Early Preschool Program

Essential Preschool Preparation

2.5 – 3 years old

The perfect stepping stone to Preschool, Early Preschool is designed to meet the needs of 30- to 42-month-old children. They learn to work with others, follow directions, self-regulate, follow routines, and develop self-help skills to become independent learners. This program offers:

Exclusive indicator-based curriculum
Opportunities to gain independence
Collaborative learning experiences

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Early Preschool Classroom

Classroom

This classroom fosters collaboration and independence, as children learn to follow instructions and work with their classmates. Independence is nurtured as children develop self-help and self-regulation skills. We also explore responsibility, conflict resolution, and behavior expectations. Learning experiences are featured in six classroom areas.

Early Preschool Classroom

Art Center

Sensory exploration and creative art experiences enable children to explore self-expression and their imagination.

Early Preschool Classroom

Math & Science Center

Investigations and explorations are conducted using a variety of materials available for counting, sorting, classifying, and measuring activities.

Early Preschool Classroom

Block Center

A variety of materials are on hand for children to learn about construction, creating inventions, and discovering how things fit and work together.

Early Preschool Classroom

Language Center

This area is for reading, writing, playing with puppets, and letting your imagination soar, as you get cozy in a quiet, comfortable space.

Early Preschool Classroom

Music & Movement Center

Children are encouraged to put their energy into positive movement, while learning gross motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness.

Early Preschool Classroom

Pretend Center

It's make-believe time. In this collaborative space, children will use their imaginations, dress up and play different roles to explore their creativity.

Curriculum and Developmental Indicators

30- to 42-month-old children preparing for Preschool find their developmental needs met by our indicator-based curriculum, Learn as We Grow™. We guide them toward significant achievements across 10 developmental scales.

Approaches to Learning

Learning to solve problems, explore the world, become more independent.

Creative Arts

Learning to use music, movement, visual arts, and drama to express ideas and feelings.

Sample Activity: All Hands on Deck!

Desired Outcome: Makes play dough creations.

Language

The ability to use conversation skills and vocabulary to communicate effectively.

Literacy

Learning phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge, early reading, and early writing skills.

Logic & Reasoning

Learning to sequence, solve problems, and think critically.

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Early Math

Learning about numbers, patterns, sorting, and ordering; learning to use numbers to add, subtract, measure, and graph.

Nature & Science

Learning to understand the natural and physical world; to observe, describe, predict, and gather data.

Sample Activity: What Do You Do Outside?

Desired Outcome: Draws/talks about different weather conditions (e.g., sunny, rainy).

Social Studies

Learning to understand themselves, their families, their communities, and their world.

Sample Activity: Wish You Were Here

Desired Outcome: Demonstrates cooperative behaviors, such as helping, turn-taking, sharing, comforting, and compromising.

Physical Development/Health

Learning to coordinate and control large and small muscle movements; building awareness of health and safety concepts.

Social-Emotional Development

Learning to interact with others and building awareness of themselves and their emotions; learning to understand relationships with others, such as family, friends and community members.