Program

Preschool

  • Socialization – cooperation, empathy, and turn-taking

  • Language Growth – rich vocabulary through stories, songs, and conversation

  • Fine-Motor Skills – hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity

  • Concept Development – color, shape, and numeral recognition; perceptual awareness

  • Listening & Spatial Skills – following directions and understanding spatial relationships

Pre - Kindergarten

At The Finch Academy’s Pre-K classroom, four- and five-year-olds refine their social skills—learning to compromise, respect others, and solve problems—while teachers gently coach collaborative play and role-playing. Daily lessons build pre-reading confidence as children identify and write both upper- and lower-case letters, play math games, and investigate the wider world through hands-on science and social-studies activities.

Our warm, inquiry-rich environment nurtures social, emotional, physical, and cognitive growth. Educators emphasize self-regulation, independent thinking, and expressive confidence, encouraging each child to explore new ideas and relationships. A mix of literature, art, math manipulatives, science experiments, and age-appropriate technology ensures that every student steps into kindergarten eager and well prepared.

Key Learning Goals

  • Expanded speech & vocabulary

  • Fine-motor skill strength

  • Problem-solving & critical thinking

  • Understanding patterns, symmetry & balance

  • Recognizing similarities & differences among people and objects

  • Imagination development through role-play

  • Number sense: counting, sorting, patterning & one-to-one correspondence

  • Introduction to early addition & subtraction