Pre-Kindergarten Plus Program for 5 Year Olds

(a program for 5 year olds not quite ready for Kindergarten)

Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm

Program Description

This program provides a unique curriculum for the child who is not quite ready for the Kindergarten experience. This specialized program provides the “gift of time” and a further opportunity to prepare soon to be kindergarteners with longer hours and more skill development so they will be ready for the full day kindergarten being offered in many of the schools in our area.

The curriculum offers a variety of experiences which promote social, emotional and intellectual growth. Your child will continue to build on literacy skills with a combination of the Harcourt Brace Trophies Language Arts program, Kid Writing, monthly author studies and Let’s Find Out magazine. Math skills will be developed using the Everyday Math series and math is incorporated all throughout the day. The Science program provides opportunities for hands-on learning with the Celebrate Science series.

The classroom environment allows for each child to develop a strong sense of self and to develop into independent, enthusiastic learners.

Teaching Staff

Tami Lewis, BS, Teacher, Pre-Kindergarten Plus
Tami worked as an early intervention specialist and a kindergarten teacher at the Overbrook School for the Blind in Philadelphia. She was a long-term substitute and director for the Steeple Kids Preschool in Langhorne United Methodist Church. Before joining SUMCLC, she worked as a substitute teacher in Hopewell Valley Regional School District in Pennington, NJ. Tami also teaches Sunday school and is a member of the choir at Langhorne United Methodist. Tami has a bachelor’s degree in child development from the University of Pittsburgh; a master’s degree in education of the visually impaired from Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Philadelphia, PA; and a graduate level teacher’s certification from Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ. Tami is certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Education

Robin Sullivan, BA, Pre-Kindergarten Plus Assistant
Robin worked as a teacher’s assistant at St. Phillips and James Catholic Church’s preschool in Exton, PA before joining SUMCLC. She currently volunteers with the youth group and CCD at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Newtown, PA and spent a number of years volunteering and serving as a member of the Parent Teachers Organization with the Council Rock Schools while her children attended. Robin received a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University in English and communications.