• Increase access to voluntary high-quality pre-kindergarten programs
• Provide developmentally appropriate activities for New Mexico children
• Expand early childhood community capacity
• Support linguistically and culturally appropriate curriculum
• Focus on school readiness

Teachers carefully plan indoor and outdoor activities based on what children need to learn in seven areas:

• Listening, language, reading, and writing
• Science
• Counting, shapes, sorting and measuring
• Coordination, hygiene, health, and well-being
• Art, music, and movement
• Independence, problem-solving, thinking and perseverance
• Appropriate behavior, social skills and being a part of a group

You won’t see children sitting quietly at desks in a PreK classroom. PreK children are active – busy – working.