About
Us
The
Ardsley Community Nursery School has been serving families from the local area
for 50 years with a fun-loving environment run by caring staff and a strong
enrichment program consisting of music, dance and movement, nature and Spanish.
We are a certified day care center that maintains
the outstanding quality of a nursery school from 9 AM until 12, and additionally
offers a variety of afternoon sessions until 6 PM. Early drop off is available
for working parents. Programs are offered from ages 2 through 5 years old. A 3
week pre-camp program runs in June, and a summer camp program runs from the end
of June through the first week in August.
Children
learn through carefully planned play experiences that include songs; arts and
crafts; language, phonemic awareness and literacy; science and exploration;
computers; multicultural humanities; and independence and social skills. The
school curriculum centers around integrated activities based on weekly themes
that reflect the interest of our students, such as Dinosaurs, Outer Space, The
Wild West, Circus, Animals, the Ocean, and Farms. Fun days include our Halloween
and Spring carnivals, Valentine's Day brunch for parents, Thanksgiving feast and
Holiday puppet show. We also have the ability to include children with special
needs.
The
school has a beautiful, shady playground with sandboxes, swings, climbing
equipment, playhouses and mobile toys. Field trips are taken to the nearby
police and fire stations, the library and the Greenburgh Nature Center. Children
experience science and nature daily through taking care of plants and classroom
pets, and hatching butterflies and chicks every Spring. Our goal is for every
child to feel good about themselves, make friends and love school.