All Things Bright and Beautiful

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Program Structure
All Things Bright and Beautiful is designed to provide for the spiritual, physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of the individual child. Recognizing the importance of play to young children, each age group spends an appropriate amount of time in supervised free play. Prayers, hymns, Christmas Carols and Bible stories are a natural part of the program. Gross motor play indoors or outdoors weather permitting, also occurs daily. All classes follow a routine.

Mommy And Me Classes (1.5 hr./week or 1 hr./week option)
Ages for children in this class are from 15 to 24 months. The philosophy of this class is to provide an opportunity for a child to have his/her mother’s undivided attention in a controlled environment and to socialize with other children. Children’s choices are encouraged.

Two Year Old Classes (one day a week or two days a week)
Children experience smooth transition times as they move from free play to clean up time, gather for circle time, hand washing, grace and a snack followed by large motor play, which may include time spent outdoors on the enclosed playground, weather permitting. During free play, children are encouraged to make choices about their activities. These choices include the book corner, open-ended art processes, a tactile experience (including play-dough, finger paint, media table), manipulative toys, block/transportation corner or the dramatic play center. Large motor opportunities include the parachute, balls, games, moving vehicles and beanbags. The circle time includes songs, finger plays, puppets and movement activities.

Three Year Old Classes (three or four day /week option)
The children begin with free play which includes open-ended art processes, tactile experiences (water, oatmeal, rice, beans, clean mud, goop, shaving cream), manipulative toys, a writing center, block/transportation center, and dramatic play center. Children participate in the clean-up process that is followed by circle time at the rug. This centering time allows for a story and or music with all the children participating as a group in finger plays, songs, stories and our “Angel of the Week”. We then help the children wash their hands and gather at the table for grace and snack. Conversation and prayers are invited at this time. Another story may be told at this time. Weather permitting; we play outside in the play yard or, in inclement weather, in the “Busy Room” or classroom with tunnels, balance beams, slides, games and movement.

Junior Kindergarten
The Junior Kindergarteners meet five days per week for 2.5 hours. We begin with outdoor play, providing time for socialization and large and small motor development in the enclosed play yard. We may walk around the outside of the church through the gardens or the snow to witness the changes in nature before entering the classroom. Once inside, we collect at the rug for songs, finger plays, music, stories, and community and sharing time. Daily helpers are recognized and the calendar, weather, 100’s chart and Alphabet show & tell are daily routines. After rug time, the children are offered numerous activities from which to choose during the free play time.

These will include the writing table, open-ended art processes, the book corner, manipulative toys, dramatic play, puppets, blocks, transportation, the church corner, the workbench and tactile experiences. Free time is followed by hand washing, help with snack preparation, grace, snack, conversation and a story. Once a week we will go to the church for a story time.

Registration Policies and Procedures
All Things Bright and Beautiful is a ministry of Church of the Holy Comforter. We strive for excellence in providing the highest quality preschool experience for the children. We are accredited by DCFS and a member of The Winnetka Alliance for Early Childhood. In complying with DCFS guidelines we are limited in the number of spaces we can provide in our school. Ideally, we want to accommodate each family’s needs; however the limitations necessitate our restricting the size and number of classes we can offer. Therefore, the following priorities have been established.

1. Currently enrolled students. Students in the two, three and four year old classes are the only applicants guaranteed placement.
2. Official members of the parish
3. Currently enrolled families of ATB&B which will include Mommy and Me students.
4. Previously enrolled ATB&B families.
5. The community at large.

In placing applicants in classes, consideration will also be given to age and gender balance. Our goal is to provide the most appropriate educational experience for each student.

All Things Bright and Beautiful registration requires a completed application for each child. A one time non-refundable application fee of $100 is required for each new student applicant. Applications are available in the parish office or on-line (click here) and may be mailed or dropped off at the parish office.

Every effort will be made to place each child in the first choice indicated and every effort made to honor each application. However, we cannot guarantee all applicants admission, nor that everyone will receive their first choice. The children in the Mommy and Me classes will be given consideration in the order of priority listed below and are not guaranteed a placement in a two year old class.

Registration for the upcoming school year takes place annually October 15-November 15 of the current school year. Placement contracts are mailed in December at which time you are given the option to accept or reject our offer. In order to secure the placement offered, one-half the tuition must be paid by January 15. If your deposit is not received by January 15, we shall assume you are not enrolling and the space will be released to another applicant. After January 15, families who accepted a placement other than their first choice may receive the option of moving to their first choice should it become available.

The remaining portion of the tuition is due March 1. All checks should be made payable to All Things Bright and Beautiful.

In the event a child is withdrawn from the program, notice must be given in writing. Refunds of tuition monies will be made on a pro-rated basis if and when his/her place in the program is filled.