Preschool - Fitzgerald Community School

Preschool at FCS

Join our community of supportive, accepting, and encouraging families that celebrates the unique personalities and needs of each child. We love our Fitz families and can’t wait to meet your child.

Now Enrolling Ages 3+

Encouraging Natural Curiosity and Sense of Wonder

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Free Play, Project-Based, and Foundational Learning

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BEFORE + AFTER CARE

GUIDING CURIOUS MINDS DOWN UNIQUE PATHS

Preserving Childhood, Learning Through Play, Experiencing A Nature Based Education All While Preparing Children For Kindergarten And Beyond.

At Preschool at FCS, learners experience:

A nature based education
Research shows that children who have regular outdoor play are healthier, happier, and smarter than those who don’t.
Small class ratios
Individualized attention so that children reach their full potential and learn at their own pace.
Art, music, and foreign language exposure
Proven to boost intellectual, social, and emotional learning
Mixed-age learning opportunities
Exposure to more complex language and play
Boost critical thinking skills and creativity
How to develop intrinsic motivation to learn based on Fitz’ unique profile based model
Lays the foundation for a life-long love of learning, and persistence when faced with challenges

Literacy

To create and express original ideas
To expand vocabulary through conversations and instructional activities
To show progress in identifying letters and the associations of letter sounds
To talk about favorite topics, books, and authors
To under book handling concepts
To move toward phonetic and conventional spelling by using a variety of forms of early writing (scribbling, drawing, copied print)
To begin to write, spell and read familiar words
To experiment and play with sounds
To gain information from listening to conversations, stories, songs and poems
To show progress toward listening respectfully

Numeracy

To apply mathematics to daily lives
To move toward the use of numbers and symbols
To describe comparative relationships
Identify and create patterns with real objects
Use simple estimation
To measure things in the environment, explore weight, temperature and time
Identify and appreciate geometric shapes in the environment
Understand 1:1 correspondence

Science Inquiry

To explore, experiment and ask questions about topics of interest
To experience a sense of wonder
To begin to hypothesize
To show an increasing ability to predict outcomes
To observe details and attributes of objects
To propose and explore possibilities
To grow in understanding of nutrition
To use observational skills to build awareness
To participate in improving the environment
To form an understanding of the natural world

Social/Emotional Intelligence

To increase in the ability to initiate and sustain age-appropriate play and peer interactions
To recognize respectfully the similarities and differences in people
To show increasing respect for the rights of others
To extend help to others
To grow in the capacity to avoid harming self, others or property when experiencing strong emotions
To show comfort with silence and solitude
To demonstrate an increasing ability to follow and respect boundaries, schedules and routines
To contribute to the life of a community
To take action that helps make things better, correct mistakes and solve social problems
To recognize the importance of taking care of the resources in an environment
To contribute to play themes
To demonstrate respect for the creativity and work of others
To appreciate and celebrate the heritage of cultures
To grow in the ability to adjust to a change of plans or to alter plans
To participate in the ideas of others
To approach tasks with increasing flexibility
To demonstrate an emerging sense of self-awareness (identify interests, strengths, body parts)
To become increasingly more independent and interdependent
To begin to know how and when to seek help and from whom
Show growing independence in self-care (eating, dressing, tpoileting, washing hands, use of tissues)
Practice the correct procedures for self-protection ( gun safety, unwanted touch, natural disasters)
To begin experiencing acceptable risk-taking experiences (climbing, bike riding, exploring wetlands, heights)
To contribute individual strengths and interests to a group

Work Ethic

To grow in the ability to persist in experiences and projects
To demonstrate increasing ability to set goals, to plan, and implement plans
To begin to organize projects and play
To demonstrate enjoyment in solving problems
To learn new concepts through active play

The Arts

To listen to, sing, perform and play music
To grow in the ability to pretend and imagine
To use the arts to represent their view of the world

ENROLLING AGES 3+

Your child can follow their curiosity and cultivate their creativity to become well-rounded and confident student that is fully prepared when they transition to Kindergarten.

BEFORE, AFTER + EXTRA CARE

We offer a play-based before and after school care program for an additional fee.

Before care starts at 7:30 AM until school starts at 8:30 AM

After care starts at 2:30 PM and ends at 6:00 PM.

TUITION & FEES

We offer a play-based before and after school care program for an additional fee.

Before care starts at 7:30 AM until school starts at 8:30 AM

After care starts at 2:30 PM and ends at 6:00 PM.