Welcome to the Early Childhood Center at Akiva Hebrew Day School!

Welcome to Nursery 4!

Nursery 4 (PRE-Kindergarten)

Children must be four years old by December 1st

At this age, the most effective learning is that which results from your child’s own motivation. Children in our Nursery four are encouraged to “construct” their own knowledge by pursuing their personal interests and goals. Active learning is fostered through direct, hands-on experiences with people, objects, events and ideas. Children are supported in independent problem solving as their world of learning expands and as they begin to develop social skills and friendships.  To build fine-motor and pre-literacy skills, the Handwriting Without Tears program is introduced at this level.  The nursery four classroom is a community in which Jewish values are modeled and every day is filled with art, music, stories, language, Jewish living and hands-on exploration.