Premier Academy Preschool Childcare

Premier Academy helps prepare your child for school

School readiness is about more than what children know. Kindergarten teachers describe successful children as being: healthy, rested, and well fed, able to pay attention, follow directions and communicate their thoughts and needs without being disruptive, curious and enthusiastic about new activities, confident, cooperative, and able to practice age-appropriate self-control.

Social skills that are essential for academic success:

• getting along with others (parents, teachers, and peers)
• following directions
• identifying and regulating one’s emotions and behavior
• thinking of appropriate solutions to conflict
• persisting on task
• engaging in social conversation and cooperative play
• correctly interpreting other’s behavior and emotions
• feeling good about oneself and others

There are many things parents and teachers can do to help children be successful in school and in life: Promote good healthy habits by making sure children:

• Follow a routine which includes a balanced diet and plenty of activity and rest
• Encourage social and emotional well-being by giving children chances to:
  • Take care of own needs, such as dressing and toileting
  • Play with others, learning to share and cooperate
  • Express emotions in safe ways, learning to regulate own behaviors and reactions
  • Pay attention, make choices, and follow directions and rules

Support language and learning by giving children chances to:

• Be read to every day and talk about words you see
• Practice drawing, writing, and recognizing numbers, shapes, colors, letters, sounds and their own name
• Work on a task until it’s done, with support as needed
• Play! Children learn best when they’re having fun, so use games, toys, natural events and routines to teach, rather than using flashcards and worksheets

Premier Academy Curriculum:

The State of Nebraska has put out Early Learning Guidelines to address the seven domains of development. These guidelines are designed to provide parents, teachers and caregivers a road map for helping and supporting the development and learning of our young children. At Premier Academy, we work within these guidelines to create a preschool curriculum that includes meaningful activities that will help your children develop in each of these seven areas.