Co-op Classes
At Morrow, the school is always buzzing with three co-operative classrooms running in the morning and three classrooms in the afternoon. Each class has a dedicated teacher and a parent serving as the class aide. In addition, optional enrichment classes are run during the lunch break in between.
A typical day at MMPS
8:30-9:30
Greeting, free play, creative work
9:30-10:00
Conversation, storytime or music
10:00-10:15
Snack
10:15-11:30
Active Play (outside) may include music, group games/storytime
2.5 year-old classes
(Birthday before 03/15/2022 for Sept. start; Birthday before 07/15/2022 for January Start)
8:30-11:30 AM, Tuesday and Friday, (2 classes)
This is the first school experience for many children. This class focuses on socialization, learning to trust other adults, experiencing routine and expanding their world outside family and their home. As the year progresses, children also build excitement for graduating on to the 3s.
Multi-Age A classes
(Birthday before 12/31/2021)
8:30-11:30 AM, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday (2 classes)
This class is often a first school experience for our 2.5-year-olds and provides our 3-year-olds the chance to experience being leaders in the classroom. This class continues to focus on socialization, learning to trust other adults, experiencing routine and expanding their world outside family and their home. Children begin to explore outside the school setting and visit the local community through walking trips to the dentist, pizzeria and even apple picking. Curriculum follows the seasons, as well as sections on colors, shapes and recognizing names. They also have yoga twice a month in the classroom. As the year progresses, most children transition out of parallel play and develop stronger social skills.
Multi-Age B AM only class
(Birthday before 03/31/2021)
8:30-11:30 AM, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
Children will explore the world outside the school setting and visit the local community through walking trips to the dentist, pizzeria, and even apple picking as well as longer field trips to a local farm, the planetarium, and Trailside Museum. Curriculum follows the seasons, as well as sections on colors, shapes and recognizing names. They also have yoga twice a month in the classroom. As the year progresses, most children transition out of parallel play and develop stronger social skills. The 4’s will experience being leaders in the classroom, while our 3’s benefit from the example of the older students. In the classroom, children will practice letters and language including the Handwriting Without Tears program. They will do counting, as well as learn their address and phone number.
Multi-Age B AM only + Tuesday afternoon class
(Birthday before 03/31/2021)
8:30-11:30 AM, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and 12:00-3:00p Tuesday
Children will explore the world outside the school setting and visit the local community through walking trips to the dentist, pizzeria, and even apple picking as well as longer field trips to a local farm, the planetarium, and Trailside Museum. Curriculum follows the seasons, as well as sections on colors, shapes and recognizing names. They also have yoga twice a month in the classroom. As the year progresses, most children transition out of parallel play and develop stronger social skills. The 4’s will experience being leaders in the classroom, while our 3’s benefit from the example of the older students. In the classroom, children will practice letters and language including the Handwriting Without Tears program. They will do counting, as well as learn their address and phone number.
Multi-Age B Full Day + Tuesday afternoon class
(Birthday before 03/31/2021)
8:30 AM-2:00 PM, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and 12:00-3:00p Tuesday
Children will explore the world outside the school setting and visit the local community through walking trips to the dentist, pizzeria, and even apple picking as well as longer field trips to a local farm, the planetarium, and Trailside Museum. Curriculum follows the seasons, as well as sections on colors, shapes and recognizing names. They also have yoga twice a month in the classroom. As the year progresses, most children transition out of parallel play and develop stronger social skills. The 4’s will experience being leaders in the classroom, while our 3’s benefit from the example of the older students. In the classroom, children will practice letters and language including the Handwriting Without Tears program. They will do counting, as well as learn their address and phone number.
Benefits of Mixed Age Classes:
Mixed age classes are becoming increasingly popular in preschools, due to the benefits they provide for our students. Older children become leaders in the classroom, which helps develop leadership skills and boosts self-confidence. Younger children benefit from the example set by the older students allowing them to grow and learn. Interacting with a wider range of students develops the social skills needed for kindergarten.
4-year-old class
(Birthday before 10/01/2020)
8:30-2:00 PM, Monday through Thursday
The 4s classroom combines a greater exploration of the world around us along with more traditional skills to prepare for Kindergarten. Field trips include a local farm, the planetarium, the Trailside Museum, as well as walking trips into Maplewood Village. In the classroom, children will practice letters and language including the Handwriting Without Tears program. They will do counting, the calendar, as well as learn their address and phone number.
Soar with Fours - Friday Enrichment
(Birthday before 10/01/2020)
8:30 AM-12:30 PM, Friday
This class offers a combination of math, science and dramatic arts/literacy building. Each session will be taught by our Morrow Preschool 4-year-old teachers with a different area of focus each week. There will be science experiments, hands on math activities and dramatic play. We will explore these areas in more depth than in a regular school day. This class can be added on for anyone in our 4’s Class or Multi-Age B class that meets the age requirement.
Enrichment classes
The 3s and 4s can participate in a variety of after or before school programs to complement our curriculum.
Movement, Songs, and Stories
Movement, Songs, and Stories is a once a week program provided for those who would like their children to share lunchtime with their peers in a safe, friendly surrounding. Children bring their own lunches and drinks to school and eat in the lunch room where they socialize with friends and listen to a story while they eat. Each session includes a period of supervised physical recreation in the outdoor playground or, in inclement weather, in the inside play space.
Exploring Through Art
A weekly art class preceded by lunch brought from home.
This program focuses on “process art,” which engages children in experimentation and develops a sense of wonder and play. Children are encouraged to value their own ideas, discover their capabilities and the joy of creating. Students will be introduced to a variety of art materials and processes, as well as develop a visual language.
Teaching artist Amiee Mower Lally is a current Morrow parent. She has been teaching art to children as well as adults for the past 15 years. She has taught and curated exhibitions for the Guggenheim Museum and the Queens Museum of Art.