TK at The Palm Desert Learning Tree Center

A Structured Program With a Broad Base

At The Palm Desert Learning Tree Center, our TK program is a 3-hour, structured program with before-school and after-school care included in tuition. The program is broken into four areas: Music and Movement, Language Arts, Art and Cooking, and Math and Science. Call us today to schedule a FREE tour of our campus and classes!

• Music and Movement introduces songs and rhymes that will increase the enjoyment of music, expose various styles of music through listening, and introduce and identify various musical instruments. We introduce rhythmic concepts such as tempo and beat and learning to keep time with the music through clapping and rhythm instruments. To improve students' coordination, we conduct sessions for exercise, dancing, fingerplays, balance beam, parachute play, ball exercises, simple tumbling, and body rhythm.
  
• Language Arts prepares students with readiness skills for reading, writing, and oral expression. We teach ABCs, shapes, colors, auditory and visual discrimination skills, and problem-solving skills, providing students with a positive social learning experience.
  
• Art and Cooking creates awareness and interest for art and cooking. Reinforcement of monthly themes and opportunities for expression through creative art projects exposes each child to a unique environment of exploration and success. Children are evaluated through observation of class interest and participation after completion of various activities.
  
• Mathematics and Science prepares students with readiness skills for counting in sequence, recognition of numerals out of sequence, games, flannel board, chalkboard, and other media. Through science, students perform simple experiments and activity sheets in various areas, including the five senses, weather, nutrition, insects, spiders, birds, fish, dinosaurs, all about me, and safety.