Program Overview

The Hanna Fenichel Center Center offers a 3 Day program for children 3-4 years of age with classes of up to 13 children with 2 educators. This program is designed for children to begin exploring projects and investigations that are based on their curiosities about the world around them. Discovering and experimenting is viewed as learning and is essential to development. The classrooms provide open-ended possibilities. This emergent curriculum supplies experiential opportunities for making observations, asking questions, and testing hypotheses. In this way, children can develop the skills essential for future learning by way of discovering the many ways these skills can be implemented in different environments.

Goals for the 3 Day Program are as follows:

Social Growth:

• To gain respect for the rights and feelings of others

• To foster cooperative play situations

• To develop and expand conflict-resolution skills

Emotional Growth:

• To encourage independent thought and understanding of feelings and behaviors

• To support the expression of emotions

• To gain consideration for others

• To provide support in the process of separation

Cognitive Growth:

• To facilitate the development of each child’s ability to think logically

• To use words and ideas clearly and to apply knowledge

• To provide an environment rich in opportunities as an avenue to practice skills necessary for future success

• To ask questions and follow lines of inquiry

Physical Growth:

• To facilitate the development of small and large motor skills

• To achieve these goals, the program offers a welcome meeting, indoor and outdoor exploration, community snack, small group and large group investigations, and a goodbye gathering.

  
  

Schedule & Tuition

The 3 Day Program schedule & tuition for the 2025-26 school year is as follows:

Mondays & Wednesdays: 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Fridays: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Extended Wednesday Option: 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Annual Tuition for the 3 Day Program is $9,790 (Extended Wednesday Option: $11,140) based on an annual payment. An Enrollment Deposit of $1000 is due at time of enrollment.

Apply Today

Apply to the Hanna Fenichel Center today by completing an application form here. There is a one-time $75 application fee to put your child on the waitlist. Once the form is submitted, we will contact you to schedule a tour.