4 Year Old Kindergarten Readiness

Note: This program is for children 4 ~ 5 years old
Days & Time:
- 3 days/week Monday-Wednesday 9:00-11:30am
- 3 days/week Monday-Wednesday 12:30-3:00pm
- 5 days/week Monday-Friday 9:00-11:30am – WAITLIST
- 5 days/week Monday-Friday 12:30-3:00pm
Our Pre-K program prepares a child for Kindergarten and provides a nurturing environment that promotes:
- Acceptance and belonging
- Age appropriate activities designed to engage and challenge
- A sense of personal responsibility, independence, and comfort with school routines
- Extending your child’s circle of trust
- Partnering the parent during this step in the educational process
- Recognizing and affirming strengths and talents
- The development of the “whole child” (intellectual, social, emotional, physical) through literature-based integrated lessons and special units of study
A Typical Day
Circle Time:
- ABC Alphabet Program that teaches for mastery of sound-symbol correspondence and making an alphabet book
- Integrated lessons that promote higher level thinking skills
- On-going discussion of the unit of the month in a mini-lesson
- The Pledge of Allegiance and discussions of the weather
- Calendar work which develops number recognition, counting and sequencing skills
- Songs, finger plays and games
- Stretches the attention span
Project and Play Time:
- Daily art projects that relate to the theme or letter being studied which enlists imagination
- Centers such as water table, computer, science discoveries
- A variety of manipulatives and puzzles
- Transition activities
- Provides a variety of hands-on experiences
Story/Snack:
- Literature based program related to the unit, season or letter of the week
- Show and Tell component that develops comfort and confidence in speaking in front of a group
- Snacks provided are peanut free
Gross Motor Activity:
- 30 minute large muscle activities per session
- Outside: Fenced playground environment promotes imaginative play with riding toys, bubbles, chalk, climber, playhouse, sandbox, soccer balls, and games
- Inside: Bright, carpeted play area with a variety of ridings toys, bouncy balls, parachute, basketball, balance beams, tunnels, stick animals, hopscotch, bean bag toss, scarves and ribbon rings.