Wonderland Daycare has a small Elementary Daycare Program. Children in this program are from Wonderland Charter School kindergarten through 3rd grade. There are two basic components to this program, children that come before school and children that come after school.

The children that come to Wonderland Daycare before school can arrive as early as 7:00 a.m. or as late as 8:05 a.m. These children will move under the supervision of a teacher to the Wonderland Charter School classrooms at 8:05 a.m. in time for the start of the school day. While the children are waiting to go to school, they can enjoy free play with their friends in our daycare room, participate in an art project, or read quietly.

Children arriving after school enjoy a nutritious snack and drink at the beginning of the session, usually from 3:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. After snack, if the weather is nice, the children go outside on the playground for free play under the supervision of our staff. Our playground is a grassy area that is fenced in for security and contains swings, a slide, two towers for pretend play and clubhouse activities, a buoy ball, parallel rings, a fire truck on springs, and a concrete bike path with 15 tricycles that come in 3 different sizes.

Once the playground activities are done (usually about an hour to an hour and a half), then the children come inside and either do homework, participate in an art activity, or participate in imaginative play with their friends.

If the weather is not conducive to going outside after snack, the children are broken down into several groups with each group going into a different room. Some of the children prefer our indoor Gross Motor Skills Room where they can let off steam. Other children prefer the art activities and the company of their friends in imaginative play. Of course, there is always time for the children to do their homework.