To extend our learning environment, First Circle offers fenced-in playgrounds. Each play yard has age-appropriate play equipment, with large climbing structures, swings, and smaller activity spaces. Children have ample opportunities for running, jumping, pushing/pulling or riding ride-on toys, planting, digging and building, climbing and crawling, swinging (for preschoolers), and creating art on outdoor easels. In the summer months, there is plenty of shaded play space, and water play activities on hot days.
In Needham, we have two indoor large motor playrooms that provide a safe, engaging space for active play, featuring climbing structures, balance beams, tunnels, and open areas for running and jumping. The “big rooms” can be used year-round in all weather!
We believe strongly in creating opportunities for children to engage with the natural world, and may have a classroom garden or areas where children can build with and explore natural materials like sticks, leaves, water and rocks.