Pre-K: School Year Before Kindergarten
The Kinderberry Hill pre-kindergarten program has been proven to help children confidently enter kindergarten. During this time, friendships are solidified, kindergarten-readiness skills are mastered, and accomplishments are celebrated. Our graduates enter school thoroughly prepared, excited about learning, and eager to participate. The benefits of the Kinderberry Hill community have a long lasting impact as children leave for elementary school confident, full of character, and eager for what lies ahead.
Communication
Thoughtful and outstanding communication is essential to a family’s experience in our program. Expect face-to-face interactions with your child’s teachers every day. Families are invited to stay connected to their child’s daily activities via the Procare Connect app.
Curriculum
Guided by the interests of the children, our teachers deliver emergent curriculum based on developing questions, theories, and ideas. Together with their peers, children develop problem-solving, communication, and executive functioning skills—all of which are vital to kindergarten success.
The Very Best Start
Unique to Kinderberry Hill, our pre-kindergarten classrooms have a lower teacher-child ratio of 1:9 and smaller class size of 18. This close-knit environment provides children the opportunities to gain confidence and to share and test their ideas.
Classroom environment
Our thoughtful and enticing classrooms are designed to fully prepare children for kindergarten and beyond. Our pre-kindergarten classrooms provide areas for children to become lifelong learners and master the skills for overall success academically, socially, emotionally, physically, and intellectually. Art, sensory, blocks, language, manipulatives, science, math, technology, engineering, and dramatic play areas provide endless opportunities for pre-kindergartners to grow to their fullest potential.
Our teachers provide an emergent approach to educational activities throughout the day to encourage each child’s sense of discovery, using theme-based lessons and a project approach, allowing children to explore areas of interest in detail. Through ongoing observation and assessment, our teachers intentionally plan lessons and activities based on the interests of the children. Together, through shared experiences and in-depth exploration of themes, children and teachers develop a deeper understanding of the topics that they are investigating. Activities are integrated across all domains of development: physical, social, emotional, and intellectual. These experiences foster self-awareness, friendships, and a sense of community.
The pre-kindergarten program culminates with a cap-and-gown graduation ceremony to celebrate school-readiness achievements.
UNIQUE ADVANTAGES
We know families with young children are very busy. After all, we have families too!
Our all-inclusive tuition provides benefits that will save you valuable time each day.
- Personal care items, including sunscreen, toothpaste, and tooth brushes.
- Nutritious meals and healthy snacks.
- Individualized care by our school nurse.
- Biannual comprehensive child progress assessment conferences, including kindergarten readiness and executive function (skills for life).
My child’s developmental progress is exceptional… she is polite, follows directions, is self-sufficient, and is socially well adjusted. The teachers have been instrumental in this throughout the years she has been at Kinderberry.
