Pre-Kindergarten

For children ages 4 to 5 years old

Our Pre-K students are crossing that great bridge between their first tentative experience away from home and the self-confident autonomy of going off to kindergarten. For the most part, their preschool skills are solidly established and are now being refined: they move quickly and gracefully; they assimilate new rules and routines easily; they ask peers to play and are willing to negotiate to keep the play going. They’re fully acclimated to the school environment and no longer need the comforting secure routines found in the preschool classrooms. Pre-K children enjoy novelty and big opportunities to explore on their own terms. Their thinking and motor skills are better so they get more satisfaction from doing puzzles, playing games, and experimenting with learning materials. They are quick to help, or talk, or change what they’re doing at a moment’s notice. And they have become joyfully self-aware: they now know that they know things. The world is a wonderfully exciting place for a Pre-K child! To satisfy their curiosity, we tailor our schedule and curriculum to fit their emerging self-awareness and their desire to explore the world around them. Our two Pre-K classes, Red and Yellow, follow a similar curriculum plan but each offers a different experience.