YLA Curriculum

YLA recognizes the importance of a well-rounded curriculum that is age appropriate and taps into childrens’ interests. Our Daily Lessons allow teachers to develop hands-on curriculum where children learn through a mix of child-directed activities and teacher-led activities. 

Zoo-phonics is a multisensory language arts program that takes a cross-functional approach to learning all aspects of language arts, including vocabulary development and articulation, based on phonics and phonemic awareness.
Handwriting Without Tears is a developmentally based program developed by an occupational therapist and designed to progress a child's fine motor skills along with visual skills through fun and interactive activities.

Our two-year-olds program is a fun introduction to early education.  We incorporate all of our YLA curriculum in this class, adapted to fit our younger students. We also use this time to get our youngest of students used to routines, transitions, and developmentally appropriate educational activities.  We believe the preschool journey should start here!

Our three-year-olds program offers students an opportunity to experience a true preschool classroom routine, preparing them for the pre-kindergarten classes.  In this program we introduce a wider range of letter recognition activities, and expand our pre-writing skills, concrete math skills, and science concepts. The daily schedule provides a “free choice” and “table activity” time that provides opportunities for students to practice decision-making and self-help skills in a supportive setting.

Our Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten Programs are focused specifically on setting your child up for success in kindergarten, with a focus on academic and social-emotional development.  Our Pre-Kindergarten program is a balance of teacher-directed and student-directed activities. We have designed this program to meet the needs of diverse learners while fostering the joy of learning for each student through our academically focused curriculum.  The Pre-Kindergarten program also provides parents with flexible schedule options for those who would prefer not to commit to a full time schedule, as required for our Pre-K Prep Program.

Pre-K Prep is a unique program for younger 5 and older 4-year-olds who may benefit from further skill development and a more challenging academic curriculum, but may have missed the cut-off for starting Kindergarten.  Our Pre-K Prep program offers an opportunity for students to fully experience a true transitional period into Kindergarten  We focus on school readiness by introducing children to specific academic subjects through teacher instruction which include: phonics, blending, de-coding, sight words, writing and story comprehension, math and science concepts, and various enrichment activities to instill a love for learning.