Ratios

LPC's ratios are one of the best things about our program. Toddlers are in groups of eight with two and sometimes three teachers. Preschoolers are in groups of ten, with two teachers per group. Given that the State of Massachusetts allows nine toddlers with two teachers, and twenty (yes 20!) preschoolers with two teachers, we are confident in saying LPC's ratios are outstanding.

Our classrooms are made up of mixed-age groupings. Our toddler side (of the hallway) consists of three rooms, each with 15 month olds to 3 year olds, and our preschool side consists of 3 rooms each with 3 to 5 year old children. We love this approach for many reasons. These include that children are provided with opportunities to be both a teacher and a learner; to practice skills with younger children and once mastered, test them out on same age or older children; to observe a very wide range of behaviors thereby learning tolerance, to choose friendships from a wider range of developmental stages... The list could go on and on.