We often get the question, "Will my child be ready for kindergarten?" YES!

ALC’s Pre-K program is designed to meet the individual needs of your child to make sure they are more than ready. We concentrate closely on helping them develop their social, emotional, cognitive, and physical skills.

Specifically, here are the areas we focus on:
• Organized learning environment
• Wide selection of age-appropriate toys and materials
• Organized daily schedule
• Communication with the children

Each of these components has been designed to meet learning objectives that will help your child move toward their potential as they explore and experiment with materials and activities in the classroom. When it’s time, your child will be more than ready for the next level!

As the children get older, more “lessons” are learned by hands-on opportunities. Engaging in interactive projects helps them learn at their own pace.

At Active Learning Centers, play IS a part of the learning process. Our teachers are trained to identify opportunities to help children learn about themselves, their environment, and their fellow students.

Pre-K children begin the basics through weekly themes, letter recognition, basic math concepts, geometry, phonics, pre-writing skills, literacy comprehension, basic science skills, music appreciation, art appreciation, and acceptance of individuality.

As they play in centers, they are exploring and developing many skills. To an outsider it may look like they are just building with blocks. But upon closer examination you will notice that they are learning to make decisions about what to build, cooperating by letting everyone have a turn, developing math skills by determining the number and size of blocks needed to construct their building, and basic principles of physics by learning that if they make the ramp taller their car will go higher when it jumps the ramp or faster when it goes down the ramp.

Dramatic Play Area

In the dramatic play area, they are not only pretending to be families, they are learning to use measuring tools, phone etiquette, social skills, manners, self help skills, AND communication skills.

Science Centers

In science centers they are exploring the world around them. Books in their science area help them compare items they see with real life pictures. From these observations they learn weight and size comparisons, natural versus man made objects, seasonal items, animal life, and basic magnetic forces.

Art Center

The art center is a place for free expression. They will develop fine motor skills as well as pre-writing, math, sensory skills, social skills, acceptance of individuality, sculpture, sketching, cutting, chalk, and painting.

Library

The library is a place to read books and develop a love of the written language. By having puppets and props in the book center, children can act out the stories they have heard or are reading. They learn to respect and care for books.

Manipulatives

Manipulatives is a place to use those fine motor skills so greatly needed for school success. They sort by color, size, match item, learn to use clues to assemble puzzles and other mind expanding exercises.