Pre-K Education

Our Pre-K classroom serves ages 4 and 5, with a staff to child ratio of 1:10. We provide the children with the Highscope curriculum and weekly themes and a letter per week from September to May. Our focus in this classroom is provide the children with activities to help them transition to Kindergarten. Our teachers are in partnership with local districts’ transition meetings to successfully provide children with kindergarten readiness skills. We provide a smaller group setting to help meet individual needs as well as providing group activities. We focus on social development and language and literacy as well as motor development by providing indoor and outdoor experiences. Children go on several field trips throughout the year with and without our Preschool classroom. They have explored the St. Vincent Planetarium, Apple Hill Playhouse, Pittsburgh Zoo, pumpkin patch, Carnegie Science Center, Natural History Museum, etc. We provide at the end of the year a Pre-Kindergarten Graduation ceremony, and many children remain in our care until that first day of Kindergarten.

• Ages 4 and 5
• Adult to Child ratio 1:10
• Parent / Teacher conferences conducted twice a year
• Lessons planned with individual goals cross-walked with Preschool and Kindergarten PA Early Learning Standards
• Children are taken outside daily, weather permitting
• Teachers participate in local school district’s transition meetings
• Observations and Assessments conducted throughout the year
• High Scope curriculum with an emphasis in school readiness
• Areas include making thought out choices, independence and social skills needed for next transition
• Field Trips taken throughout the year to accompany learning experience