VPK stands for Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten and is funded by the Early Learning Coalition. Tallahassee Classical School’s program of early childhood education includes teaching, storytelling, sharing, music, art, and play time. We start out with the building blocks of learning in a Classical way to lay the foundation for the knowledge they will need when they enter Kindergarten at Tallahassee Classical School.
The Tallahassee Classical School program provides experiences and activities that will meet your child’s emotional, social, intellectual, and physical needs. Your child will be guided to start taking part in small and large group activities. This combination of experiences will broaden your child’s aptitude for future schoolwork while allowing free reign for imagination and creativity.
Your child will be guided:
- To become aware of and have an interest in the world about him/her
- To develop a sense of pride in him/herself, his/her school, and nation
- To make a happy transition from home life to school life
- To work and play comfortably with other children
- To manifest some degree of self-discipline and self-control
- To grow in verbal, sensory-motor, and conceptual skills
- To observe and use simple health and safety rules
- To help think and act for self while growing in common courtesies
The program includes outdoor play – with games, exploring, exercise, indoor child-selected play – with developmentally appropriate toys and activities.
There are certain standards set forth by the Office of Early Learning (a branch of the Department of Education), that the children will be expected to meet by the end of the school year. The children will be working on these standards throughout the year as we prepare them for Kindergarten. The purpose of the activities provided is to help the children develop or improve skills such as letter recognition, letter sounds, counting, writing, and pre-reading. They will also be learning about Virtues, Math, Science, and Social Studies/History. They will be participating in hands-on age-appropriate learning. Additionally, we will emphasize the importance of learning classroom norms such as raising your hand, following directions, waiting your turn, helping with daily routines, etc.
To apply for PreK at TCS, apply at Tallahassee Classical School SchoolMint, and once accepted please complete the below PreK3 or PreK4 application.