Celebrating Over 60 Years of Early Educational Excellence
Celebrating Over 60 Years of Early Educational Excellence
For most of our Juniors, Thunderbird is one of their first group experiences without a parent to guide them. Therefore, your child’s social and emotional growth is the primary goal of our Junior program. Children begin to master self-help skills and learn to cooperate in a group. At the same time, they are exposed to a curriculum and hands-on activities that include literacy, math, science, art, and music.
Junior classes are offered with two and three half-day options: Mornings 8:30-11:15 or Afternoons 12:30-3:15.
The Senior program provides children with continued opportunities to grow socially, while helping them prepare for kindergarten. This includes a greater emphasis on fine motor skills (writing and cutting), letter sounds, math concepts, literacy, science, art, music and more. As with all of our classes, our teachers work to make the learning process fun and interactive for your child.
Senior classes are offered with two and three half-day options: Mornings 8:30-11:15 or Afternoons 12:30-3:15.
The Super 5’s program is designed for the 4 or 5 year old who is ready for more experiences both socially and academically. It offers your child a balance of creative learning experiences and a kindergarten readiness program that is designed to stimulate and challenge your preschooler in literacy, math and science, as well as an introduction to Spanish.
The Super 5 class meets 5 afternoons a week: 12:30-3:15.
All of our programs place an emphasis on hands-on learning, which allows children to explore their learning environment on their own terms. During creative learning time your child can:
Our teachers are dedicated to nurturing your child and helping them develop a lifelong love of learning. Our creative learning time will help them gain experience in:
Group time is our chance to have all members of the class come together to:
Here the children have an opportunity to stretch and challenge their growing muscles and bodies: climbing, swinging, running, and jumping. On days we can’t go outside, large motor activities are planned for inside.
Snack time at Thunderbird is a time for social learning, conversation, and exposure to healthy eating habits.
Juniors, Seniors, Super 5’s: 8:30 to 11:15 AM or 12:30 to 3:15 PM
Super Tots: 9:00 to 11:15 AM
Our teachers have designed our curriculum to encourage your child’s natural curiosity about the world around them. We explore a range of subjects in each of our classes. This includes learning activities in Language, Social Studies, Science, Math, Art, Music and Movement.