Artful Steps Early Learning
PROGRAMS
Our Programs
3/4’s PROGRAM
Our 3/4’s class introduces children to a joyful, engaging preschool experience through weekly themes that connect learning across the classroom. Students explore concepts through stories, songs, finger plays, art, counting activities, simple experiments, and sensory-based learning stations.
Instruction is a balance of teacher-guided activities, peer collaboration, and self-directed exploration, allowing children to build independence while learning to share, listen, and participate as part of a group. Time for imaginative play and quiet reflection is intentionally built into each morning, supporting social-emotional growth alongside academic readiness.
PreK 4/5’s PROGRAM
Our PreK class builds upon earlier experiences with deeper exploration and more complex thinking. Students continue working within weekly themes while developing stronger pre-reading, pre-writing, and early math skills through interactive, hands-on instruction.
Large group time supports language development, listening skills, and confidence as students share ideas and engage in thoughtful discussion. Math concepts focus on number sense, patterning, quantities, matching, and visual discrimination using songs, movement, and kinesthetic learning. These skills naturally carry over into studio time, especially during theatre and movement-based classes.
ARTS ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
Arts enrichment is at the heart of Artful Steps Early Learning. Through music, dance, theatre, and yoga, children learn to express themselves, strengthen their bodies and minds, and experience learning in a deeply engaging way.
Music (3/4’s & PreK)
Research shows strong connections between music education and language development, spatial awareness, memory, and cognitive growth. Through listening, singing, movement, and hands-on instrument exploration, children build foundational musical skills while making joyful noise. Students gain exposure to rhythm, pitch, tempo, basic notation, and ensemble participation, all while having fun and building confidence.
Dance (3/4’s & PreK)
A healthy brain starts with a moving body. Dance supports physical development, coordination, balance, memory, and focus. Children explore how their bodies move through space, respond to different tempos and rhythms, and work both independently and as part of a group. Dance encourages creativity, body awareness, and respect for personal space while helping children recognize the unique contributions they bring to a shared experience.
Yoga (3/4’s & PreK)
Our yoga program is inspired by our weekly theme, where stories come to life through movement. Children follow along as a narrative unfolds, practicing yoga poses that support strength, flexibility, balance, and mindfulness. Yoga helps students develop body awareness, emotional regulation, focus, and calm, all while engaging their imagination and sense of play.
Theatre (PreK)
Theatre invites children into storytelling through character, movement, expression, and imagination. Students develop confidence, empathy, communication skills, focus, and memory as they participate in theatre games, learn simple lines, and explore basic theatrical vocabulary. Through costumes, props, and collaborative play, children discover multiple ways to express themselves and contribute to the creative process.
SUPPORTIVE CURRICULUM
Our classroom curriculum is thoughtfully designed to support learning across developmental domains while remaining playful and engaging.
- Weekly themes guide our classroom activities as well as our music, dance, art, theatre, and yoga experiences.
- Through programs such as Pocket of Preschool’s Little Learners Science, Play to Learn Preschool’s Circle Time, The Daily Alphabet, and Learning Without Tears’ Get Set for School, students receive fun, hands-on lessons in language arts, mathematics, and science.
- Family Nights invite families into our studio spaces to participate in themed activities such as pumpkin decorating, holiday ornament making, creative building challenges, and collaborative art projects. All members of the family are invited to build a real sense of community within our Artful Steps families.
- Field Trips extend learning beyond the classroom with experiences like the pumpkin patch, hikes in Redmond Ridge Watershed, visits to the fire station, and other community adventures. Again, all members of the family are invited and encouraged to participate.
MULTIPLE INTELIGENCES
Our classroom and studio environments are designed to support the Theory of Multiple Intelligences, developed by Dr. Howard Gardner. We recognize that children learn in different ways and bring unique strengths to the learning process.
By incorporating music, movement, visual arts, storytelling, and hands-on exploration, we provide multiple pathways for children to engage with new concepts. This approach honors individual learning styles and helps every child access learning in meaningful, developmentally appropriate ways - supporting both confidence and long-term success.
