What is a Head Start Classroom Like?

The best way to describe a Head Start classroom is FUN!  

The most appropriate way for children at this age level to learn, is through hands-on experience in the process of play.  All classrooms are busy with children who are learning through play - learning a wide variety of things that are prepared for them to experience in the classroom environment.  The inexperienced on-looker may think "they are only playing" but in reality these children are learning the entire time they are in the classroom.

Head Start children focus on 8 different domains of learning:

Here is a peek inside some of the classrooms in our Head Start Center!

*These images are small links to the full size pictures.  Click on each image to see the larger version.

Parent Information Center Helper Chart Class Schedule

Hand Washing Singing Songs Block Center

Dramatic Play Areas

Circle Time Literacy Center Writing Center

Dramatic Play

Exploration of New Materials Science Center Computer Center

Learning Project Bulletin Board Bulletin Board with Children's Art Work