Memory Lane

888 Cambridge St

Ashland, OR 97520

(Located on the corner of Siskiyou Blvd. and Walker inside the First Presbyterian Church of Ashland)

Preschool (541) 488-5722

Cindy Morris (541) 488-3124

Lesley Clason (541) 488-1242

cmorris@memorylanepreschool.com

lclason@memorylanepreschool.com

We offer a Monday, Wednesday and Friday Group and a Tuesday, Thursday group. You may also choose to have your child enrolled all five days. Our Preschool time is 9:00 a.m. to noon. For more information about our daily activities, please see the "Schedule" page of this site.

Enrollment Requirements:

Your child must be toilet trained and be at a stage of growth and development where he or she can benefit from our preschool program. We offer preschool for children age 3 - 5.

Tuition:

A $35.00 registration fee is required when your child enrolls. It is $60.00 for the 5-day program.

Tuition for the Monday, Wednesday, Friday program is on a payment plan of $150 a month.

Tuition for the Tuesday, Thursday program is $105 a month.

Transportation or Early Arrival:

We provide transportation (within the Ashland city limits) to the preschool by picking up your child at a day-care provider for $3.00 a day. We also provide transportation after preschool for $2.00 a day. You may do this on a regular basis or by daily request. Limited slots are available. If your child arrives at preschool before 8:45 a.m. a $1.50 fee will be charged.

Our Daily Schedule

9:00 to 10:00 - FREEPLAY

The children begin their day by first greeting and playing with friends. This is a great time to form and strengthen friendships, develop social skills, and play creatively with a variety of toys.

10:00 to 10:15 - CARPET TIME

After cleaning up our toys, we have a carpet time where we discuss the weather, who is here, birthdays, and decide the month and day on the calendar. We sing learning, seasonal, and fun songs, and do finger plays. Each child has a turn to participate in the different activities by doing their own special job of the week.

10:15 to 10:45 - SNACK TIME AND SPOTLIGHT

Parent and child sign up to bring snacks for the week. After snacks the children have time to look at books and then we spotlight an individual child. Afterwards, the children are divided up into two groups. Each group will rotate between craft time and story time.

l0:45 to 11:15 - STORY, SHARING, AND OUTDOOR PLAY TIME

We have a story either from a book, flannel board cutouts or a puppet show that centers around the theme of the week. Sometimes we will do a science experiment or have a math experience. The children also have an opportunity to share something they have brought from home. Each child has a designated sharing day once a week. Afterwards, we go outside for recess where we play, ride toys and go down the slide.

11:15 to 11:45 - CRAFT TIME

We have a designated craft each day. We provide a variety of media and encourage creative expression. Easel painting, watercolors, finger painting, cutting, gluing and play dough are all a part of this fun time. Often we will bake, or mix or have some kind of food experience. Each Friday we have a craft reinforcing the letter and sound of the week.

A variety of manipulative materials are available during craft time to encourage reading readiness skills with lots of games and bins filled with opportunities to learn and create. Sounds, letters, numbers, sizes, classification, sequences, shapes are reinforced by these materials.

11:50 to 12:00 - CLOSING TIME

We close the day with songs, finger plays, a short story, or “brain teasers”, to recap the day and a have a friendly good-bye.