Ready Set GrowLearning Academy · Freeport

Programs

Four rooms, four seasons of childhood

Every child at Ready Set Grow belongs to a room shaped around their stage — not just their age. Here is what each season of growing up looks like with us.

Infants — the tender season

A baby’s first classroom should feel like being held, because most of the day, it is. Our infant room follows each baby’s own rhythm for feeding, sleeping and playing — never a schedule imposed from outside. Between the cuddles there is real growing going on: tummy time that builds strong necks and backs, faces and voices to study, songs to hear, and soft, safe corners made for first rolls, first crawls and first pulls to standing.

Parents hear about the day in detail at pickup — the naps, the bottles, the little firsts — because the first year goes fast and nobody should miss it secondhand.

  • Feeding & naps on baby’s rhythm
  • Tummy time & first milestones
  • Music, voices & gentle play
  • A word at pickup, every day

Toddlers — the fearless season

New walkers are explorers with a mission, and the toddler room is built for the mission: low shelves they can reach themselves, things that stack, pour, roll and make noise, and teachers who understand that “I do it!” is the most important sentence in the language. Days mix energetic play with the first shapes of togetherness — sharing a snack table, joining a song, learning that other children have feelings too.

Language blooms here. We talk, read, sing and name everything, all day long, so first words turn into first sentences surrounded by people delighted to hear them.

  • First words & early language
  • Stacking, pouring & pretend play
  • Outside time every day
  • First friendships

Preschool — the questioning season

Preschoolers run on “why?” — and around here, why always gets a real answer. The preschool room turns curiosity into early learning through play: letters appear in stories and songs long before they appear on worksheets, numbers hide inside games, cooking and building projects, and every child is read to, talked with and listened to, every single day.

This is also where children learn to be a group: taking turns, working out disagreements with words, helping a younger friend. The social lessons of preschool are the ones kindergarten teachers notice first.

  • Letters, numbers & early concepts
  • Stories & read-alouds daily
  • Art, building & science play
  • Sharing, turns & teamwork

Pre-K — the ready season

The last stop before kindergarten gets the full measure of our attention. Pre-K days carry more structure — a morning meeting, focused small-group work, early reading and writing practice, real math through games and projects — while keeping everything that makes children love learning: play, art, movement, stories and time outside.

Just as much, we build the independence kindergarten quietly assumes: managing a cubby and a lunchbox, following two-step directions, speaking up in a group, finishing what you start. Our graduates walk into their first day of school already knowing how to be students.

  • Early reading & writing
  • Math through games & projects
  • Independence & routines
  • Kindergarten confidence

The rhythm of a day

A day of growing, from first hello to 6:30

Predictable days make children brave. Ours follow the same warm rhythm, every day.

  1. Arrive & settle

    Warm greetings at the door, cubbies, and a soft landing into the morning.

  2. Play & explore

    Free play and discovery stations — building, pretending, figuring things out.

  3. Circle, story & song

    Everyone together: a story, a song, the day’s big idea.

  4. Move & outside

    Running, climbing, tricycles and fresh air whenever the weather allows.

  5. Lunch & rest

    A family-style meal, then quiet time — naps for the little ones, books for the rest.

  6. Create & build

    Paint, glue, blocks and big imaginations in the afternoon art and making time.

  7. Play it out

    One more round of play with friends as the day winds down.

  8. Goodbye at 6:30

    Hugs, highlights of the day shared with parents, and home for dinner.

Not sure which room fits?

Come see them all on one tour

Walk every room, watch the children in it, and talk it through with us — the right fit is usually obvious in person.

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