AGES 4 TO 5 YEARS

Pre Kindergarten

Pre Kindergarten children are becoming confident learners who ask questions, communicate ideas, solve problems, and prepare for kindergarten through meaningful hands on experiences. Learning is centered around exploration, collaboration, creativity, and building strong foundations in literacy, mathematics, science, social emotional development, and independence.

Pre Kindergarten classroom

Learning Focus

Children continue strengthening school readiness through engaging investigations that develop literacy, mathematics, science, creativity, communication, and independence.

Popular Pre Kindergarten Studies

Hands on investigations that encourage curiosity, problem solving, creativity, collaboration, and kindergarten readiness.

Trees Study
Nature

Trees

Observe trees throughout the seasons while exploring habitats, weather, measurement, science journals, and outdoor discovery.

4 Weeks
42+ Activities
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Buildings Study
Engineering

Buildings

Design, compare, test, and construct buildings while learning about architecture, teamwork, and problem solving.

4 Weeks
40+ Activities
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Water Study
Science

Water

Experiment with floating, sinking, measuring, freezing, melting, prediction, and scientific investigation.

4 Weeks
44+ Activities
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Gardening Study
Nature

Gardening

Plant, observe, measure growth, record changes, and discover how living things depend on one another.

4 Weeks
48+ Activities
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Simple Machines Study
STEM

Simple Machines

Investigate ramps, wheels, pulleys, levers, and engineering challenges through playful experimentation.

4 Weeks
45+ Activities
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Signs Study
Literacy

Signs

Strengthen reading readiness by exploring symbols, environmental print, maps, directions, and community communication.

4 Weeks
35+ Activities
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Kindergarten Readiness Skills

Daily experiences designed to strengthen confidence, communication, creativity, and independent learning.

🔤 Letter Recognition
✏️ Name Writing
📚 Story Retelling
🔢 Number Sense
🧩 Problem Solving
🤝 Cooperation
🎨 Creativity
🌱 Scientific Inquiry

Essential Questions

Open ended questions encourage children to predict, investigate, communicate, and think critically throughout each curriculum study.

How do we learn by asking questions?
What happens when we observe something closely?
How can we solve problems together?
Why do things change over time?
How do books help us learn about our world?
What patterns can we discover around us?

Recommended Books

Children build vocabulary, imagination, literacy, and scientific thinking through rich literature.

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Explore sequencing, counting, healthy foods, and life cycles.

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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Strengthen alphabet knowledge, rhyme, and phonological awareness.

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The Giving Tree

Encourage conversations about kindness, nature, gratitude, and caring.

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The Little Engine That Could

Build perseverance, confidence, resilience, and positive thinking.

Songs & Movement

Music and movement strengthen language, memory, coordination, listening, and classroom participation.

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The Alphabet Song

Develops alphabet recognition and letter sequencing.

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The Hokey Pokey

Encourages body awareness, listening, and following directions.

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If You're Happy and You Know It

Builds emotional awareness through music and movement.

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Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

Strengthens vocabulary, coordination, and body awareness.

Family Connections

Families play an important role in preparing children for kindergarten. Encourage daily reading, writing together, counting everyday objects, exploring nature, asking questions, building with blocks, drawing pictures, and talking about new discoveries. These everyday experiences help children become confident lifelong learners.

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