Preschool & Kindergarten Prep
Preschool: 3 & 4 | K – Prep: 4 & 5 |
Age: 3 by July 31st Days: Tuesday & Thursdays Class Times: 8:00 – 11:00 am Location: First Presbyterian Church Registration Fee: $25 Member Rate: $110 per month Non-Member Rate: $150 per month | Age: 4 by July 31st Days: Monday – Friday Class Times: 12:00 – 3:00 pm Location: First Presbyterian Church Registration Fee: $40 Member Rate: $170 per month Non-Member Rate: $210 per month |
Developmental Focus
We partner with you when it comes to helping your child thrive. Your observations, concerns, and ideas help us provide developmental opportunities your child needs to:
- Embrace a passion for learning
- Experience a true sense of achievement
- Expand on pre-writing and reading skills
- Build on math and science concepts
- Explore solutions to conflicts, recognize feelings and relationships
- Develop large and fine motor skills
- Develop social-emotional skills needed for self-regulation
Core Learning Areas
We work every day to make each interaction a learning moment for your child. Our core curriculum areas for pre-kindergarteners include:
- Literacy Pre-Writing Skills: Expand vocabulary, model writing and letter practice
- Literacy Pre-Reading Skills: Learn interactive reading, book knowledge, print knowledge and take home family activities
- Mathematics: Understand number concepts of addition, subtraction and classification, structured activities and math games
- Science: Understand physical, life and environments
- Social Studies: Explore people, places and environments
- Arts: Learn dance moves, music, drama and visual arts
- Technology: Begin the basics of tools and technology
- Social and Emotional Development: Solve problems with peers, build relationships, develop self-regulation and understand social cues
- Physical Development: Practice large and fine motor skills by running, jumping and playing
- Healthy Habits: Understand healthy eating and personal safety, while building lifelong enjoyment of
Fun, fitness and emphasis on kindergarten readiness in a nurturing and safe environment are what you expect at the Kearney Family Y.