Our Curriculum
For: 3-5 Year old Children
Lunch Club
For St. Matthew’s Church Students only: Extend your child’s day with an extra hour to have lunch & socialize with friends.
Afternoon Enrichment Classes
Our Preschool Enrichment Classes provide children with a lunch period to share with friends, a class with a specialist and time with friends in a classroom setting. The enrichment program is designed to stimulate the mind and spark the imagination with hands-on, exciting educational activities using familiar centers, play and work areas. We offer classes in a variety of subject areas. In order to encourage a child’s curiosity, we will explore new ideas and interesting concepts.
We provide opportunities in a social setting for children to broaden their knowledge base and increase their understanding of the world around them. Opportunities for both individualized learning and large group experiences occur naturally in this multi-age setting. A wide range of activities will nourish self-confidence, concentration, cooperation & respect for others.
Bedford Course Offerings and Weekly Schedule
Mondays
Never Stop Moving 365 - NEW!
Tuesdays
Pre-K Readiness and Messy Math
We offer a variety of developmentally appropriate learning activities. Our Pre-K readiness class offers a variety of focused activities. We will reinforce concepts and work on developing skills: fine and gross motor, language and vocabulary. Each class will focus on a theme with quality literature, a coordinated activity that could include: a game, or an art experience.
We will develop emerging literacy skills: the alphabet, counting and number recognition from 1-20, and journal writing activities. We will begin to work on reading readiness skills, small motor and pre-writing skills and early mathematical concepts with our preschoolers!
The children will be provided with a packet each week to promote interest in writing, letters and numbers. A binder of their work will go home at the end of the year.
Wednesdays
Great Indoor Fun and Sports With Coach Chris
Coach Chris is certified in all core sports. The children will be taught the fundamentals of each sport through age-appropriate drills with an emphasis on fun. The program consists of Soccer, T-ball, Baseball, Basketball and movement/agility drills. Each week, he will introduce a different sport with the intent of playing simulated games. The goal each week is to introduce various drills every 5-7 minutes to build CONFIDENCE. Coach Chris will build on the previous week, throughout the program. As a result, you will notice the improvement in your child’s balance, coordination, independence, confidence and agility. Coach Chris encourages as much participation as possible from the children and as a result the class is a great means for each child to exercise, strengthen their core, improve their eye/hand coordination and develop their arm strength as well. Classes held both indoors and out.
Thursdays
Art Smarts
Fridays
Nature Explorers and Super Science
Our Nature program we seek to foster an appreciation for and love of nature by inviting children to explore the world around them through hands-on, outdoor, experiential learning. In so doing we hope to inspire the young people of today to become environmentally responsible and conscientious citizens of tomorrow. Children learn in a variety of settings, indoor and out, and spend much of their time behind eyepieces of binoculars, running behind a butterfly net and crawling on their hands and knees with eyes peeled on the ground.
Some experiences include painting a “pet rock” building a nest, and keeping a nature journal. “The Little Scientists” program is designed to inspire your child to enter the world of exploration and discovery. Hands-on experiments will comprise the bulk of this part of the program. These experiences will help them to explore, understand, and appreciate the world around them. Explorations in color mixing, “erupting” a volcano, and magnets will be some of the activities. The program will introduce the children to the world that exists just outside their range of vision.

Schedule, Calendar & Rates
Bedford’s Schedule
October 1, 2022-May 20, 2023
3 sessions per year.
Lunch Club Times
11:45-12:45 PM
For St Matthew’s Nursery School Students only: Extend your child’s day with an extra hour to have lunch & socialize with friends.
$20.00 per day $200 per session.
Enrichment Times
11:45-2:00PM
Pricing and Registration
Rates:
1 day: $395.00 per session
2 days: $790.00 session
3 days: $1,185.00 per session
4 days: $1,580.00 per session
5 days: $1,975.00 per session
Bedford Learning @
St. Matthew’s Church
382 Cantitoe Street
Bedford, NY 10506
Susan Ross Teacher/Director
[email protected]
During School Hours: 914-774-2182
After School Hours: 914-242-2024
Bedford Learning @ St. Mattew's Church
Contact Us
Susan Ross Teacher/Director
[email protected]
During School Hours: 914-774-2182
After School Hours: 914-242-2024