In an effort to adequately prepare current 4 and 5 year old children for the upcoming full day kindergarten schedule mandated by the State of Michigan Orchard Hill is prepared to offer a full day pre-k experience for these children in 2012. This program will focus on effectively preparing these youngsters for a full day of kindergarten at one of our local elementary schools. We are proud to announce that the program will be Nationally Accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children and will utilize the Creative Curriculum as it’s academic framework. This Pre-k experience will provide additional skill acquisition time in pre-reading, pre-writing, pre-math and pre-science areas. In addition, the children will receive additional time for social interaction, fine motor skills and gross motor exercise in one of our two large gym spaces as well as on our newly designed playground area. The class will run from 9:00—3:00 Monday—Thursday with extended care available before and afterward and on Fridays if needed. All meals and full day care is included in the $25.00/per day cost.
If you have a child that will be 5 years old in the next year this is a program that could fit in nicely as a first full-day experience to kindergarten the following year. Please visit our website at: www.orchardhillpreschool.com to enroll or stop into our Administrative Office for more information. We are looking forward to this new opportunity with your children!