Kinder-Prep

The River Academy offers a loving, challenging, and fun learning environment for preschool children who will be turning 4 by September 1. Our kinder-prep class consists of no more than 12 students per session, one teacher, and one teaching assistant. Since The River Academy welcomes and encourages parent involvement, our kinder-prep class also frequently enjoys having a parent helper in the room.

The kinder-prep program allows students to explore and participate in a number of different learning experiences. Our students learn by using hands-on materials, singing songs, hearing stories, and playing games. Specific learning objectives are introduced, but the students are not required to master these skills before entering kindergarten. The small class size allows our teacher to provide an individualized learning pace. Our teacher uses observation and the collection of student work samples to assess each child’s progress throughout the school year.

Our littlest TRA students participate in many of our very special traditions. One of these traditions is Psalm singing. Kinder-Preppers start each school day by singing Psalms with a class of older students. This is just one of many ways they are able to observe the older students and learn the culture of our school, which is focused on building character and treating one another with kindness as we move about in God’s world.

Kinder-Prep Schedule

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Morning Class- 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Afternoon Class- 11:45 am to 2:45 p.m.