Kindergarten Registration

Will your child be 5 years old by September 30, 2008?

If you answered yes, it is time to register your child for kindergarten. Registration is under way at your neighborhood elementary school for the graduating class of 2021.

Complete information about starting school is available. Kindergarten curriculum information is also available. To register, call your local elementary school. Orientations are being held at schools soon. Forms required for registration are available. For other questions, call the Office of Early Childhood and Family Services at 703-846-8696.

School-Age Child Care (SACC) program cares for children before and after school in Fairfax County Elementary Schools. Complete information is available at the Fairfax County Office for Children's web site.

Kindergarten is an integral part of the total educational program of the Fairfax County Public Schools. The kindergarten program is designed to encourage and support children's social, emotional, physical and cognitive development. Children are involved in daily learning experiences with language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, and music and movement. Small and large group activities provide children with opportunities to develop a positive self-image and the social and cognitive skills necessary for later learning. Ongoing performance assessment is an important part of the kindergarten program and occurs as children are engaged in a variety of activities throughout the school year.

Curriculum, instruction, and assessment are responsive to children's individual differences, strengths, interests, learning styles, and rates of development. In the kindergarten program children are involved daily in learning experiences that will enable them to communicate orally, interact with others, solve problems, think critically, inquire, observe, create, and develop concepts for reading, writing, and computation.