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4-year-old Senior Preschool Program

The Ready, Set, Go 4-year-old Senior
Preschool Program
rolls out the red carpet for 4-year-olds so that the next year they will run to their kindergarten classroom. The program helps pre-schoolers develop reading and pre-math skills, as well as build social skills and self-confidence in an enriching, trusting environment. Our preschool teachers work with children using hands-on learning experiences to build upon your children’s knowledge base and to reinforce concepts. The environment is closely monitored and we take advantage of learning opportunities to extend play and challenge children’s thinking and reasoning skills in a non-threatening way. Reading, singing, dancing and writing can be all found in

the Ready, Set, Go environment, which has been built exclusively for your four-year-old.

Our environment
4-year-olds are ready to expand their horizons and achievements to seek out information, explore new territory and make sense of all they encounter. The Ready, Set, Go classroom environment instills the proper development of your four-year-old. Learning center activities are planned in advance by teachers based on thematic units. Each learning center allows children to independently explore in both large and small groups. Teachers can be found encouraging children to learn, bolstering children’s self-image, exploring children’s interests, marveling in children’s creativity, offering a child-centered classroom and respecting children and their work.

How we prepare for kindergarten Although ABCs and 123s are very important concepts, others are equally important to prepare children for kindergarten and to give them the I Can Do It attitude. Throughout the year, the following skills are worked on in an environment that is full of friendly, play-like experiences:

   

Emotional maturity
Learning to make choices, involvement in the classroom, self-motivation.

Social skills
Getting along with others, making friends, taking part in conversation.

Self-help skills
Being responsible for personal belongings, cleaning up after oneself, dressing oneself.

Learning skills
Finding solutions to problems, solving age appropriate puzzles, repeating patterns and references.

Creative thinking skills
Thinking divergently, sharing new ideas, being inventive in the thinking process.

Physical skills
Playing action games, doing simple exercises, participating in small and large motor activities.

Creative music and movement experiences
Singing new words to songs, moving in different ways to music, designing and implementing new ideas.

Posture and self-esteem
Growing confident in what he/she can do, building friendships, feeling good about oneself.