Program areas at Growing Places Early Education and Youth Recreation
Infant/toddler and preschool: both programs are located in lee nh attracting families from barrington, dover, durham, epping, lee, madbury, newmarket, nottingham, portsmouth and rochester. We serve the needs of children ages 6 weeks to 5 years in a loving, safe and engaging environment that provides for a wide variety of Early Education programs that foster the development of the whole child. We offer stimulating activities for all ages that include pre-reading, language arts, math, science, art, music, movement, cultural diversity, fitness, health and nutrition. We encourage open-ended play and daily exploration of the natural environment providing rich sensory experiences that foster optimal physical, social, emotional and cognitive development.
Our school age programs include "our time" before/after school, camp cowabunga and timbernook: these programs operate at moharimet elementary school in madbury, nh attracting families from barrington, dover, durham, epping, lee, madbury, newmarket, nottingham, portsmouth and rochester. Timbernook also operates some sessions in durham, nh. We provide flexible, quality care that offers a variety of enrichment and recreational activities that are designed to meet the unique needs of school-age children 5 years and up. Camp cowabunga is a classic summer camp program and timbernook is an innovative nature-based developmental program designed to foster creativity, imagination and independent play in the great outdoors for children ages 5 years to 13 years.
Woodside: the woodside program is located at the woodside apartment complex at the university of new hampshire (unh) in durham serving the needs of children ages 2 years to 5 years. Woodside attracts families from barrington, dover, durham, epping, lee, madbury, newmarket, nottingham, portsmouth, rochester and a diverse group of families from around the world who come to live and study at unh. We offer stimulating activities for all ages that include pre-reading, language arts, math, science, art, music, movement, cultural diversity, fitness, health and nutrition. We encourage open-ended play and daily exploration of the natural environment providing rich sensory experiences that foster optimal physical, social, emotional and cognitive development.