Pre-Kindergarten
In the Pre-K Classroom
The 4 year old Pre-Kindergarten program is a great place to begin your child's Four Seasons educational journey. It is an all day (7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.) program that meets daily 5 days a week. Your child will be immersed in a nurturing environment that will provide developmentally-appropriate activities using best practices in Early Childhood Education. Learning takes place in whole and small group instruction, along with intentional active-learning activities. Your child will gain the tools to ready themselves for the educational years to come.
Pre-K Goals based on State Standards
Pre-K Curriculum
The SPPS Pre-Kindergarten Program is rooted in a deep commitment to standards-based education, and in efforts to align with SPPS' Strategic Plan, Strong Schools, Strong Communities (SSSC), has created a working draft of a research-based, standard-driven curriculum with a scope and sequence for clear expectations of what teachers will cover in instruction.
This working draft of Discovering Our World curriculum was developed as a result of a work process that has spanned over several years.
Units of Study
- The First Six Weeks in My New School
- Exploring Change in My World
- Being Healthy in Our World
- Adapting to Our World
- Helping in Our World
- Creating and Constructing in Our World
- Cycles in Our World
Throughout our units of study, the students learn the Early Childhood Workshop model, which includes daily "Talking, Reading and Writing."
In addition a strong social emotional component is embedded in daily lessons using a collaboration of lessons from Second Step and The Incredible Years.
Pre-K also follows Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies.
