The Acton Children's School, Acton, MA, USA

Providing Toddler, Pre-school, before & after kindergarten and extended day programs for 1st & 2nd grade children. Open 7:30 a.m. to 6pm. www.actonchildrensschool.org/

The Acton Children's School provides a child-centered environment carefully designed by devoted and experienced teachers to facilitate the development of new skills. Children may explore and discover via hands-on, concrete and developmentally appropriate experiences. An environment that offers both teacher facilitated and child initiated activities provides for a balanced curriculum. Caring teachers respond to the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical needs of the individual child, while also meeting the needs of the group as a whole. Opportunities are provided for children to use their capabilities to the fullest and to facilitate their transition to more advanced thinking and acting. Portions of the day are spent in age integrated activities.

The Acton Children's School provides Toddler, Pre-school, before and after kindergarten and extended day programs for first and second grade children. The school is open daily from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. from September through the third week of June. An optional summer program is available during the last week of June, July, and the first two weeks of August. Activities are selected by children from a variety of learning areas developed and prepared by teachers, including dramatic play, blocks, science, math, games, puzzles, books, art, cooking, woodworking, music, and outdoor play. Favorable child-teacher ratios make it possible to provide many opportunities for children to develop social skills such as cooperating, helping, negotiating, and communicating to resolve conflicts. Flexible part-time and full-time schedules are available.