5815 Tutt Center Point - Colorado Springs, CO 80922
Our Pre-Kindergarten Program Has
Plenty Of Hands-On Discovery!
At Young Scholars Academy, our nationally accredited Prekindergarten (Pre-K) program—also proudly recognized as “The Best” locally for 10 consecutive years—nurtures children’s curiosity, growth, and love of learning.
Our Child Development Specialists carefully balance teacher-directed activities with opportunities for self-directed exploration, ensuring each child receives the support they need to thrive. By using individualized assessments, we tailor learning experiences to meet the unique interests and developmental needs of every child in the classroom.
The Pre-K environment is designed to be safe, engaging, and supportive, fostering confidence, positive self-esteem, and meaningful friendships. Hands-on discovery remains at the heart of our program, complemented by thoughtfully designed, age-appropriate learning centers for four-year-olds. Many times,, families enroll in either our Part Time or Full Time program the year before their children hit Kindergarten.
At Young Scholars Academy, we are committed to preparing children not only for kindergarten, but also for a lifelong love of learning!
Academic Centers
The “Learning Centers” at Young Scholars Academy are very well equipped centers of special age appropriate activities. These “Learning Centers” are set up for two to three children to enjoy and share, for small group learning. The benefits to daily rotating Academic Centers even go beyond Academics! Children are learning to work with one another, work next to a peer, transition and clean up routines. There’s learning in every piece of the day, even when they don’t know it! We incorporate most of the following Pre-Kindergarten concepts almost daily;
- Math Concepts & Number Recognition
- Nature/ Science Experiments, Exploring, And Cooking Projects
- Family Incorporation
- Library & Daily Reading
- Diversity acceptance through many books, pictures of ages, races, genders, and abilities.
- Pre-reading and Pre-writing Activities for Reading and Writing Readiness
- Child Directed Art Projects and Crafts
- Large and Small Manipulative’s, such as Blocks to encourage Fine and Gross Motor skills
- Music and Dramatic Play
- Language Arts along with Journals and Workbooks
- Sensory Stimulation
- Technology learning
- Area of softness which have space for privacy/ quiet time.
Our Curriculum
One of the most essential pieces to our program is in fact our curriculum, and we believe we have picked out the absolute very best one! We use a combination of Creative Curriculum, a nationally-recognized curriculum program that focuses on getting the kids involved rather than teaching at them.
This program helps foster a teacher and their own creativity and pair it with the core concepts and standards which children will need by the time they reach grade school. Follow and learn more about the Creative Curriculum program piece here.
One of every parent’s worries is pre-writing skills. These skills include having your child learn to hold a pencil correctly, writing their name, and starting to recognize both letters and numbers.
Now keep in mind that every child is different but exercises are set in place into daily curriculum for the kids to strengthen their motor skills and thus handwriting. Teaching your child the skills and information they need to be successful in kindergarten and beyond is the goal of everyone at Young Scholars Academy!
Balanced Schedules | Now Offering Part Time Pre-Kindergarten (August Thru May Only!)
With schedules which allow for a balance of active and quiet activities, your Pre-kindergarten child thrives in orderly, kid friendly and well-organized classrooms. Participating in whole-group, teacher-directed, and skill-building learning experiences helps to reinforce the learning acquired and expand their educational foundation.
While a Full Time program offers a lot of benefits (we’re open 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM) that type of schedule is not always needed for each family. For the 2025-2026 Academic School Year we’re offering a Part Time Schedule with Limited Availability!
Ask us for details and benefits!
The Young Scholars Academy Pre-K program is where your child learns about and is prepared for the next step in their education—the magic of Kindergarten!