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Our unique curriculum

Little Butterflies is owned by a local, POC woman who is also an Occupational Therapist. The curriculum is unique, designed in collaboration with our educator who has over two decades of experience teaching. Our curriculum is play-based; it includes age appropriate concepts and themes and unstructured free play. Our classes are divided based on age of the child and run in a sensory-based indoor play area, complete with swings, a climbing structure with slide, sensory manipulatives and a quiet calming room.

Program description

Little Butterflies is a preschool program operated by Swings and Wings that prepares children aged 2.5 through 5 for kindergarten skills, using a combination of academics and multi-sensory play that is purposeful. Our program is developmentally appropriate and play-based. Activities include: drawing, handwriting, letter identification, number identification, counting, basic addition with pictures, sight word practice, patterns, rhyming, artwork, crafts, books, puzzles, playdough, play kitchen, Lego table, train table, swings, climbing/sliding structure, sensory/quiet room.

A day in our life*

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Monday

  • Circle time - Singing

  • Letter ‘C’ sharing

  • Reading

  • C is for……

  • Math - Leaf sorting and graphing

  • Sensory - Rice Tray Tracing

  • Project - Handprint name

  • Project - Leaf rubbing

  • Large Motor - ‘C’ obstacle course

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Wednesday

  • Circle time - Singing

  • Letter ‘C’ sharing

  • Reading

  • C is for……

  • Math - Chicka chicka counting

  • Sensory - Chicka letter bins

  • Project - Watercolor C

  • Project - Leaf rubbing

  • Large Motor - Circus!

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Friday

  • Circle time - Singing

  • Letter ‘C’ Sharing

  • Reading

  • Letters in your name

  • Math - Shape Trees

  • Sensory - Salt Tray

  • Project - Broccoli stamped fall tree

  • Project - Show and tell

  • Large Motor - Swings

*Sample schedule

Session term

Beginning August 2023, Little Butterflies now operates a year-round preschool program, aligned generally with the AUSD calendar.

  • The 2023 – 2024 school year is weekdays from August 14th, 2023, through July 26th, 2024.

  • The 2024 – 2025 school year is weekdays from August 12th, 2024, through July 25th, 2025.

Enrollment ages

  • In order to attend preschool, children must be potty-trained and at least 2.5 years old by December 1st of the enrollment year. We accept children with pull ups with an additional potty training charge of $50 per month

Class schedules and monthly tuition*

  • Full-day program (open 7:30am until 5:30pm):

    • 5 days per week (Mondays thru Fridays): $1850/month.

    • 2 days per week (Tuesdays and Thursdays): $1040/month.

    • 3 days per week (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays): $1410/month.

  • Half-day program (9:00am to 1:00pm, availability is limited):

    • 5 days per week (Mondays thru Fridays): $1225/month.

    • 2 days per week (Tuesdays and Thursdays): $625/month.

    • 3 days per week (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays): $875/month.

*Additional $1/minute charge for pickups beyond 10 minutes after the end of class.

Food and Snacks

Please pack water (or other beverage of your choice), snacks and lunch for your children to bring from home. If your child requests an additional snack, we will provide a pre-packaged snack. We are a nut-free facility, so please let us know if your child has any other food allergies. Water bottles will be refilled as needed.

Scheduled closures

Little Butterflies will be closed every year on the following days (tuition rates will remain the same regardless of holidays and scheduled breaks):

Public Holidays

  • New Years’ Day

  • Martin Luther King Jr Day

  • Presidents’ Day

  • Memorial Day

  • Independence Day

  • Labor Day

  • Veterans’ Day

Scheduled Breaks

  • The week of Presidents Day (February)

  • Spring Break (per the AUSD calendar)

  • Last two weeks of summer vacation (per the AUSD calendar)

  • The week of Thanksgiving

  • Christmas Eve through New Years’ Day