Early Adventures - YMCA of South Hampton Roads

Early Adventures



	Early Adventures

Early Adventures

P.O. Box 2686
Chesapeake, Virginia 23327

Phone: (757) 549-9757
Fax: (757) 549-9757

Hours of Operation

Monday - Friday

"A" Schools
"B" Schools

7:30 am - 3:30 pm
8 am - 4 pm

Early Adventures is a collaborative program offered by the Chesapeake Public Schools System and the YMCA of South Hampton Roads. The program is a free program funded by the Virginia Preschool Initiative Act for the purpose of serving those children who are continuously exposed to high-risk factors and situations that are likely to have an adverse impact on their social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development. Kindergarten readiness is the thrust. Early Adventures follows the Chesapeake Public Schools' "A" and "B" school schedule.

Program Goals

Early Discoveries' primary goal is to get the child "ready to learn." We accomplish this through a safe developmentally-appropriate learning environment that will allow the child to grow physically, socially, emotionally and intellectually. Our goals are:

To enable children to experience intellectual growth and educational stimulation
To help children become emotionally secure
To help children become socially well adjusted
To enable each child to acquire physical well-being
To enable each child to develop and express their individuality through creativity

Curriculum

The Early Adventures program provides a developmentally appropriate, hands-on, learning environment for children through the use of Creative Curriculum. This curriculum is implemented through the use of interest centers such as:

Blocks
Dramatic play
Manipulatives
Art
Sand & water

Language & listening
Music
Cooking
Computers
Outside play

All materials within interest centers are multicultural and free of gender bias. Bulletin boards, dress-up clothes, puzzles, books, and music expose the children to the richness of the cultural diversity within the city.

Parent communication includes home visits by the teachers, staff, family involvement specialists, oral and written communication, progress reports and parent-teacher conferences.

If you have any questions, please call the Early Adventures site near you:

Site Locations	A or B School	Site Family Involvement Specialist	Office Phone	Office Fax	F.I.S. Pager
B. M. Williams	A	Kathryn Stringer	382-0664	382-7893	616-2773
Camelot	B	Lindsay Baer	558-0245	558-0695	616-1089
Carver	B	Jamie Catlin	545-0639	545-0738	616-1046
Southwestern	A	Valentina Lawrence	405-0171	405-6210	677-2005