Like our 3-5 program, we use the Hand Writing without Tears curriculum in our preschool activities. This program offers explicit instruction combined with guided practice to promote pre-writing and printing. It is a hands-on tool for vocabulary building and alphabetical knowledge before writing. With the use of hands-on multisensory materials, children develop and strengthen essential fine motor and early literacy skills.

We recognize play as a pivotal tool for children's learning. We develop a balanced program that transitions from a morning of structured preschool to an afternoon of play-based and child-centered discovery. Our activities, classroom setup, materials, and adult-child interactions focus on children's curiosity and wonders which emerge from asking "Why?," experimentation, problem-solving, experimentation, research, and investigation.

Both art and preschool activities are implemented as small group activities to ensure that individual children's learning needs are met. Our teachers act as partners working alongside children to engage and encourage them to learn new skills through carefully planned learning activities.

Circle Time is a well-loved large group activity at Echo. All children and teachers come together to sing, share, learn, and listen to stories. It is the time when children practice and develop positive relationships, respect, turn-taking, and working together towards a shared goal.