K-8 schools in New Jersey: Catholic elementary school in Newark NJ for boys & girls, private middle school. Preschool / kindergarten programs & early childhood education in Essex County NJ.
Ironbound Catholic Academy: Situated opposite Independence Park in the heart of Newark NJ, Ironbound Catholic Academy is a private K-8 Catholic school accredited by the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary & Secondary Schools.
We provide a positive, encouraging, and safe environment where children in Kindergarten through Grade 8 can grow in body, mind, and spirit. Our school is based in the center of Newark's Ironbound District, just 30 minutes west of Midtown Manhattan.
Clockwork Learning Center, located in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, is a private early childhood education and development center for children from six weeks to six years of age. We welcome the opportunity to educate your child and offer you the flexibility of care that is required to suit your busy life. Each of our centers offers children an outstanding curriculum focusing on their personal and educational development.
First Presbyterian Preschool & Kindergarten (FPP&K) is a private co-operative preschool and kindergarten located on East Palisade Avenue in Englewood, Bergen County. Our school has over 100 years of early childhood education experience. FPP&K welcomes students from various towns in Bergen and Hudson counties, reflecting the diversity of New Jersey. Our school lays a strong and secure learning foundation that will benefit students far beyond their early years.
At First Presbyterian Preschool & Kindergarten, we believe that early childhood learning is both exciting and ongoing. We aim to create a stimulating learning environment where children’s curiosity is encouraged and their understanding of the world can be explored and expanded. We aim to balance instructive play and constructive learning in a rewarding program that values independent exploration as much as group cooperation.
Through music appreciation, art, drama, science, social studies, reading readiness, interactive math, movement education and culinary exploration, our nurturing and highly knowledgeable staff aim to fulfill each child’s wide range of interests, while laying a strong academic foundation for future learning.
We provide music appreciation, art, drama, science, social studies, reading readiness, interactive math, movement education and culinary exploration. We also offer a co-op parent classroom experience
*A child must be at least 2 1/2 years old by October 1st of the current school year for entrance (A health certificate is required of each child before the first day of school).
*Kindergarten enrollment age is flexible. Admission is subject to director review.
The Learning Experience at Readington, Hunterdon County
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The Learning Experience® (TLE) in Readington in Hunterdon County, NJ is a state of the art child development center, open year-round from 6:30 am - 6:30pm, taking children from the ages of 6 weeks to 8 years. We offer a state certified full day kindergarden program with small class sizes, large colorful classrooms and a dynamic curriculum. We have limited places available for September.
The Learning Experience® was established in the state of Florida in 1979 by Michael and Linda Weissman. We are currently developing close to 80 locations within the New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia markets. To the best of our knowledge, TLE is currently the fastest growing childcare center operator in the Northeastern United States.
At The Learning Experience, we believe that each child deserves to grow and learn at his or her own pace. Our responsibility is to provide the tools and the environment that will give our children every opportunity to develop to their greatest potential.
- A wide range of child development programs such as Full Phonics Reading; Start to Art ; Talent Sprouts; Suddenly Science; Music 4 Me; Movin and Groovin; Marvelous Math; Dancin Feet; Sign Language & Little Leap Program
HearMyHands provides American Sign Language workshops, classes and tutoring for all ages (babies, infants, children/students and adults) in the South/Central Jersey area.
Kristy, owner, is a speech language pathologist with an extensive background in American Sign Language (ASL)and Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC). She is a masters level certified Signing Time instructor in South Jersey and has been a member of the Sign2Me Presenters Network since 2006. She currently provides workshops for school district, local groups and other organizations teaching sign language as a language and as an alternative tool for communication.
Presbyterian Nursery School (PNS), located in the Bayshore area of Aberdeen Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, is a private Christian school offering an excellent pre-school program for 3 and 4 years olds of all faiths and backgrounds. PNS continues to prepare children for life by building a healthy self-image, promoting trusting relationships, and developing the necessary skills for success in school and beyond.
- Developmentally appropriate academic program
- Language
- Social Studies
- Math
- Science
- Gross & Fine Motor Skills
- Spiritual/Values
- Songs, fingerplays, chants
- Coloring and painting
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Located in Point Pleasant Beach, a borough of Brick Township and just 10 miles from Toms River Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, Saint Peter School is the first and oldest Catholic school in Ocean County. Saint Peter School serves students in grades kindergarten through eigth grade offering early child education, kindergarten, elementary and middle school programs. All day kindergarten is provided. We teach a classical Catholic education with English, religion, math, science, social studies, language arts and technology.
Saint Peter School boasts a fully equipped computer lab. Computers are also available in each classroom for student use. Saint Peter School is served by both the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chestnut Hill and a dedicated and experienced lay faculty. Saint Peter School employs New Jersey State certified teachers. Saint Peter School draws students from sending districts in Southern Monmouth and Northern Ocean counties. Busing is available from Point Pleasant Boro and Brick. We are accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
- Programs from kindergarten through 8th grade
- Kindergarten Program
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- Classical Catholic education with English, religion, math, science, social studies, language arts and technology