Morning Preschool & Afternoon Preschool Options

Our basic program consists of Synchronized Play Episodes in Spanish for 3 hours each day, 5 days a week. These are fun activities in each of six categories: Art, Games, Drama, Shop, Kitchen, and Sports.

Each school has a morning session and an afternoon session with the core program. For parents looking for early preschool programs, know that children at McKee range in age from 3 years old to 8 years old, but the most common age is 4-5. 

Check the schedule below for your child's age group, and please call us at 801-831-2290 with any questions you may have. We currently have options for a flex preschool program or part time preschool, depending on your schedule:

• Morning Preschool (M, T, W, Th, F): 8:45am-11:45am
• Afternoon Preschool (M, T, W, Th, F): 12:30pm-3:30pm
  (Exact times may vary at each location)

5-day/week program or 3-day/week program (for 2nd+ year students)

• For pricing, go here and select your location, grade level, and class options. This option works for families looking for a Monday, Wednesday, Friday preschool program who have more advanced students better suited for preschool 3 days a week, rather than daily.

After-school Classes for Beginning & Advanced Level Students

We also offer advanced programs for children who have participated in the core program for 1-2 years and have achieved functional fluency in Spanish speaking and listening comprehension. In advanced classes, children continue to improve their speaking and comprehension skills with fun activities in an all-Spanish environment, but also begin to learn reading and writing in Spanish. Learning to read and write in the foreign language is essential to retention of speaking and comprehension ability in the language. Reading and writing also helps children polish their syntax (ability to use and follow grammar rules) and increase vocabulary in the new language.

Research has shown, though, that to become a successful reader, a child must have good verbal skills. This is why McKee schools do not teach reading and writing until the second or third year the child is in the program, unlike most foreign language programs that start with reading from the beginning in the form of worksheets and textbooks. In Basic Reading classes children (up to 12 in a class) begin learning the Spanish alphabet and how to sound out words, they also learn to read stories in their own vocabulary. In Elementary classes, children (up to 15 in a class, but usually 8-10) read stories, learn spelling, and continue age-appropriate activities to practice their verbal skills.

(Please note that we try our best to provide level-specific advanced classes, but we often combine smaller advanced classes if any level has less than 6 students)

After-school Classes: 3:45-5:30 (T,Th) (Sugar House location only)

2-day/week program only

• For pricing, go here and select your location, grade level, and class options.