The Dragonfly Room!

The Dragonfly classroom consists of preschoolers aged 2 ½ - 3 ½  .  In this classroom the Read, Play, and Learn curriculum is implemented.  The class size for this group is 12 children with a ratio of 1:6.  The teaching team for this class is: Kirsten Holley and Leah Van Hoozer.

Dragonfly Room Added Values

Lead Teacher: Kirsten Holley, degree in Social Work from Florida State University. Been with High Hopes since January 2008.

Assistant Teacher: Leah Van Hoozer, degree in Social Work from Middle Tennessee State University. Been with High Hopes since August 2008.

DHS mandated ratio is 1:9
TN 3 Star ratio is 1:8
High Hopes teacher to student ratio is 1:6

Development screenings conducted twice a year, once in the beginning of the school year and once in the late Spring, to assess student progress and growth and allowing teachers to assess skill levels and target specific developmental deficits for each child. Daily communication sent home on each child regarding activities, behavior, sleep routines, etc.

Curriculum: Read, Play and Learn! encourages children to actively participate in a literacy-rich environment of playful activities that foster cognitive, language, social and motor development. It integrates all areas of development into a full spectrum of activities, all relating to one book, with accompanying modifications and adaptations to meet the needs of all children in the class. Read, Play and Learn! is a play-based curriculum that is designed not only to enhance emergent literacy skills but also to promote growth across all areas of development important to a young child.

Classroom utilizes a multi-sensory approach to learning, incorporating sensory activities daily.

In regards to discipline, first and foremost, a positive-praise theme is used, in order to foster good behavior within the classroom. Redirection is also used consistently in our classrooms. If behavior issues persist, the teachers work closely with the parents and our therapy staff to create an individualized behavior management/modification plan for the child.

Dragonfly Added Values