This bi-weekly pre-kindergarten program focuses on the skills children need for success in kindergarten: Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, Science and Fine Arts. Through our Pre-K curriculum students will gain the confidence to work independently as well as collaboratively with their peers on more in-depth projects.
Program Objectives
Preparing students for the next academic step
Communication & Confidence
One of our goals, in our Pre-K program is to foster the child’s ability to communicate what their needs are, not only with the teacher but ideally with their peers as well. Being able to develop an assertive voice in a safe space, may be crucial in their capacity to generalize this behavior to a larger and more challenging classroom setting. Feeling comfortable and confident makes asking for help less risky.
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The children begin to identify themselves as learners who feel proud of their hard work. This is how intrinsic learning begins.
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Our Pre-K curriculum emphasizes reading readiness to reading; phonics, basic operations of elementary arithmetic and science. Children are assigned weekly homework, essentially to learn how to bring it back to school. We stress movement during each learning
period, allowing children to re-energize and reorganize between lessons, and regularly invite guest teachers, artists, authors, and grownup professionals, to share the outside world with our students.
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Not only does this high-quality pre-kindergarten program prepare our children academically for later school success, they are able to find solutions to problems and take leadership roles in the classroom.
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Cognitive & Alphabetic
Skills
Our graduates are prepared to enter their neighborhood public school or any of the nation's most illustrious private elementary schools, such as Brentwood, Carlthorp, Center for Early Education, Crossroads, Curtis, John Thomas Dye, Mirman, PS#1, Seven Arrows, Village, Westland, Willows, and Wildwood. We are proud that each year, our families get accepted into their first-choice schools.
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Our children are ready to face the world as accomplished young people, and eager, self-confident students, unafraid of taking learning risks. We are proud of the accomplishments of our graduates as they enter prestigious colleges, embark on meaningful and professional careers and return to 10th Street with children of their own.
Our Graduates
