Pre-K/Pre Kindergarten age range '4 - 5 YEARS'

The Preschool Classroom

Confidence, friendship, and academics to get learners ready for kindergarten.

Ready for what's next.

A young child playing on a colorful playground slide outdoors, with other children and trees in the background.

Our Pre-K room builds the habits kindergarten teachers love — following multi-step directions, managing feelings, working in groups, and telling their own story.

One World Preschool’s Pre-Kindergarten teachers deliver a program rooted in the Creative Curriculum. The Creative Curriculum is a research-based, play-and-project-based early childhood framework designed to foster whole-child development

Free Pre-K for the 2026-27 school year to eligible families in Silver Springs, MD

Free Pre-K for eligible Silver Spring families.

One World Preschool is a Maryland Pre-K Expansion Grant site for the 2026–27 school year. Twenty seats. 6.5 free instructional hours a day.

Talk to an Enrollment Specialist to see if your family qualifies.

A real graduation to send them off.

Our Pre-K year ends the way it deserves — caps, gowns, families in the audience, and every child walking across a stage they helped build.

It's not a ceremony because we like ceremonies. It's a ceremony because your child spent a year working hard, and we think that deserves to be marked.

Children in blue graduation gowns and caps standing in a line during a kindergarten graduation ceremony. The background has colorful banners and balloons, and two adults are supervising the event.

A year of play, learning, and every step in between.

Children playing on an orange slide at a playground, with one girl holding another child's hand at the bottom of the slide and a boy standing nearby with other children and adults in the background.
Children's playground with slides, swings, and a large orange shade canopy, located on a blue rubber surface, surrounded by green trees.
A young girl lying on a black circular swing at a playground, smiling and waving, with trees and a fence in the background.
Preview — Pre-K Room: The Foundations Elementary Teachers Love
Kindergarten-Ready Skills

The foundations elementary teachers love.

Early reading

Letter sounds, sight words, guided read-alouds, and lots of storytelling.

Math foundations

Number sense, patterns, simple addition, telling time.

Writing readiness

Pencil grip, letter formation, name and word writing, journaling.

Group projects

Design, build, present — sharing the load and the win.

Following directions

Multi-step instructions, lining up, raising hands, classroom routines.

Independence

Backpack on, lunch managed, materials organized, bathroom on their own.

Come visit our pre-K classroom.

Meet the teachers, walk the classroom, and get a feel for your child’s day.

Schedule a 30-minute tour at our Silver Spring campus.