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Purposefully designed for every milestone
Our program is cumulative. Each year builds on each other to establish foundational character traits adding more complexity and adapting curricula to developmental milestones. We structure classrooms into five progressive age groups: Infant, Younger Toddler, Older Toddler, Preschool, and Jr. Kindergarten.
Infant
Love & Bonding
Our infant program welcomes students 8 weeks to 15 months. During our students' first year, we mimic the intimate relationships parents have with their children. Like parents, we constantly interact with our babies doing the same serve-and-return patterns that parents do. Our babies get lots of hugs, holding, positive reinforcement, babbling, and interaction on their level.
Typical Day:
8:00 AM: Welcome Students
AM:
- Breakfast
- Siesta I & quiet time
- Learning experience I
- Bottles & diaper check
- Outdoor I & gross motor time
PM:
- Lunch & diaper check
- Siesta II & quiet time
- Afternoon snack & diapers
3:00 PM: School day departures
EXTENDED DAY:
- Learning experience II & enrichment
- Story time
- Outdoor play II
5:30 PM: Extended day departures
Younger Toddler
New bodies & first forms of independence
As students turn two years old, we adapt our curricula to emphasize physical growth and first forms of independence. Our teachers foster opportunities for toddlers to pull themselves up, stand, walk, and explore their newly forming mobility. We encourage safe risk-taking all with the same warm and loving relationships from our infant program.
Typical Day:
8:00 AM: Welcome Students
AM:
- Breakfast
- Free play
- Outdoor play I & walk
- Learning Experience
- Story time
PM:
- Lunch
- Siesta & quiet time
- Afternoon snack
3:00 PM: School day departures
EXTENDED DAY:
- Learning experience II & enrichment
- Story time
- Outdoor play II
5:30 PM: Extended day departures
Older Toddler
Autonomy & self-discovery
As students turn three years old, students have large leaps in physical progress and we introduce social emotional learning to our curricula. We continue encouraging healthy independence and autonomy through taking healthy risks and practicing self-reliance. Educators add in social emotional learning, helping students identify their feelings and emotions of others. In our older toddler classrooms, we build foundations for lasting relationships.
Typical Day:
8:00 AM: Welcome Students
AM:
- Breakfast
- Movement (yoga/dance)
- Learning experience I
- Wonder walk
- Outdoor play I & gross motor time
PM:
- Lunch
- Siesta I & quiet time
- Afternoon snack
3:00 PM: School day departures
EXTENDED DAY:
- Learning experience II & enrichment
- Story time
- Outdoor play II
5:30 PM: Extended day departures
Preschool
Love for learning, lifelong friendships
Our curricula is cumulative, continually building on prior years. When students are three to five years old, we teach skills for lifelong success. This includes learning academic skills for the next phase and further establishing character traits. Our students become self-competent, responsibly make decisions, navigate peer relationships, regulate emotions, and collaborate. Preschool fosters a love for learning—students activate their innate curiosity, determination, resilience, and persistence. Educators weave in academic skills by adapting curricula to each students own interests.
Typical Day:
8:00 AM: Welcome Students
AM:
- Gross motor play
- Breakfast
- Small group worktime
- Outdoor play I
PM:
- Lunch
- Rest time
- Afternoon snack
- Closing meeting
3:00 PM: School day departures
EXTENDED DAY:
- Learning experience & enrichment
- Story time
- Outdoor play II
5:30 PM: Extended day departures
Are you ready to see for yourself?
Infants
Our infant program welcomes students 8 weeks to 15 months. During our students' first year, we mimic the intimate relationships parents have with their children. Like parents, we constantly interact with our babies doing the same serve-and-return patterns that parents do. Our babies get lots of hugs, holding, positive reinforcement, babbling, and interaction on their level.
Typical flow:
8:00 AM: Welcome Students
AM:
- Breakfast
- Siesta & quiet time
- Learning experience
- Bottles & diaper check
- Outdoor & gross motor time
PM:
- Lunch & diaper check
- Siesta II & quiet time
3:00 PM: School day departures
EXTENDED DAY:
- Afternoon snack & diapers
- Learning experiences II & enrichment
- Story time
- Outdoor play II
5:30 PM: Extended day departures
Younger Toddlers
As students turn 2 years old, we adapt our curricula to emphasize physical growth and first forms of independence. Our teachers foster opportunities for toddlers to pull themselves up, stand, walk, and explore their newly forming mobility, encouraging safe risk-taking all with the same warm and loving relationships from our infant program.
Typical flow:
8:00 AM: Welcome Students
AM:
- Breakfast
- Free play
- Outdoor play & walk
- Learning experience
- Story time
PM:
- Lunch
- Siesta & quiet time
- Afternoon snack
3:00 PM: School day departures
EXTENDED DAY:
- Afternoon snack & diapers
- Learning experiences II & enrichment
- Story time
- Outdoor play II
5:30 PM: Extended day departures
Older Toddlers
As students turn 3, they have large leaps in physical progress, and we introduce social-emotional learning to our curriculum. We continue encouraging healthy independence and autonomy by taking healthy risks and practicing self-reliance. Educators add in social-emotional learning to help students identify their feelings and emotions in others. In our older toddler classrooms, we build foundations for lasting relationships.
Typical flow:
8:00 AM: Welcome Students
AM:
- Breakfast
- Siesta & quiet time
- Learning experience
- Bottles & diaper check
- Outdoor & gross motor time
PM:
- Lunch & diaper check
- Siesta II & quiet time
3:00 PM: School day departures
EXTENDED DAY:
- Afternoon snack & diapers
- Learning experiences II & enrichment
- Story time
- Outdoor play II
5:30 PM: Extended day departures
Preschool
Our curricula is cumulative, continually building on prior years. When students are three to five years old, we teach skills for lifelong success. This includes learning academic skills for the next phase and future, establishing character traits, and becoming self-competent, responsible decision-makers who can navigate peer relationships, regulate emotions, and collaborate.
Preschool fosters a love for learning, students act on their innate curiosity, determination, and resilience. Assistance educators weave in academic skills by adapting curricula to each student's own interests.
Typical day:
8:00 AM: Welcome Students
AM:
- Gross motor play
- Breakfast
- Worktime - small groups
- Outdoor play
- Outdoor & gross motor time
PM:
- Lunch
- Rest time
- Afternoon snack
- Closing meeting
3:00 PM: School day departures
EXTENDED DAY:
- Learning experiences & enrichment
- Story time
- Outdoor play II
5:30 PM: Extended day departures
Foundations for life-long success
All children have 100 languages—SolBe taps into as many of these as we can. Our program uses art, music, movement, emotions, textures, tastes, sounds, and connection to activate the senses. We create a whole-body, whole-mind, whole-person learning experience using multiple modalities to teach one thing. SolBe is hands on, immersed and about your—you, your partner’s, your family’s—child’s learning. Educators create intimate, child-specific experiences based on observing your child’s interests, just like you do as a parent.
How do we balance structured curriculum and play?
Is it too much for my child to be exposed to three languages; English, Spanish, and my primary language?
What happens if we discover my child has emergent needs?
What can I do about my parenting-overwhelm?
How do I have difficult conversations with my co-parent?
How do I figure out what I want for my child or me?
When do we start looking and applying to childcare programs?
What are the pros and cons of group learning? Or a nanny?
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SolBe pursuits: Continual improvement. Cross-disciplinary. Research-based best practice. Honest and non-judgmental communication. A holistic approach. A willing mind. Your child's and your best interest at heart.
We aren't the most affordable, we are the most transparent
We are a Boston-based, family-owned early learning center. Everything you pay in tuition directly benefits your child. Over 90% of SolBe’s income is reinvested into your child’s education to deliver on the program we promise.
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Campuses (2 min drive from one another)
SolBe Nursery School
201 Sherman Rd
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
SolBe Canopy School
631 VFW Pkwy
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM