Transitional Kindergarten (Trans-K)
Monday - Friday
9:00am to 12:00pm*
time extends to 12:30 when we return from Christmas break.
Our Transitional Kindergarten program is designed for children who are 5 years old with summer birthdays or almost 5 with fall birthdays. Transitional Kindergarten programs have been in existence since the 1990s as a way to give children a gift of time. As more academic pressure has come to bear upon Kindergarten, there has also come the realization by many parents that it is often developmentally appropriate to consider an extra year. Transitional Kindergarten offers the opportunity for children to mature academically, socially, and emotionally. With that extra year, Trans-K students enter Kindergarten as “thicker” learners, with a strong foundation that serves them well for all of their elementary years. This class is paced according to the needs of the children; it will therefore look a little different each year as each child’s learning level is met and then moved forward. Typically, the teachers begin incorporating Kindergarten concepts and activities into the curriculum by midyear.
Our Transitional Kindergarten program is designed for children who could go to kindergarten but whose parents have decided another year before Kindergarten is appropriate. Once Trans-K is filled by children who are already 5, if space is still available, we will consider older children from our 4-day 3s program who will turn 5 in October or November. These children should be almost ready for Kindergarten, but simply have to wait another year because of their October / November birthday.
Aldersgate New Creation KinderPrep bases its unique curriculum on Virgnia's unified set of Early Learning and Development Standards (ELDS). Click on the link below to learn more about ELDS
Our Transitional Kindergarten program is designed for children who could go to kindergarten but whose parents have decided another year before Kindergarten is appropriate. Once Trans-K is filled by children who are already 5, if space is still available, we will consider older children from our 4-day 3s program who will turn 5 in October or November. These children should be almost ready for Kindergarten, but simply have to wait another year because of their October / November birthday.
Aldersgate New Creation KinderPrep bases its unique curriculum on Virgnia's unified set of Early Learning and Development Standards (ELDS). Click on the link below to learn more about ELDS
