Golden Step's Learning Center
"......Because the first steps of a childs life are golden"
917 McBride Ave
Woodland Park, NJ 07424
Gail Restaino
Director/Owner
Phone: 973-812-8030/40
Fax: 973-256-0465
Hours: 7AM to 6PM Monday thru Friday
Email: Goldensteps123@gmail.com
We are a New Jersey State-Licensed school--incorporated in July 1995. The staff includes the director: Gail Restaino who graduated from Montclair State University with BA in Pschology and English with Concentration in Creative Writing. We work with Pre School--Day Care along with Special Needs, Behavior Modification, and Tutoring. The staff has the college credits and necessary experience that is required by the State.
In our infant room it is manditory to have a head care giver and a assistant care giver. There is always two people in the room at all times, our focus in the infant room is to open your child to a new world of exciting things. We help infants explore new things like there motor skills (crawling, pushing, pulling and reaching), it helps them become independent when it comes to movement. We also work on their communitcation skills such as (talking, listening, sound and eye contact). We take a childs development serious and we know its important because it what they need to Grow.
About Our School And Our Staff
Infant Room
In our toddler room there is Two adults as well the Head care giver and a assistant care giver. When it comes to toddlers they are in to exploring everything-- we created a room where they can do sensory activities and learn about textures, touching, feeling and moving with objects. In addition to Creative learning such as music and Art and exploring and imitating sound. We also work on Social and Emotional Development which includes
(Relationships with teachers and adults in addition to there peers).
Toddler Room
Preschool Room
In our Pre-K Room there is a Head teacher and a teachers aid, our main focuse for our preschoolers is to prepare them for the next chapter in life which is kindergarden. We have put together a curriculum and currently adding for September: "Creative Curricululm" that will ehance their learning ability. We also teach them Recognition Areas: Alphabet, Color, Number, and Shape Healthy Eating, Nutrition, and Good Hygeine, o the weather. We teach them about the states and capitals and many other additional subjects that help them to understand why things work the way the do.