Our Preschool Program

The preschool program at Apple Tree promotes innovative learning opportunities and individual creativity, while maintaining high standards of care and fostering equal opportunity in education for all children.

Apple Tree's curriculum includes a blend of teacher- and child-directed activities, with an emphasis on children's choices. Throughout the day, there is a balance of quiet and active periods, including learning centers, small and large group activities, phonics, hands-on math, and time outdoors. 

Preschool activities are designed to help each child reach the major developmental goals of early childhood learning. We emphasize a solid foundation of reading and math skills. We use "A Beka" to teach reading and phonics, and hands-on manipulatives to teach basic principles of math. 

Apple Tree accomplishes your child’s learning goals through the implementation of two very successful curriculums. The Pinnacle is a faith based curriculum that allows your child to learn through hands on experiences. Learning centers are set up in each classroom to allow for child directed activities and open dialog conversations that build on the creativity, investigative and communication skills of each preschooler. We emphasize a solid foundation of reading and math skills through the use of the A-Beka curriculum. A-Beka uses phonics and letter recognition to teach reading skills, and hands-on manipulatives to teach basic principles of math. 

For more information about Apple Tree’s preschool programs please call (757) 547-9530 in Chesapeake or (757) 539-9000 in Suffolk.

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