PRESCHOOL PROGRAM (3 – 5 Years)

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 At Acorn Learning Academy, our preschool program prepares children for kindergarten through a balance of exploration, structure, creativity, emotional development, and hands-on STEAM learning. Every lesson is intentionally designed to support the whole child — intellectually, socially, emotionally, and physically.

Our Preschool teachers are Behavioral-Health-Certified and trained to support both neurotypical and neurodivergent learners with care, patience, and understanding.

Children learn best when they are actively engaged.

Our preschool curriculum builds school readiness naturally through:

• Early literacy
• Foundational math 
• Science experiments 
• Creative arts 
• Outdoor exploration
• Dramatic play
• Music and movement
• Problem-solving challenges
   

Your child will enter kindergarten confident, curious, and prepared.

STEAM is integrated into daily classroom activities to help children develop early critical-thinking and creativity skills.

STEAM includes:

• Science: nature studies, observations, simple experiments 
• Technology: cause-and-effect tools, coding toys, problem-solving games 
• Engineering: building structures, designing, hands-on challenges 
• Arts: music, drawing, sensory art, dramatic play 
• Math: patterns, sorting, graphing, measurement 

Our preschool STEAM labs encourage questions like:
“What happens if…?”
“How can we build this?”
“Why does that change?”

We want children to explore the world with wonder.

 Every child learns differently — and we are prepared for that.

Our preschool classrooms support:

• Sensory needs
• Speech delays
• Social communication differences
• Autism spectrum needs
• ADHD behavior support
• Motor skill delays
• Early intervention plans
• IEP and therapy collaboration
   

We partner with families and professionals to create individualized strategies that help children thrive.

A toddler’s day at Acorn includes:

• Sensory exploration
• Outdoor gross motor play
• Music & movement
• Group time & circle time
• Early literacy & storytelling
• Free choice learning centers
• Healthy meals and snacks
• Rest & calm time
   

Teachers maintain consistent routines that help toddlers feel safe and confident.

Preschool is a key stage for emotional growth.

That’s why every classroom incorporates:

• Daily emotional check-ins
• Modeling and practicing coping strategies
• Social stories
• Positive reinforcement
• Calm corner access
• Peer problem-solving
• Collaboration activities
   

Teachers support children through big feelings, conflict resolution, and independence-building.

Your child will learn how to express themselves, make friends, and manage emotions with confidence.