Pre-Kindergarten Class for Ages 4 & 5.
Join us for a movement based class that prepares your child for Kindergarten.

The Pre-Kindergarten program at Dr. John’s Sports Center provides high quality education for children the year before kindergarten to prepare them for school success. With all our programs at Dr. John’s Sports Center, we place a heavy emphasis on healthy lifestyles and being physically active. To give parents options in their child’s educational experience, our 4-5 year old program incorporates a classroom setting, emphasis on physical activity as well as extended child care for working parents.

Class size is limited to 20 students with one licensed teacher and one or more assistants

Pre-K teacher holds a teaching license with experience teaching 4-year-olds

Children are divided into smaller groups for activity and instruction

Rotating to instructors within our closed setting allows for children to interact with all instructors and provides a wider variety of learning opportunities

To meet our Pre-K staff, click here.

The instructional framework used in Dr. John’s Pre-K classroom is called "Big Day for Pre-K" from Scholastic, Inc. (www.scholastic.com). This curriculum is a comprehensive early childhood education program that builds upon children's curiosity and interest, and encourages them to explore, play and learn about the world around them.

There are 8 themes that are divided through the year. Early in the year, the themes focus on concepts in children's more immediate world, and they broaden over the course of the year. This framework integrates learning across content areas:

Ready for School!
My Family
Our Community
Awesome Animals
Imagine it, Make It
Growing up Healthy
Nature All Around Us
Moving On

We follow the Leander ISD school calendar for 2011-2012 in that our Pre-K class is held 5 days a week for 3 hours each morning on all LISD school days. Pre-K classes are not held at Dr. John’s during student vacations, but our full day camps are available for the working parent.

Schedule

Pre-Kindergarten Program

7:00am- 8:30am (Supervised Free Play) *optional

8:30am- 10:00am (Pre-Kindergarten Class)

10:00am (Morning Snack)

10:30am- 12:00pm (Classroom & Gym Instruction)

12:00pm (Lunch)

Full Day Care (optional)

12:45pm- 1:15pm (Recess)

1:15pm- 2:15pm (Quiet Time/Nap Time)

2:15pm- 2:30pm (Art/Coloring)

2:30pm-3:00pm (Afternoon Snack)

3:00pm- 5:00pm (After School Care)

5:00pm- 6:00pm (Supervised Free Play) *optional

After School Care Program for Pre-Kindergarteners

Our group of Pre-Kindergarteners remain together in our After School Care Program are assigned a dedicated counselor. Depending on the developmental level, there may be the addition of “tender” 5 year olds just starting kindergarten that may benefit from a more enclosed after school care setting. Children participate in a variety of activities suitable for 4-5 year olds including arts and crafts, cooking classes, games involving traditional play materials located within their classroom as well as a physical activity rotation utilizing the gym and/or outdoor field areas.

After School Clubs

In addition, we offer a weekly enrichment program on Thursdays that can include older children within our After School program.

We refer to these as "Clubs" that may involve music, gardening, photography, cooking, nature studies, etc. The Clubs rotate on a monthly basis to give kids the opportunity to experience a variety of lifetime pursuit activities.

Where some of our “Clubs” are developmentally too advanced for the 4 & 5 year, there may be offerings where the 4 & 5 year old can participate in a specifically defined multi-age Club group.

The inclusion of the younger children in our “Club” activities allows for many learning opportunities for sharing, problem solving and group interaction skills similar to what children experience within a large family. This also allows our sibling groups to work together in activities under supervision of our trained staff.

Lunch & Snacks

Children bring a sack lunch and experience the social interaction of mealtime. Morning and Afternoon snacks are provided by Dr. John's Sports Center.

Full Day Camps

During LISD school holidays our Pre-K programs is not held, though we do offer Full Day Camps. During holidays, lunch is provided by Dr. John's Sports Center.

Download our General Information Flyer with Pre-Kindergarten Rates.

Pre-K Registration

Your child must be 4 years old on or before September 1, 2011 in order to enroll in Dr. John’s Sports Center Pre-Kindergarten program for the 2011-12 school year. In other words, this class is designed to prepare children for Kindergarten in the fall of 2012.

Children are expected to be screened prior to participation in the Pre-Kindergarten Program. Screening includes: