Kindergarten readiness
Letter sounds, writing their name, counting and sorting, listening in a group, and following a two-step instruction.
The year before the big school
Pre-Kindergarten in Nashua, NH
- 4 by December
- Mon–Fri, 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM
- Ask about openings
Pre-K is for children who turn four by December, and it has one job on top of everything preschool does: make the first day of kindergarten unremarkable. That means the practical things as much as the academic ones — sitting through a longer group lesson, managing a lunchbox and a coat, asking an adult for help, and recognising their own written name.
Our Pre-K is taught by a teacher with a degree in child psychology and fourteen years in the classroom. It is the most academic year we run, and it is still a year of four-year-olds, so it is taught accordingly.
What's included
What you get with Pre-K
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An experienced Pre-K teacher
A degree in child psychology and fourteen years teaching this age group. You will meet them on your tour.
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Wrap-around care included
The Pre-K day sits inside our 7:00 AM to 5:30 PM hours, so there is no second arrangement to make for before and after.
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Ready for Nashua schools
We can talk through what your child's kindergarten will expect in September, and what to work on over the summer.
Our ratios
Teachers to children, by room
New Hampshire sets these by age. They are one of the few numbers you can compare directly between centers, so we publish ours instead of describing them as low.
Read our licensing, health and safety page| Classroom | Ages | Teachers to children |
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| Pre-K | 4 by December | Call for this room |
We are confirming our current published ratios room by room. Call (603) 836-9681 and we will tell you the exact ratio for your child's age group today.
A day in this room
The shape of the day
We are open Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 5:30 PM. Arrival and quiet play, a morning meeting, outside time, lunch, rest and an afternoon project — that is the shape of every day in this room, and the exact times shift with the age group.
We deliberately run tours while children are in the classrooms, so the fastest way to see the day is to come and watch twenty minutes of one.
Book a tour and see it happening Inside the room
Inside Pre-K
Pre-K — questions parents ask
Who is eligible for Pre-K?
Children who turn 4 by December. If your child's birthday is close to the cut-off, call us and we will talk it through.
What time does the Pre-K day end?
The Pre-K program sits inside our normal hours, and Wise Owl Academy is open Monday to Friday from 7:00 AM to 5:30 PM. There is no separate pickup time to arrange.
Will my child be ready for kindergarten?
That is the year's purpose. Pre-K covers letter sounds, writing their own name, early math, and the practical independence a kindergarten classroom assumes.
Come and see Pre-K
Tours run Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30 AM and 4:00 PM and take about 30 minutes. You will see this room while children are in it, and leave with a printed tuition sheet and the current openings for 4 by December.
Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 5:30 PM · 4 Merrit Parkway, Nashua, NH