Cougar Pre-School
"Teens Teaching Tots and Tots Teaching Teens"
Service-Learning in Child Development

Child Development is a service-learning elective in the Family & Consumer Sciences Department in which students serve as teacher assistants in our Cougar Pre-School. Under the direction of a qualified teacher, these trained students conduct a pre-school for three and four year old preschoolers in our community. A strong parental component makes parents true partners in the early education of their children.


Class Objectives
For High School Students

• To provide students with an opportunity for applying theory learned in the classroom.
• To train students to use instructional strategies found effective in early childhood education.
• To make parents partners in their toddler's education, involving them in each stage of the development.

For Preschool Students

• To provide a developmentally appropriate, hands-on learning environment.
• A stimulating, secure setting that promotes a love of active learning.
• A unique program design that promotes social, emotional, cognitive, and physical growth.

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Enroll for Fall 2008 Today!
Classes are held Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in morning and afternoon sessions.
The cost is $50 a session during the Fall and Spring sessions.
Children must be toilet trained.

For more information about the Cougar Pre-School, contact:
Cranford High School- (908)-709-6278
Child Development teacher Ms. Angela Lanzafama- (908)-709-6313

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