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