Our Programs

Mommy/Daddy and Me — parachute games

Our “Mommy/Daddy and Me” class is a perfect introduction for young children to a preschool environment and to interacting with other young children, with mom or dad in view. Children who participate in this program feel much more at home when they start preschool, whether at Hogg's Hollow or another preschool.

Program Information:

Winter & Spring 2023
Friday “Mom/Dad & Me” Classes
(With Glendale Community College Instructors: Jane Stockly and Patti Sternau)

Preschool — Mom dancing with her daughter

Our preschool program is an introduction to school so it is designed for young children to have fun and to be stimulated by new experiences. Teaching is a creative activity and our teachers are constantly creating an environment which is exciting for our preschool students while recognizing and encouraging their individual interests.

Transitional-K — creating art in our teepee

We provide a meaningful, rich and “full of outdoor experiences” transitional kindergarten program, where children may still enjoy exploring the outside world first hand.

More than half of our day is spent outside interacting with peers, teachers and bugs during biking, hiking, water play, chalk art, story telling, meal times, dance, and painting.

The classroom time is reserved for activities that exercise the small motors skills: drawing, cooking, sewing, board games, block building, cutting and pasting and lots of musical experiences. Our transitional-k program is a hybrid between preschool and kindergarten.

Kindergarten — Decorating our pumpkin

Our kindergarten students experience a theme-based curriculum that acts as a bridge to grade school. These five-year old children engage in a variety of literature-based activities exposing students to the written word, numerals, the arts and daily physical exercise.

A student who shows early emergent literacy is given privately tutored reading lessons. However, the most important aspect of all our programs is time spent exploring the outdoors, developing interest in the world and strong, healthy bodies. These kindergarten children are better prepared to succeed academically and socially as a result of early interaction with peers, teachers and the outdoor environment.

One-on-One reading — The ideal way to learn to read

Reading is important because it opens the door to all of mankind's knowledge. Too often we observed children coming to us who had been turned off reading because of bad experiences, so over many years, we worked on our reading program, trying many approaches to help our students love reading. The first step is to read great stories with our students to build up their love of books. Finally, to ensure that each child becomes a successful reader, we created the ideal reading program: one-on-one tutored reading lessons where the child has all the teacher's attention and any confusions are immediately spotted and handled. This program was first piloted more than 20 years ago and has been an amazing success. Our student don't just learn to read the words on the page, they also learn what the words mean. Reading is too important to leave to chance.

Summer Camp Fort

Join us for a summer of adventure and fun as we build dams and splash in our own raised river, water slide on our dual slide into our wading pool, learn to bake, hike for adventures at Descanso Gardens and Hahamonga Park, ride sliders and bikes on our track, make and learn street signs, take bike hikes on local trails, ride the shuttle to local libraries for art and story time, T-Ball on our baseball diamond, basketball in our own hoop, soccer on the field, treasure hunts, learn water safety and life jacket fitting and then take a train to the beach at San Clemente, make and fly paper airplanes, water balloon fun, build a fort, rock sculptures, leaf prints and more.

Summer camp starts June 1st and runs through August.

Email us for our calendar of activities.