Gateway: Five-Year-Old-Program

Our Gateway class is for children who are turning 5 or 6 within the school year but are not yet ready for a more traditional kindergarten placement. You may consider a Gateway class if you feel your child is not emotionally or socially able to navigate a full day of kindergarten, or if you feel that your child is not yet able to meet the academic demands of kindergarten. Whatever your reasons for coming to Creations' Gateway class we focus on preparing our students for a typical kindergarten day. Our students will learn about different topics or units within language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.

Some of these units include: • Multi-sensory and systematic phonics, spelling & handwriting • Number identification, operations, and algebraic thinking • Measurement and data • Life science - my body, five senses, nutrition • Motion, Movement, and Force • Author studies including - Mo Willems, • Laura Numeroff •Jan Brett • Eric Carle