Kindergarten Program

Just For Kids proudly offers half day pre-kinder/kinder sessions at several of our sites.  We accept children starting at age 5.  *New in the 2021-2022 school year, Amity Just For Kids will be accepting students who are 4-years-old. 

Young children utilize all five senses to explore their world—learning through play and deepening their relationships with their peers and their environment.  Just For Kids offers families a safe and vibrant learning environment for their kindergarten children.

Our kinder sessions offer low ratios (1 teacher: 12 students) that make it possible to individualize curriculum and support the unique needs of every student.

Children build on skills they are learning in their kindergarten classroom and practice vital social emotional skills so that they are “learning ready”.  Most of all, they have fun!  We currently enrolling for kinder sessions at these locations for the 21-22 school year:
1.  Amity JFK
2.  Cynthia Mann JFK
3.  Riverside JFK
4.  Valley View JFK


The Just For Kids Kindergarten curriculum includes the following elements:

  1. Alphabet games and projects
  2. Numbers and shapes
  3. Dedicated reading time by an adult
  4. Outside games/recess
  5. A 30-minute maximum quiet/rest time to allow children who need to nap the opportunity
  6. Large motor activities
  7. Small motor activities
  8. ABC Music and Me
  9. Handwriting Without Tears
  10. Color Me Healthy
  11. Month to Month Reading, Writing and Phonics for Kindergarten

Kinder session circle time