Advanced Kindergarten Readiness Academy
4 – 5 years
Advanced Pre-Kindergarten children are budding scholars!
Our highly trained teachers build on every skill your child has developed through our Platinum Learning for Life™ curriculum, crafting weekly theme-based learning plans tailored to each individual child. State-of-the-art learning centers serve as hubs for literacy, math, science, technology, dramatic and sensory play, art and music mastery, giving 4- and 5-year-olds a structured learning environment.
All Stepping Stone School PreK educators complete a specialized PreK teaching certification, ensuring every child is guided by a teacher who is professionally trained and dedicated to early childhood excellence.
Stepping Stone School provides BOB Books to build confident readers and pre-readers, while students practice Spanish vocabulary and continue building on the American Sign Language they’ve learned.
S.T.R.E.A.M. – Science, Technology, Relationships, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics — is fully integrated into daily learning plans. “Hands on/Mind on” experiences give students early mastery of concepts that build future academic strength, while coding foundations, analyzing, predicting, planning, patterning, and sequencing are embedded across subjects from day one.
Children grow in independence and self-reliance by taking on real classroom responsibilities. Small group activities build cooperation and communication. And through Stepping Stone School’s unique Kindness & Empathy™ curriculum and The Atelier™ — our campus art and design studio — students develop the empathy, creative confidence, and problem-solving skills that make them not just ready for kindergarten, but ready to lead in it.
Stepping Stone School graduates enter kindergarten well-prepared and ready, to learn see what K–12 educators say.
See the Advanced Kindergarten Readiness Academy for yourself. Schedule a tour at one of 20+ Stepping Stone School campuses across Austin, Round Rock, Leander, Pflugerville, Kyle, Buda & College Station.
Curriculum Components
Language Development
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- Mastering language skills by reading books, singing songs and interacting with technology.
- Strengthening writing skills through journaling and creative expression.
- Enhancing pre-reading skills through the use of BOB Books.
- Practicing daily dual language skills and strengthening Spanish vocabulary and American Sign Language (ASL).
Physical Development
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- Developing healthy eating and exercise habits.
- Enhancing gross motor skills through running, jumping and climbing activities.
- Strengthening hand-to-eye coordination through throwing and passing games.
- Mastering fine motor skills with writing, cutting, and gluing activities.
Social & Emotional Development
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- Increasing independence and self-reliance through participation in classroom responsibilities.
- Students practice cooperation skills as they participate in small group activities.
- Developing an empathic understanding of others through our Communities of Character™ curriculum with focused character building age appropriate activities.
- Making friends for life.
Cognitive Development
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- Expanding creativity and imagination through dramatic play and creative expression.
- Recognizing cause and effect relationships.
- Strengthening critical thinking skills through S.T.R.E.A.M. activities and experiments.
- Enhancing mathematical reasoning via recognition of patterns in nature, shapes in the environment, counting, problem solving skills, sorting and matching activities.
- Developing scientific thinking through investigative and discovery-based learning.
- Engaging in complex problem solving skills as they participate in age-appropriate learning opportunities at The Atelier™.
- Coding which includes tasks like analyzing, predicting, planning, patterning, sequencing, sorting, organizing and evaluating.