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Early Learning Programs

The Snohomish School District recognizes that equity starts at birth and that effective early learning provides a high leverage opportunity to build an empowering foundation for parent/guardian and school partnerships formed around readiness, safety, inclusivity, and creativity.

Early Learning Programs Handout

Programs

Transition to Kindergarten Pre-K

  • Serves 4- to 5-year-old students
  • Monday through Friday full-day Transition to Kindergarten Pre-K program
  • Serves children and families who demonstrate a need through the Transition to Kindergarten Pre-K application and screening process
  • Please fill out the district Preschool Inquiry Form.

Developmental Preschool

  • Serves 3- to 5-year-old students who meet eligibility requirements for special education services
  • Monday through Thursday morning and afternoon sessions
  • Serves students who have a developmental need in one or more of the developmental areas: communication, cognition, social emotional/behavior, adaptive skills, fine motor skills, and gross motor skills
  • Please fill out the district Early Childhood Special Education Referral Form.

ECEAP Preschool

  • Serves children who are ages 3 or 4 by August 31
  • Monday through Thursday half-day or full-day program
  • Serves families who qualify due to income or housing needs, kinship or foster status, exiting from birth-3 services, and/or IEP status
  • Family education, family fun events, meals, and targeted resources included
  • Please fill out the district Preschool Inquiry Form.

Contacts

Transition to Kindergarten Pre-K program
Teaching & Learning Services
360-563-7257

Preschool Inquiry Form


Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP)
Britta Grass, Supervisor
360-563-4641

Preschool Inquiry Form


Developmental Preschool
Speech and development
(3-year-olds through 5-year-olds)
Amy Joynt, TOSA
360-563-7321

Early Childhood Special Education Referral Form


Kindergarten
Contact the elementary school your child would attend or visit www.sno.wednet.edu/kindergarten

If you suspect your preschool-aged child has a disability, please fill out the Early Childhood Special Education Referral Form.

Early Childhood Special Education Referral Form

Developmental Preschool

Special Education Services

Physical development

Daily living skills
Give me a chance to…

  • Dress myself
  • Open snacks and serve myself
  • Go to the bathroom independently
  • Blow my nose and wash my hands

Fine motor and hand strength
Give me a chance to…

  • Use school tools like pencils, crayons, scissors, glue & tape.
  • Pull, push, grab, kneed, pound, stretch, pinch, & squish objects

Gross motor/body strength and balance
Give me a chance to…

  • Climb, run, jump, crawl, swing, throw, kick and bounce
  • Build and dig

Mathematics development

1:1 correspondence up to 10
Give me a chance to…

  • Count out loud
  • Touch and count objects

Basic shapes and colors identification
Give me a chance to…

  • Name a circle, square, triangle and rectangle
  • Find a circle, square, triangle and rectangle
  • Name the colors: red, orange, yellow, blue, green, purple, black, white and brown
  • Find the colors: red, orange, yellow, blue, green, purple, black, white and brown

Sorting collections by attributes (color, shape, size, purpose) and number of attributes
Give me a chance to…

  • Sort familiar objects (toys, balls, blocks, Legos, dishes, etc.) by color and size
  • Show you small groups of up to six items
  • Roll a dice and hand you that number of items

Cognitive development

Sustain focus and interest in lessons and activities
Give me a chance to…

  • Listen to a story and ask questions
  • Clean up my own messes
  • Complete a task from start to finish
  • Talk about how the world works

Try more than one way to solve a problem

Give me a chance to…

  • Make mistakes and fix them
  • Express what I need
  • Share my ideas, and accept others’ ideas
  • Wait and take turns

Role-play life experiences through dramatic play, art, and construction projects
Give me a chance to…

  • Dress up and pretend to be something/someone else
  • Build my own creations
  • Draw, color, cut and create

Social-emotional development

Display independence
Give me a chance to…

  • Follow daily routines and expectations
  • Try new and challenging things
  • Ask for help
  • Make mistakes and get messy

Express feelings
Give me a chance to…

  • Feel and name my feelings
  • Struggle
  • Talk about feelings (yours, mine and others)
  • Breathe, take a break, and move forward when I have strong feelings

Build relationships
Give me a chance to…

  • Meet people my own age
  • Trust other adults
  • Solve problems with others (with support as needed)

Build flexible thinking
Give me a chance to…

  • Hear “no,” and not get what I want
  • Problem solve
  • Share my ideas

Literacy and language development

Identify and name some letters
Give me a chance to…

  • Sing the ABC song
  • Play with letter magnets or puzzles
  • Look for letters in children’s books
  • Connect the letter name to its letter shape

Start to write
Give me a chance to…

  • Recognize and write my name
  • Pretend to write a list, note, card, etc.

Rhyme
Give me a chance to…

  • Learn a rhyming song i.e. Jack and Jill, Hickory Dickory Dock, Itsy Bitsy Spider
  • Listen to rhyming books i.e. Dr. Seuss, Brown Bear, Pete the Cat

Treat and use books correctly
Give me a chance to…

  • Hold a book and turn pages from left to right
  • Pretend to read the book and/or read the pictures
  • Talk about and ask questions about a book
  • Visit the library (school or public library, story time sessions)

Communicate with others
Give me a chance to…

  • Greet others appropriately
  • Have a back and forth conversation
  • Follow verbal directions with two to three steps
  • Express my needs and wants and ask for help when needed