The PREP curriculum is a comprehensive program that develops all aspects
of the child. 

We use a literacy-based program to acquire reading and writing skills through stories and by providing a print-rich environment.   Our manipulative-based mathematics program emphasizes number understanding, space and comparative concepts.  Physical progress is supported through music and movement, fine motor activities, and outdoor activities.

A degreed teacher facilitates active learning experiences in language and literacy, math, science, and our innovative social competency curriculum, SECOND STEP.  The research-based SECOND STEP curriculum received an “exemplary” rating from the U.S. Department of Education.  The curriculum provides engaging lessons and activities that teach essential social skills, such as problem solving, emotion management, impulse control, and empathy.

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Research-based and demonstrated effective, these experiences reinforce ideas from the curriculum. Our program is committed to the Virginia Alignment Program, and exceeds Virginia’s Foundation Blocks for Learning, which helps to establish a range of skills and knowledge that are essential in assisting four year-olds to have a smooth transition to  kindergarten,  and Virginia’s Milestones of Child Development, developed by the Virginia Department of Education.