YEAR-ROUND CHILD CARE AND PRESCHOOL

YEAR-ROUND CHILD CARE AND PRESCHOOL

Brookhaven Country Preschool is a state licensed child care center and preschool that prides itself on high standards of educational excellence and commitment to offer all of our children a developmentally appropriate curriculum on a daily basis. The low child-teacher ratio in each of our classrooms encourages the growth and development of each and every child. Through a multi-sensory approach, the children are offered a wide range of experiences that foster their physical, social, emotional and cognitive growth. Our beautiful grounds and numerous playgrounds offer the children opportunities to explore the outdoors and foster their developing curiosity of the world around them. Our caring, experienced and dedicated staff work together to instill a love of learning and well being in each child in our program.
 
In our program you will see:

- Frequent, positive warm interactions among teachers and children
- Planned learning activities appropriate to children's ages and development,
  such as block building, painting, reading stories, dress- up, and active
  outdoor play
- Specially trained teachers
- Enough teachers to respond to individual children
- Many varied age-appropriate materials
- A healthy and safe environment
- Nutritious meals and/or snacks
- Regular communication with parents who are welcome visitors at all times
- Effective administration
- Ongoing, systematic evaluation

MEET OUR INCREDIBLE TEACHING STAFF!

Pauline Randall grew up in Brooklyn, New Yrok.  She received her Bachelors and Masters Degree from Brooklyn College in Early Childhood Education. In addition, she has a permanent certification license from New York State in Nursery School through Sixth Grade.

Pauline is married to Richard, who is a college professor and has three children-Jennifer, Lisa and David and a three legged chocolate lab named Brandy who was adopted.

Before joining Brookhaven, Pauline taught at the North Shore Jewish Center for fifteen years as Head Teacher in the Pre-K Program.  She took a year off to be with her husband while he was recuperating from a liver transplant.  She joined our staff four years ago where she is a teacher in the Pre-K Program.

When in her classroom, you can feel the love and caring she has for all her students.  She feels that each is special in their own way.  Pauline's philosophy is that the child learns best through play.  She incorporates music, art, and games in her teaching.  Nursery school plays an important role in developing values such as sharing, taking turns, getting along with other children and each other-interpersonal and socialization skills.  In addition, Pauline and her class are fortunate to have two wonderful assistants who work along with them, Jennifer and Ardith. When not teaching, Pauline enjoys reading, going to movies, and being outh with friends, and walking.  Among her travels, she has been in Israel, Canada, the Caribbean and Europe.

 

Kandice Johnson is the Head Teacher in the infant/toddler building. Kandice holds an associates degree in early Childhood education from Suffolk County Community College and is currently pursuing her Bachelors degree at St. Joseph College in Patchogue.She has worked in early childhood for over nine years and absolutely loves working with our youngest population. As Kandice says, it gives her joy to watch them grow in such a short period of time and she knows that she had a hand in helping them to develop their early skills. Kandice has two daughters, sges 7 years and 5 months. As a young child Kandice was a student at Brookhaven Country Preschool and is very pleased to be back as lead teacher after having been a teacher assistant for over a year.

 

Brookhaven is thrilled to have Susan Dowling as our lead teacher in our nursery program.Susan has been teaching for seven years. She taught both nursery and pre-kindergarten in a private school in Whitestone, Queens before having her baby girl. Susan took a year off to be with Juliet before joining us at Brookhaven as the nursery teacher.She also spent two summers at Brookhaven Day Camp as a group leader. Susan received both her Bachelors and Master degrees from St. John's University and holds certifications in early childhood education and school counseling.

 

Susan believes that the ideal early childhood classroom is one that fosters a secure, positive and nurturing environment. Her hope is to instill a love of literature and a strong foundation for learning in every child that she teaches.Susan knows that children learn best when they are having fun so she incorporates play, music and hands on activities to teach social and acacdemic skills.Susan truly enjoys teaching and is thrilled to be working with MaryAnn and Paula!

When not a work, Susan enjoys traveling, reading and scrapbooking. Susan lives with her husband, Jeff, daughter Juliet and dog Leonidas.

 

Alyse McIntosh grew up in Commack, NY.  She began her career at Brookhaven as a teaching assistant in the infant/toddler building, and just recently became head teacher of the Toddler building.  She is currently working toward her Child Development Associate Credential.  Alyse has been dedicated to the education and development of the young child for almost 20 years, and loves spending her time working with each child as an individual.  She feels that children learn best when they are free to express themselves in a nurturing, secure, hands-on environment.

Alyse lives in Moriches with her husband and best friend of 22 years, Jim.  They have 4 wonderful children and 2 beautiful grandaughters.

In her free time Alyse enjoys spending time with her family, the beach, camping, walking, reading and photography.

 

 

 

 

 

Aileen Stedge grew up in Ronkonkoma,New York.She has her associates degree in early childhood education and a B.A degree from Suny at Old Westbury.For the past ten years Aileen lived down South in Chattanooga,Tenn. and in Greenville, South Carolina. Aileen has been teaching for the past nine years in pre-kindergarten classes as well as first and second grade.She just moved back this past summer to be closer to her family. Aileen has three sons, Chris, Andrew and Kenny and one daughter,Kaitlyn and a new grandson, Dawson. Aileen believes  that children learn best through play. If the opportunities for exploration are present, the children will learn. Aileen also believes that the social skills they will learn are just as valuable as their ABC's and 123's and will help them throughout their school years.When you walk into Aileen's room you will see the children having fun, using their manners and learning through the day.

         

When not at work, she spends a lot of her time with her husband and son on the soccer field or with her sister, brothers and their families.This is Aileen's first year at Brookhaven where she is the lead teacher of our full day Pre-kindergarten class and we are so pleased to have her as a member of our Brookhaven family..

 

Marcia Tritto has been teaching at Brookhaven for over twenty years. She has taught the half day pre-kindergarten for the past seven years. When Marcia started at Brookhaven she taught the full day nursery class and after two years she graduated to teaching the full day kindergarten class. She taught kindergarten for the next fourteen years. Marcia has her bachelors degree from Northeastern Illinois University. She majored in elementary education and minored in fine art. Marcia received her masters degree from Long Island University where she also taught graduate school. Marcia holds a permanent New York state certification in grades N-6.

 

Marcia treats each and every child as an individual, adapting her teaching styles in order to help every child reach their potential. Her curriculum encompasses not only the academics the children will need but also music, literature and the arts. Marcia believes that the early years are the most important in a child's school life and that this time period sets the tone for a successful and fulfilling academic career. Marcia's class is a warm inviting place where parents and children always feel welcome.

 

 

For further information call:

Brookhaven Country Preschool, Long Island Ave., Yaphank.
Director: Lois Krugman, (631) 924-4033. 

Lois Krugman has been the director at Brookhaven Country Preschool since January 1985. Lois has a B.A. in Early Childhood Education from Queens College and a M.A. in Special Education from SUNY Stony Brook. Her love of children and her committment to high quality early childhood education is evident in her work with the Suffolk AEYC and as an advisory council member of ECELI (Early Care & Education on Long Island). Lois is an advocate for quality care and developmentally appropriate practices in early childhood programs and Brookhaven's policies and care are a reflection of that committment.Lois is married to her husband, David, has two grown sons, two wonderful daughter-in-laws and is the proud grandmother of four terrific grandsons: Jeremy, Jacob, Aiden and Parker. Lois believes that creating a safe, caring and fun-filled environment for all of our children will lay the foundation for a love of learning in the future.

 

We are so busy playing and learning through the day!	Our teachers join in the fun!
Mr. Matt comes to visit, we sing songs, play the drums, and have so much fun with him!

 

October was a very busy month at Brookhaven Country Preschool.  We learned all about fire safety, fire drills and we even had a special visit from the Yaphank Fire Department.  Our Nursery and Pre-Kindergarden children enjoyed our Pumpkin Day festivities and all of our children celebrated Halloween with their classmates.

Our first snow of 2010!!As of February, 2012,we have only had three inches of snow. What a difference a year makes!

OUR SECOND, THIRD,FOURTH AND ????? SNOWS!!!!