Three-Year-Olds
Mrs. Gude’s Froggies
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Monday/Wednesday/Friday
Tuesday/Thursday
The three-year-old class at Binkley Preschool is a place for children to play, explore and learn. Emphasis is placed on the development of social skills, self-help skills, and fine and gross motor skills.
As we play, we learn to share, take turns, and use words to communicate our needs and wants and to solve conflicts. Through theme-based units, we encourage creativity and exploration.
Some examples of our thematic units are All-About-Me, Holidays, Apples, Polar Animals, Seasons, Pets, Farm, and Firefighters. These are subject to change based on students’ interests.
Our typical day consists of Circle time, Center play, Art activities, Storytime, Songs and Games, Snack, Outside play
The threes also participate in Music class with Mrs. Alberda! Read more about Music here.
Mrs. Gude – Lead Teacher
Chloe Gude received her bachelor’s degree in education from Appalachian State University. She has taught private violin and public orchestra programs in various settings since 2008. She enjoys working with both groups and individual students. Chloe quickly fell in love with Binkley when her daughter joined the Froggies class and was thrilled to join the Binkley teaching team a year later. Originally from Burlington, Chloe has called Carrboro home since 2010. In addition to playing violin in local classical groups, she spends as much of her free time as possible outside birding and learning about the world around her.
Mrs. Salazar – Assistant Teacher
Nidia Salazar is originally from Costa Rica. She moved to NC in 2015 to work as a Dual Language Teacher in Chatham County Schools. She has a degree in Early Childhood Education from Universidad de Costa Rica and has experience with children 0 to 7 years old, but the preschool levels are her favorites.
Nidia first came to Binkley in 2022 as a parent of a 2 year old and is happy to join the team as the 3s class assistant. She lives in Chapel Hill with her husband and son. Nidia enjoys watching soccer games, cooking, and traveling in her free time.