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Berkshire Early Childhood Center

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“Start strong at Berkshire — where preschool is the first step in your child’s K–12 learning journey.”

BECC teacher with student on carpet

The program is open to preschool students, ages 3-5, who are fully and independently potty-trained.  Berkshire offers both Traditional and Special Education Preschool programming.  We are a curriculum-based preschool that teaches through play-based learning, structured to each student's needs and to get our older students prepared for Kindergarten. Read below to learn more about each program.

The program runs from 8:00 am to 3:10 pm Monday through Friday in conjunction with the Berkshire School calendar.  We always suggest that students come five (5) days a week to ensure they do not miss out on any of the teaching that is going on, but we do understand that does not always work with family's schedules.  We are offering a Monday, Wednesday, Friday (M/W/F) or Tuesday, Thursday (T/Th) set schedule as needed for families.

Each classroom has a lead teacher and one to two educational aides to assist with the students and their learning.  Classrooms all have their own bathroom as well, with additional bathrooms available in the main hallway if needed.  The first several weeks of school, our teachers focus on teaching students the classroom expectations, along with the Zones of Regulation, which teaches our students that it is good to have different emotions and how to handle and express those emotions in a safe and healthy way.

BECC teacher with students at a table


Teaching comes in many forms throughout the day: learning is tailored to each student's needs and abilities.  

  1. Circle time each morning where students greet each other, work on the months, days of the week, alphabet and weather.
  2. Center-based learning, where teachers focus on the Curriculum unity the are currently working on.  Students will divide up into small groups and either do table top work, building, imagination learning, dramatic play, kitchen, or library just to name a few areas.
  3. Movement and Motion - lets our students either get outside and play, take a walk, or some sort of movement in the classroom when the weather does not permit to get outside.
  4. The teachers also like to do arts, crafts, and fun experiments with our students.
  5. Community Partners:  this year, we are lucky to have 3 different community partners visit our class throughout the week:
  • Burton Library
  • Dina School
  • Fairmont Adaptive Learning

 

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BECC Students Learn Through Playing!

BECC Staff sitting for a photo after training
Lego play station
students Working on ABC's
BECC Staff on Halloween
student cutting out tools
tools boxes students made
students building
students showing off what they built
students play with tool boxes
cars the Explorers Class made with toilet paper rolls and tops off apple sauce. 
two students building a toy car
Bears and Owls the Cubs class made
children outside learning about trees
student putting letters on the tree
learning about trees
letter matching
key and lock letter matching