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Pre-Kindergarten

Pre-K is the year before kindergarten, and the day is built to look more like one: longer work periods, a job chart, journals and small-group reading. Our goals follow the Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards, which is what kindergartens in School District 54 expect children to arrive with.

In the spring we practice the things that make the first week of kindergarten hard: carrying a folder, opening a lunch, lining up, and sitting for a longer story.

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Pre-Kindergarten room at Ashford Academy in Schaumburg

What Your Child Will Learn

Reading and writing

  • All letter sounds and beginning blending
  • Sight words and rhyming
  • Writing first and last name
  • Daily journals

Math

  • Numbers to 20 and beyond
  • Adding and taking away with objects
  • Measuring, graphing and patterns

Science and social studies

  • Long projects: plants, weather, our neighborhood
  • Maps and simple experiments

Ready for school

  • Multi-step directions
  • Working alone for 15 to 20 minutes
  • Kindergarten visit in the spring

Learning goals for the Pre-K room will be finalized with Aman's curriculum content.

A Day in the Pre-K Room

  1. 6:30
    Arrival and morning work
  2. 8:00
    Breakfast
  3. 9:00
    Morning meeting, calendar and journals
  4. 9:30
    Reading groups and centers
  5. 10:45
    Outside
  6. 11:45
    Lunch
  7. 12:30
    Rest and quiet reading
  8. 1:30
    Math workshop and project time
  9. 2:45
    Snack and outside
  10. 3:45
    Read-aloud, games, free play until pickup

Sample schedules. Infants follow their own feeding and sleeping schedule, which we set with you.

Questions Parents Ask About the Pre-K Room

Will my child be ready for kindergarten?

That is the point of the year. We assess each child against the Illinois standards in the fall and spring and share the results with you, and we will tell you plainly if there is something to work on at home.

Do you offer kindergarten?

Yes. Children who turn five can move up to our Kindergarten room. Families who choose School District 54 or a private school get a copy of their child's spring readiness check to take with them.

More answers on the FAQ page, or call (847) 555-0100.
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See the Pre-K room on a tour

Tour the academy, or send us a few details and we will email you the tuition sheet and current openings. You can also call (847) 555-0100.

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