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Our young learners in Pre-K 3 and Pre-K 4 experience early years that are intentionally designed, not “just play.” In Reggio Emilia-inspired environments combined with the IB Primary Years Programme (IB PYP), children build on a strong foundation, developing life skills such as independence, collaboration, and confidence.
Teachers scaffold language, social skills, and thinking, helping children grow as curious, confident, and internationally minded learners.
Inquire, create, and learn across reading, writing, math, science, and social skills through a play-based day guided by the IB primary Years Programme (PYP), building confidence and global awareness while preparing for Lower School.
Build confidence and curiosity for future language learning by strengthening English through storytelling, discussions, and early literacy, while exploring Spanish weekly through songs, games, and simple conversation.
Develop key life skills through play-based IB PYP inquiries, building friendships, practicing self-regulation, collaborating, solving problems, and growing as inquirers, thinkers, communicators, guided by the IB Learner Profile and Approaches to Learning skills.
Rely on expert Preschool teachers who blend IB PYP with play, tailoring support and challenge so each child grows with confidence, engagement, and curiosity.
Blend Reggio Emilia-inspired, child-led exploration with IB PYP units of inquiry, using evolving themes and rich materials to make learning meaningful and connected for each child.
As parents, stay connected to your child’s growth, engage daily with learning, celebrate discoveries, communicate with teachers, and follow weekly newsletters highlighting school life and milestones through Seesaw.
Experience thoughtfully designed, flexible classrooms with nurturing learning centers that invite students to investigate, create and collaborate, connecting ideas across subjects while building agency, social skills and a warm hands-on environments.
Feel safe, supported, and valued through the Komodo Wellbeing program, personalized daily care from staff, and a warm school culture where emotional and social health are actively nurtured and someone is always there to listen.
Our Admissions team supports families as children start their Preschool experience at Kehoe-France Northshore, helping every child enjoy a confident, seamless beginning whenever the timing is right.
Our youngest learners engage in an integrated curriculum that nurtures social, emotional, physical, and cognitive growth while sparking curiosity and creativity. By the end of Pre-K 4, children benefit from a blend of Reggio Emilia-inspired environments and the inquiry-driven IB PYP framework, gaining strong foundations to thrive in the Lower School years.
Finding their voice through stories and play
Developing early communication skills through stories, songs, dramatic play, and rich conversation.
Children build vocabulary, phonemic awareness, and a lasting love of reading and writing as they listen, speak, act out, and begin to record their own ideas.
Making sense of numbers in everyday life
Exploring numbers, patterns, shapes, and measurement through manipulatives and real-world problem-solving.
Children use hands-on materials and playful investigations to build early number sense, reasoning, and confidence with mathematical thinking.
Discovering the world and their place in it
Engaging in inquiry-based investigations of the natural world - plants, animals, weather, and simple experiments - that foster observation and curiosity.
Children also build awareness of self, family, community, and the wider world, with lessons that emphasize belonging, respect, and global citizenship.
Creating ideas through color, texture, and imagination
Expressing ideas through drawing, painting, and sculpture that highlight creativity and fine-motor development.
From the age of two, children explore a variety of media to express feelings, share stories, and represent their learning visually.
Learning through rhythm, song, and dance
Singing, rhythm, dance, and creative movement build coordination, confidence, and joy in learning.
From the age of two, children explore beat and rhythm, respond to music through movement, and experience the joy and impact of shared performance.
Building strength, balance, and teamwork
Daily opportunities to build balance, coordination, and teamwork through structured and free play in our outdoor spaces.
In Pre-K 3, children develop gross-motor skills, healthy habits, and confidence as active learners.
Opening ears and minds to a second language
Introducing a second language through songs, games, and conversation to promote global awareness and communication skills.
From the age of two, children begin to understand and use basic Spanish in meaningful, age-appropriate contexts.
Early engineers, inventors, and problem-solvers
Hands-on exploration that introduces early science, technology, engineering, and math concepts.
Kindergarten children build, test, and revise ideas through playful challenges that encourage creativity and critical thinking.
Big ideas that connect learning
Beginning in Pre-K3, students learn through transdisciplinary units of inquiry that connect all subject areas under big, conceptual ideas such as: Who We Are, Where We Are in Place and Time, How We Express Ourselves, How the World Works, How We Organize Ourselves, and Sharing the Planet.
These units encourage students to ask questions, think critically, and take action in age-appropriate, meaningful ways.
Each day in our Preschool and Kindergarten is filled with active learning and exciting discoveries. While routines vary by age, the outline below offers a glimpse into a typical day for your child.
Children ease into the day by connecting with peers, engaging in classroom routines, and exploring learning centers and group activities that build curiosity, social skills, and early academic foundations.
Snack, lunch, and outdoor play give children time to eat, move, and socialize. Inquiry-based learning and enrichment experiences help them explore ideas, solve problems, and grow in confidence.
Children enjoy rest, quiet play, and a variety of enrichment activities before ending the day in a calm, positive way.
Young learners in our Preschool in Covington explore, inquire, and develop key skills. They don’t just learn core subjects - they become curious thinkers, caring friends, and confident communicators, building creativity, collaboration, and a love of learning that prepares them for 1st grade and beyond.
Enjoy personalized learning that continuously enhances knowledge, skills, and understanding.
Gain essential life skills to thrive in academics, as well as careers and personal lives.
Foster language skills and build confidence, with support in the students' home or first languages.
At Kehoe-France Northshore, families are active partners in their child’s learning journey from Little Eagles through Pre-k 4. Strong, two-way communication ensures every child thrives, and parents can see progress in real time.
Teachers share daily classroom moments, photos, and student work through Seesaw, allowing families to celebrate discoveries, message teachers directly, and stay engaged with their child’s learning.
Weekly division newsletters provide key dates, reminders, and highlights from across campus, giving parents a clear window into life at Kehoe-France Northshore and keeping them connected to the wider school community.
Preschool children build on Early Childhood foundations, developing social-emotional skills, independence, and confidence. Through inquiry, play, storytelling, and projects, they strengthen communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and responsibility while connecting daily experiences to the IB Learner Profile and Approaches to Learning, laying the groundwork for lifelong learning.
In our Preschool and Kindergarten in Covington, children begin to name and recognize the life skills they are practicing. They see themselves as inquirers, thinkers, communicators and caring friends, and they start to understand what it means to be balanced, principled, open‑minded and reflective. These attributes - and the Approaches to Learning skills that sit behind them - become practical tools that guide how they learn, relate to others, and engage with the world around them.
From the preschool years, language development in English remains a daily priority. Children build strong receptive and expressive skills through read‑alouds, rich conversation, songs, and storytelling, developing a growing vocabulary, clearer pronunciation and deeper narrative comprehension in meaningful, play-based and inquiry-based contexts.
From Preschool through Kindergarten, multilingualism becomes a more intentional part of the learning journey. Building on the playful exposure of Early Childhood, children now experience Spanish Language Acquisition through regular specialist lessons alongside language embedded in classroom routines.
Through songs, stories, games, and simple conversations, students begin to understand and use every day Spanish vocabulary and phrases. They practice greetings, colors, numbers, classroom instructions and familiar topics such as family, food, and animals. Learning is active and communicative, with plenty of singing, movement and role-play.
From Preschool to Kindergarten
Our young learners progress from Preschool (PK3–PK4), where they develop early social skills and inquiry habits through play, into Kindergarten, where IB PYP units and emerging reading, writing, and numeracy skills strengthen their thinking, confidence, and readiness for elementary learning.
Reggio-Emilia inspired approach
Little learners thrive in spaces where Reggio-Emilia inspired environments and the IB Primary Years Programme work together. Classrooms act as a “third teacher,” with flexible centers, rich manipulatives, and open-ended materials that invite exploration, choice, and collaboration. Teachers observe children’s interests - building, gardening, storytelling - and use them to shape play-based, inquiry-driven experiences within IB PYP units.
We are grateful for a school that nurtures curious inquirers, caring hearts, and confident individuals - a beautiful beginning to a lifelong journey of learning!
Leslie
Kindergarten Parent
I truly enjoy spending my days with preschoolers - their joy, curiosity, and enthusiasm make each day unique. Through play and exploration, I guide and support my students as they learn, grow, and discover the world around them. Watching them become confident, curious learners is one of my favorite parts of teaching.
Julie Malta
Pre-K 4 teacher
At our private school in Covington, children can join our Preschool programs at different points during the school year, subject to availability. Our Admissions Team is here to understand your family’s needs and help you choose the best time for your child to begin their journey with us.
Start your child’s journey in Preschool at Kehoe-France Northshore - where curiosity, creativity, and confidence flourish in a supportive, inquiry-based learning environment.
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