The enhanced Preparing for Kindergarten Program is designed to bridge the gap between preschool and kindergarten and is beneficial for both three and four year olds. The combination of two days of preschool and two days of enhanced classes can offer an alternative to junior kindergarten for those children not yet ready for a full day of structured learning.

The enhanced program offers:

• Jolly Phonics activities that offer further learning opportunities on top of the basics offered in the preschool class. Eg. Sounding out words and printing skills
• Promotion of literacy skills through poems and rhymes, creating and retelling stories and trips to the public library.
• Math skills are developed through graphing, classifying, sorting and measuring. We will encourage number recognition and positioning.
• Social development will take place through group games and group activities.
• Music and Movement helps develop math and literacy skills. We will use singing and creative movement as well as having musical guests visit the preschool.
• Life Skills such as dressing and taking care of personal needs will build self confidence and independence.
• Science activities from the Wings of Discovery program to help discover and question how things work.

Wednesday/Friday Afternoon Preparing for Kindergarten Program 

• 1:00pm-3:15pm September-June
• Non-participation only
• $170/month

Curriculum based science and phonics focus for children aged 36 months to 5 years. The class has a maximum of 12 students, supervision is provided by 2 ECE teachers.