Preschool federal way: Early Learning & Kindergarten Programs / Preschool Programs

Опубликовано: July 27, 2023 в 12:17 pm

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  • Federal Way Public Schools offers high-quality preschool programs for children who are three or four years old on or before August 31 of the current school year and live within the Federal Way School District Boundaries. Preschool programs are either tuition-based or free, depending on family income.  

    If you are interested in enrolling your child in a FWPS preschool program, please complete the Prescreening Application for Preschool. The Early Learning Department will review your application and notify you of available program options and the next steps for enrollment within 3 business days. Household size, family income, IEP status, and other factors can determine your child’s placement.  

    If your child has an existing IEP or you believe your child may need early intervention or special education services, please reach out to FWPS Child Find, which provides free screening of children ages three to five years old to identify delays or disabilities. Learn more at www.fwps.org/ChildFind.  


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  • The Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program, or ECEAP, is a free early learning preschool program for children ages three and four. The program is funded by Washington State and free to eligible families.  ECEAP offers both part-day and full-day preschool education and provides a community of support for children and families in an inclusive program that addresses the individual needs of every child. 

  • One of the following criteria must be met for a child to be eligible: 

    • Income eligible

    • Currently on TANF

    • The child is in foster care, or not living with a biological parent(s).

    • The family meets McKinney-Vento requirements and is at-risk of homelessness).

    • The child is transitioning from Early Head Start, Early ECEAP, Early Support for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT), IDEA Part C Services from another state, or Early Childhood Intervention and Prevention Services (ECLIPSE).

    • Currently on an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). 

  • Children must turn three years old on or before August 31 to register for preschool for the current school year. The only exception would be for children who transfer in from Early ECEAP or Early Head Start.

  • Part-Day ECEAP classes are 3 hours and Full-Day ECEAP classes are 6.5 hours.

  • ECEAP classrooms serve 19-20 children.

  • ECEAP classrooms are led by a teacher with an Early Childhood certificate and are supported by two assistant teachers.

  • Transportation is not provided for preschool programs unless your child qualifies for McKinney-Vento services. 

  • Yes. The Early Learning Department keeps a waitlist for all interested families.

  • Being toilet trained is not a requirement, however, families will need to work closely with the classroom teachers to work toward restroom independence. 

  • ECEAP typically begins the Thursday after the first day of school for FWPS.

  • Yes, ECEAP will have the same breaks as FWPS. Additionally, there are no classes on every Wednesday for Part-Day ECEAP and every other Wednesday for Full-Day ECEAP.


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  • Please complete the Prescreening Application for Preschool. The Early Learning Department will review your application and notify you of available program options and the next steps for enrollment within 3 business days.

  • Developmental Preschool tuition is $2100 for the year. This can be paid in one lump sum, or broken down into monthly payments of $210 for 10 months – September through June.

  • Priority placement is given to children who have been enrolled the prior year for developmental preschool and to children who will four on or before August 31 of the given school year.

  • Children must turn 3 years old on or before August 31 to register for preschool for the current school year. The only exception would be for children that receive services through the Birth to Three center and will continue to be served with an IEP.

  • Yes. The Early Learning Department keeps a waitlist for all interested families.

  • Developmental Preschool is taught by a certificated Special Education teacher and supported by classroom paraeducators.

  • Transportation is not provided for preschool programs unless your child qualifies for McKinney-Vento services or has an IEP for services other than speech. 

  • Developmental Preschool is a blended classroom model that includes 8 children with special needs and 8 typically developing peer models.

  • Being toilet trained is not a requirement, however, families will need to provide supplies and work closely with the classroom teachers to work toward restroom independence. 

  • Developmental Preschool typically begins the Monday after the first day of school for FWPS.

  • Developmental Preschool classes are 2.5 hours. Children will attend either the AM or PM class.

  • Yes, developmental preschool will have the same breaks as FWPS. Additionally, there are no classes on Wednesdays.

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The federal pilot project “Preschool Judo” started in Kazan

In the Kazan Judo Center “Batyr”, within the framework of the pilot project of the Judo Federation of Russia “Preschool Judo”, the 1st personal-team tournament of preschool judo of the Republic of Tatarstan among boys and girls 2016-2018 was held birth.

At the opening of the tournament, the vice-president of the Judo Federation of Tatarstan Rail Muratshin addressed the tournament participants with a welcoming speech. Then the judoists were congratulated on the opening of the tournament by the head of the direction of development and promotion of preschool judo of the Judo Federation of Russia Margarita Romanova .

“Kazan became the 14th city in Russia where the federal project “Preschool Judo” was officially launched. Coaches who brought their pupils from Nizhnekamsk, Chistopol, Zelenodolsk to the tournament, as well as Kazan coaches, were trained at the seminars of the Russian Judo Federation, improved their skills and now can work with preschool children according to a special program,” said Romanova.

In her speech, she declared the uniqueness of the Preschool Judo project. At the lessons, which take place in a playful way, elements of judo technique are added to the general physical preparation. In addition, the coach, communicating with the child, tells him about the philosophy of judo and the values ​​of this martial art.

“There is also an element of involving parents in this process. Because the next program after “Preschool Judo” is “Family Judo”, where children together with their parents can go on the tatami and practice this sport,” said Margarita Romanova.

It is worth noting that only those coaches who have been retrained at FDR educational seminars and received a state-issued certificate are allowed to work with children under the Preschool Judo program. In the near future, the judo federations of Russia and Tatarstan are planning to hold an educational seminar for judo coaches at the Volga Region University of Physical Education, Sports and Tourism. This will allow trainers from even small towns and villages to be trained and work with preschool children.

At the end of her speech, Margarita Romanova shared the statistics, according to which children who come to Preschool Judo at the age of four or five, as a rule, choose judo as their main sport in the future.

“We do not insist that all graduates of the program come to judo, become champions, achieve high achievements. Most importantly, thanks to our project, they can get a good start in sports, develop their physical abilities, get stronger, and make new friends,” she added.

More than 70 young participants representing the Okami-Volki judo and sambo sports club from Nizhnekamsk, the Batyr sports school from Chistopol, the Zelenodolsk wrestling school, the Batyr Judo Wrestling Center from Kazan, the judo club “Ashcheulov’s Workshop” (also from Kazan) and the judo and sambo club “Kazan Tigers”. In the final, the judging panel determined the winners. Medals, certificates and memorable gifts from the Judo Federation of Russia and the Judo Federation of Tatarstan were received by all participants of the tournament.

Kazan has become the second city of Tatarstan after Nizhnekamsk, where the Preschool Judo project is being implemented.

ways of development and tasks of municipalities” / / Council of Municipalities of the Khabarovsk Territory

On January 19-20, 2010, the Executive Directorate of the Association “Council of Municipalities of the Khabarovsk Territory” together with the Institute of Urban Economics (Moscow), the Far Eastern Center for Social Innovations held a regional seminar on the topic: “Pre-school education: ways of development and tasks of municipalities”

The seminar, which was held in the city of Khabarovsk, was attended by about 42 representatives of executive authorities, local governments and educational institutions of the Khabarovsk Territory. The goal of the organizers was not only to acquaint the participants with modern models of the development of the preschool education system in Russia, but also to form practical skills in using the program-targeted approach for the development of preschool education at the local level.

A feature of the two-day classes was that the students were offered a variety of forms of activity: group work “Developing a strategy for the development of the preschool education system in the municipality based on a situational approach”, presentations, a round table, individual consultations. To acquaint the participants with the experience of developing the municipal system of preschool education in the Belogorsk district of the Amur region, Vikarchuk Nina Rostislavovna, head of the methodological office of the MU “Education Department of the Administration of the Belogorsk District”, spoke at the seminar.

DGBychkov, already well-known to specialists of local self-government of the Khabarovsk Territory, was the main speaker at the seminar.

Scientists and specialists in Russia and abroad unanimously agree on the importance of the preschool period in the formation of personality, education, training and development of the child. Pre-school education allows a child to form the most important personality traits (memory, thinking, attention, imagination, speech), which later allow him to successfully study in elementary school, communicate with peers and adults, and assimilate the necessary information. However, the status of preschool education is still not fully defined and the question of what the preschool unit actually is – a significant component of the educational system or just an appendage to it, performing mainly social functions, still remains open. The Federal Law of the Russian Federation “On Education” establishes the rule of continuity between the programs of preschool and primary school education, which elevates the preschool level to the rank of the basic part of a unified educational system. However, for example, in the federal target program for the development of education (FTsPRO) for 2006-2010, in terms of preschool education, only the education of children of senior preschool age (from 5 to 7 years old) is touched upon.