Manhattan Nursery School

8:00 AM	Greeting
9:00 AM	Breakfast
9:30 AM	Morning Meeting/Circle Time
10:00 AM	Small Group Activities & Center Time (Indoor Playground)
11:30 AM	Lunch
12:00 PM	Nap Time
2:00 PM	Wake-Up
2:30 PM	Snack
3:00 PM	Afternoon Meeting and Circle Time
3:30 PM	Small Group Activities & Center Time (Indoor Playground)
5:00 PM	Snack
5:30 PM	Table Top Choices
6:00 PM	Free Play and Clean-Up
7:00 PM	Good Night !!

New York City Universal Pre-kindergarten Program is a grant program from New York City for 4 year-old children to provide them a great opportunity to take highly qualified pre-kindergarten programs that can prepare them for future school success by developing strong fundamental skills in early literacy. Throughout the academic year, children become knowledgeable, understanding of what were taught and demonstrated high level of development cognitively, emotionally, socially and physically. All 4 year-old children are eligible to take an advantage of UPK program. Funded by New York City, the UPK program is tuition free. There are two sessions of the UPK program that parents can choose; morning session starts from 9 AM to 11:30 AM, and afternoon session starts from 1 PM to 3:30 PM. The UPK program runs from Monday to Friday, September to June.

Manhattan Nursery School also accepts public assistance, ACS (The NYC administration for children’s services) vouchers. Parents who are eligible to receive public assistance need to contact ACS office individually.

(All food is served with milk)

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
breakfast	1 sliced apples special K cereal	2 sliced peaches waffles	3 grapes wheat bread with butter	4 sliced cantaloupes English muffin	5 sliced pears Bran cereal
Snacks	1) fresh fruit cup 2) Ritz crackers	1) sliced cantaloupes 2) wheat thin crackers	1) sliced apples 2) goldfish crackers	1) bananas 2) club crackers	1) sliced cantaloupes 2) Oreo cookies
breakfast	8 grapes wheat bread with butter	9 sliced pears cheerios cereal	10 bananas waffles	11 sliced peaches English muffin	12 sliced oranges waffles
Snacks	1) fresh fruit cup 2) Ritz crackers	1) sliced honeydews 2) pretzels	1) sliced cantaloupes 2) club crackers	1) grapes 2) wheat thin crackers	1) sliced apples 2) Goldfish crackers
breakfast	15 sliced apples special K cereal	16 sliced peaches waffles	17 grapes wheat bread with butter	18 sliced cantaloupes English muffin	19 sliced pears Bran cereal
Snacks	1) fresh fruit cup 2) Ritz crackers	1) sliced cantaloupes 2) wheat thin crackers	1) sliced apples 2) Goldfish crackers	1) bananas 2) club crackers	1) sliced cantaloupes 2) Oreo cookies
breakfast	22 grapes wheat bread with butter	23 sliced pears cheerios cereal	24 bananas waffles	25 sliced peaches English muffins	26 sliced oranges waffles
Snacks	1) fresh fruit cup 2) Ritz crackers	1) sliced honeydews 2) pretzels	1) sliced cantaloupes 2) club crackers	1) grapes 2) wheat thin crackers	1) sliced apples 2) goldfish crackers

September	October	November	December
Labor day (school closed) First day of UPK *Apple picking to Masker Orchards	Columbus Day (school closed) Trick-or-Treating Halloween Party	Veteran’s Day (school closed) Thanksgiving lunch for parents *Thanksgiving Day (school closed)	Parent-teacher conferences I (report cards given) Christmas Eve Early closing at 5:00 *Christmas holiday (school closed)
January (2008)	February	March	April
New Year’s Day (school closed) Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (school closed)	President’s day (school closed) Date to be announced Field trip to Sesame Street Show	*Easter Good Friday (school closed)	Date to be announced *Field trip to Circus
May	June	July	August
Parent-teacher conferences II Mother's day observed *Memorial day (school closed)	Father’s day observed The third week of June Summer vacation *UPK graduation	July 4th Independence day (school closed) going out to water park	* continue to go out to water park

* exact dates to be announced beginning of the year

Music
Music is one way for young children to connect themselves with others. Children are encouraged to participate in movements, recalling melodies and rhythm. By doing these, children develop strong sense of self-esteem and improve language skills and cognitive ability. Music helps children develop emotionally and express their feelings through music. Also, children interact with others in a positive way by listening to music and playing instruments.

Dance
Children learn to identify and perform a sequence of movement using eye-hand coordination along with movement of various parts of the body simultaneously. Children demonstrate accuracy in moving to a musical beat and maintain their body with it. While performing, children are encouraged in flexible exercises and develop sensory motor skills.

Gymnastics
Children are encouraged to have basic movement techniques such as rolls, cartwheels, headstands and be able to balance on the balancing beam. By performing a sequence of movement of walking, jumping, hopping or tumbling, children develop their gross and sensory motor skills and demonstrate a sense of proper body alignment and an ability to balance themselves.

Tennis
Children learn basic skills of tennis such as gripping of a racquet, foot work, and bumping the ball in a predetermined direction using eye-hand coordination. Children practice forehand rally using proper form of technique. Throughout these activities, children are able to coordinate a racquet and a ball, learn to use their muscles and develop motor skills.