Pre-kindergarten Program
Preparing Young Minds for Kindergarten & Beyond
Our preschool program builds essential skills for school readiness, focusing on literacy, math, social development, and creative exploration.
📚 Structured Learning Environment – Daily activities designed for kindergarten prep.
🎨 Creative & Hands-On Exploration – Arts, storytelling, and STEM projects.
🗣 Bilingual Immersion (English & Somali) – Enhancing cognitive flexibility & communication.
🎯 AI-Powered Personalized Learning – Adaptive activities for every child’s unique needs.
A Day in Our Pre-kindergarten Classroom
A Warm Welcome
Each morning, you and your preschooler will be greeted with warmth and care by our teachers. This time allows you to connect with your child’s teacher, ensuring a smooth transition from home to school.
Discovering and Exploring Through Learning Centers
Your preschooler will participate in engaging, hands-on activities that promote school readiness, along with various exploration opportunities that stimulate critical thinking and build confidence.
Enjoying Snacks and Meals
As your preschooler enjoys meals and snacks with teachers and friends, they will develop positive eating habits, one of the many important skills they will learn.
Curriculum Highlights:
✔️ Early Literacy & Math Readiness – Building pre-reading, counting, and problem-solving skills.
✔️ Social-Emotional Growth – Teaching patience, teamwork, and positive conflict resolution.
✔️ Independence & Responsibility – Encouraging children to manage tasks and express themselves..
Age-Specific Goals:
✔️ Young Preschool (3-4 Years): Expanding social skills, fostering self-control & independence.
✔️ Pre-K (4-5 Years): Focus on kindergarten readiness, critical thinking, and structured learning.
Teachers provide opportunities for exploration that foster preschoolers' curiosity and encourage learning.
- Our skilled and trained teachers offer enriching learning experiences and guidance to help your preschooler grow into a confident, well-rounded individual.
- In addition to helping your preschooler develop social skills, they will also learn how to compromise, respect others, and solve problems. We create an environment where your child can build self-confidence, explore, interact with peers, and gain a sense of independence. Your preschooler will discover their ability to handle tasks, from pouring their own milk and setting snack tables to making decisions on how to spend time in learning centers.
- Our teachers guide children in discovering answers through exploration, experimentation, and meaningful conversations, supporting them in reaching their full potential.
Our preschool curriculum is based on the latest early brain research, featuring developmentally appropriate and engaging activities that support growth across all early learning domains for preschoolers. These learning domains include:
Our modern classrooms are thoughtfully designed and stocked with a variety of age-appropriate materials to support learning at every stage of preschool development. Each classroom features nine distinct learning centers to foster growth and exploration:
- In our Pre-kindergarten classrooms, teachers create a nurturing and stimulating environment through songs, cuddles, storytelling, conversations, sign language, yoga, and hands-on play.
Each day, you'll receive updates via a mobile app, allowing our teachers to share important information, send messages, and brighten your day with photos and videos. You’re also encouraged to use the app to reach out to your child’s teacher.
"Apple Child Care Center has truly been a blessing for our family! My child is enjoying learning both Somali and English, and I can see their confidence increasing each day."
—– Fatima M., Parent
Apple Childcare Center…Where Love and Learning Grow
