At The Children’s Courtyard, Pre-K is an essential stepping stone to kindergarten success. We ensure that children achieve significant development advancements, learn effective communication, and develop collaborative skills, by working independently and in groups through our tried-and-true early childhood educational approach. Our Pre-K program explores:
The HighScope educational philosophy provides the foundation for our Young Achievers™ curriculum. Active learning is the defining element of the HighScope approach—giving students direct, hands-on experiences with materials, people and ideas—along with the Plan-Do-Review process. Meanwhile, children work toward milestones across 10 development scales, through customized lessons generated from our digital lesson planning tool.
Planning, setting goals, and interacting with others and the environment.
Expressing ideas and feelings with music, movement, visual arts, and drama.
Using expressive and receptive vocabulary and conversation skills for effective communication.
Demonstrating phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge, reading and writing skills.
Effectively using sequencing, problem-solving, and symbolic and critical-thinking skills.
Understanding numbers, patterns, sorting, and ordering, plus using numbers to add, subtract, measure, and graph.
Milestone: Understanding fractions.
Desired Outcome: Child separates a group of objects in half.
Sample ActivityUnderstanding the natural and physical world; observing, describing, predicting, and gathering data.
Milestone: Questioning and developing hypotheses.
Desired Outcome: Child asks “what will happen if” questions to help predict a future event.
Sample ActivityUnderstanding themselves, their families, communities, and their world.
Successfully using fine and gross motor skills; understanding health and nutrition.
Get Moving, Get Learning
Demonstrating self-awareness; showing respect and empathy for others.
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