PROGRAMS
BUILT FOR EVERY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT
A one-year-old and a ten-year-old need almost nothing in common from a day of care. One is learning that words get results. The other is learning long division and how to handle a disagreement at recess. Putting them on the same schedule would fail them both.
Kid's Castle runs five distinct programs, each with its own classroom, its own materials, and its own set of goals pulled from where children actually are at that age. Your child moves up when they're ready for what's next.
THE EXPLORERS
Toddlers — 1 to 2 years
Toddlers learn with their whole bodies. They stack things to knock them down, empty every container they can reach, and test what happens when they push a button or pull a string. None of that is misbehavior, it's research and our Explorers room is built to support it.
What they're working on:
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First words and simple phrases
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Walking, climbing, and balance
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Self-feeding
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Following one-step directions
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Playing alongside other children
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Separating from parents with confidence
The Adventurers
Two-Year-Olds — 2 to 3 years
Twos have opinions and the beginnings of the language to express them. That combination produces some big feelings, and this room is designed to work with that rather than against it. We give children real choices throughout the day — which book, which center, which color — because a two-year-old who feels some control over their day has far less to fight about.
What they're working on:
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Sentences and expanding vocabulary
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Sharing and turn-taking
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Colors, shapes, and counting to ten
- Fine motor control
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Naming and managing emotions
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Independence with hand-washing and cleanup
THE BUILDERS
Preschool — 3 to 4 years
Preschoolers are ready for real content, and they'll take as much as you give them. Our Builders room runs a structured day of learning centers — literacy, math, science, art, blocks, and dramatic play — with children rotating through and teachers guiding the work at each stop.
What they're working on:
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Letter recognition and letter sounds
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Counting, sorting, and pattern
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Name recognition and early writing grip
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Listening to and retelling stories
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Multi-step directions
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Cooperative play and problem-solving
The Knights
Pre-K — 4 to 5 years
The Pre-K day is the most structured in the building, with longer focused work periods, small-group instruction, and expectations that mirror what an elementary classroom will ask for. Children write their names, sound out simple words, count and compare quantities, and practice sitting with a task until it's finished. We also work on the invisible skills that matter just as much — raising a hand, asking for help, managing a backpack, handling a change in plans without falling apart.
By spring, our Knights are doing kindergarten work. When they walk into that first classroom in August, none of it is new.
What they're working on:
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Writing their first and last name
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Letter sounds and blending simple words
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Numbers to 20, basic addition concepts
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Scissor skills, tracing, and pencil grip
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Sustained attention on a single task
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Classroom routines and independence
