LITTLE LEARNER PRESCHOOL RECEIVES FOUR STARS

Little Learners Preschool, at Lester Prairie School, is excited to announce that we have received a Four Star Parent Aware rating through the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)! To get a Parent Aware rating, schools fill out an application about the curriculum and assessments used in their preschool programs. Districts are required to use curriculums and assessments that are on an approved list. Once the application is filled out, MDE reviews it and awards the program a rating. A four star rating is the highest rating a district can receive!

Little Learners Preschool uses The Creative Curriculum. This curriculum has several studies to choose from on a wide variety of topics. Some of the studies include: balls, clothing, roads, trees, and pets. We also use Word Time, to help develop new vocabulary; Numbers and Math, to help build different math skills; Language and Literacy, and Handwriting without Tears. All of the aforementioned are part of the Get Set for School Curriculum offered by Handwriting without Tears.

The assessment tool we use throughout the year is the Teaching Strategies GOLD Objectives for Development and Learning for Children Birth through Five. The Teaching Strategies GOLD objectives are embedded through the Creative Curriculum so that we can use the goals when lesson planning. We use the assessment tool to show parents where their child is at developmentally when we meet for parent-teacher conferences.

A typical day in Preschool includes: saying The Pledge of Allegiance, calendar time, small groups so that we can work more closely with the children on skills, several large groups which are focused on the studies and use a combination of the curriculums which were mentioned above, snack, free play, music and movement time, and outside time.

Little Learners Preschool serves children ages 3-5 and has two different class options: Monday and Wednesday morning class with the option of adding Friday mornings or Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons. The morning section is typically for children who are age three or an early four year old and the afternoon section is geared for children who will attend Kindergarten the following year. The Lester Prairie School district offers free bussing for children to and from preschool. Little Learners Preschool is combined with Heartland Head Start.  

If you are interested in registering for preschool, learning more about the Little Learners Preschool of Lester Prairie Public School, or simply seeing the classroom, please feel free to contact Mrs. Helen Lester at 320-395-3223.