preschool

2020-2021 RI State Pre-K Lottery is Open at Dr. Day Care

2020-2021 RI State Pre-K Lottery is Open at Dr. Day Care

June 8, 2020

RI Pre-K is accepting applications from families with four-year old children living in one of 16 eligible communities: Central Falls, Coventry, Cranston, East Providence, Johnston, Middletown, Newport, North Kingstown, North Providence, Pawtucket, Providence, Warren, Warwick, Westerly, West Warwick, and Woonsocket. To be eligible to attend, children must be 4 years old by September 1, 2020 […]

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Learning about Cranberries!

Learning about Cranberries!

November 21, 2016

DDC Smithfield’s Preschool One learned all about cranberries! We measured them, watched how farmers harvest them in bogs, guessed if they could sink or float and even tasted them! When we were done we graphed our information together.

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Worms, worms, worms!

Worms, worms, worms!

April 22, 2016

Many parents garden with their children, it is a great learning opportunity!  Children can learn about the weather, nature, measuring, tracking, and so much more.  But have you ever tried having a WORM farm with your children? I think most parents know that kids typically love insects, dirt, and mud.  Lots of children (especially at the […]

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Teaching Math Concepts through Graphing

January 28, 2016

Today we counted how many letters are in our first names. We then made a graph to show our results! How many letters are in your name?

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