschool Teacher and Director
Gwen Ashford |
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South Early Preschool Teacher
Stacy Coplin |
Our Curriculum
Check out the curriculum topics we will cover this year!
We use an age-appropriate, professionally designed early learning program that is state approved. We adjust as needed to challenge our overachievers and to build school readiness skills. The curriculum offers theme oriented weeks throughout the school year that get children excited about learning and exploring.
Each week of fun includes arts and crafts, cooking, sports and fitness, drama, water and sand activities, sign-a-longs, story times, and learning centers. There will be weekly special events, mini-books, educational worksheets, story books, and projects that go along with each theme.
New to Care
Every parent is apprehensive about bringing letting their child go to school or child care for the first time.
Rest assured that we are very good at we do. We can truly make the first day as painless as possible for both parent and child. If you fear that you or your child will experience seperation anxiety, let the director know. We have writen lots of articles on how to prep yourself and your child for the big day. There are also support groups and counselors at http://www.mammasource.com/ that have helped us the past.
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Bright Start Preschool Tigard Bright Start Preschool Aloha
11760 SW Gaarde Street 6405 SW 209th Ave.
Tigard, OR 97224 Aloha, OR 97007
Phone: 503-591-0430 Phone: 503-649-4305
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