Woodbridge Private School offers a structured and developmentally appropriate academic program serving children from preschool through kindergarten. Our curriculum is thoughtfully designed and implemented to meet and exceed the Arizona Early Childhood Education Standards established by the Arizona Department of Education.

Core academic subjects—including mathematics, language arts, classical literature, science, and social studies—are introduced and reinforced at all levels in ways that are engaging, meaningful, and age-appropriate.

 

Learning is further enriched through art appreciation, music appreciation, physical education, dramatic arts, and environmentally conscious “green” practices, supporting the development of the whole child.

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At Woodbridge Private School, we believe that character education is as important as academic achievement. Children are guided to develop independence, responsibility, and respect for themselves, their environment, and one another. Through daily experiences such as cooking, cleaning, building, moving gracefully, speaking politely, and being kind and helpful, students learn essential life skills alongside strong moral values.

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Assessment at Woodbridge is ongoing and individualized, based on teacher observation, careful record-keeping, and student portfolios. Success is measured not only by academic progress, but also by each child’s happiness, maturity, kindness, confidence, love of learning, and quality of work.

Students at Woodbridge Private School are encouraged to:

• Explore, wonder, and ask questions

• Experiment and play with ideas and possibilities

• Research and seek information

• Create and test theories

• Develop and expand solutions to problems

• ​Our teachers use a variety of teaching strategies to ensure that both students and educators continue to grow, building knowledge and skills thoughtfully from year to year in a supportive and inspiring learning environment.

Woodbridge Private School is a wonderful place for young learners to begin their educational journey. Our small class sizes and warm, family-centered atmosphere create a nurturing foundation that supports both academic growth and emotional development.

Woodbridge Private School proudly uses the Core Knowledge® curriculum, a research-based program designed to give children a strong foundation for success in kindergarten and beyond. The Core Knowledge Preschool Program is grounded in scientific research on how young children learn and reflects best practices in early childhood education from around the world.

We are excited to offer this outstanding program to our children and families, as it supports curiosity, confidence, and a lifelong love of learning.

For more information, please visit www.coreknowledge.org.

 

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Core Knowledge Preschool — At a Glance

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    Movement and Coordination

• Physical awareness, attention, and relaxation

• Gross motor skill development

• Eye–hand and eye–foot coordination

• Group games and cooperative play

• Creative movement and self-expression                                                                                                               

• Social Skills

• Developing a sense of self and personal responsibility

• Working confidently in a group setting

• Building positive work habits

  Cognitive and Learning Skills

• Memory development

• Following directions

• Task persistence and completion

Language and Literacy

• Oral language development

• Nursery rhymes, poems, fingerplays, and songs

• Children’s literature and daily read-aloud

• Emerging literacy skills

Mathematics

• Patterns and classification

• Geometry and spatial awareness

• Measurement

• Numbers and number sense

• Introduction to addition and subtraction

• Money concepts

Time and Space Awareness

• Vocabulary related to time

• Measures of time

• Understanding past, present, and future

• Orientation in space

• Understanding actual and represented space

• Simple maps and basic geographical concepts

Science

• Human characteristics, needs, and development

• Animal characteristics, needs, and development

• Plant characteristics, needs, and development

• Physical elements such as water, air, and light

• Introduction to tools

Music

• Awareness of differences in sound

• Imitating and producing sounds

• Listening, singing, and movement to music

Visual Arts

• Attention to visual detail

• Creating art

• Looking at and talking about artwork

 

Our Teachers

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Woodbridge Private School teachers are fingerprinted, background-checked, and maintain current CPR and First Aid certification. Our educators hold degrees in early childhood education, elementary education, special education, or closely related fields. Many of our teachers are trained in educational leadership and hold current Arizona State teaching certificates.

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