4YK and Early Childhood
Early Childhood Special Education is a program that serves children ages 3-5 years old with exceptional educational needs. These needs range from speech-language delays, visual impairment, developmental delays, hearing impairment, emotional disturbance, physical disability, autism, and health impairments.
The Early Childhood Special Education Program serves children and families in the Ellsworth Community School District.
Early Childhood Special Education Program
Morning class- 8:15 am - 9:45 am
Mid-morning class - 9:45 am - 11:15 am
Four-Year-Old Kindergarten Program
Morning Class 8:05 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.
Afternoon Class 12:25 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.
The four-year-old kindergarten program is offered at no cost and is held at Ellsworth Elementary School and St. Francis School. A student in the Ellsworth area attends morning or afternoon classes. The afternoon program from 12:25 p.m. – 3:25 p.m. also serves students located in the Hager City/Bay City busing area. The program meets five days a week unless otherwise noted on the 4K calendar. Students attending St. Francis only attend in the morning.
Transportation is provided to and from the 4YK program by the Ellsworth Community School District bus service.
Once registration is complete morning and afternoon sections can be determined. Parents will be notified in July prior to the start of the school year if their child will attend in the morning or afternoon session and who their teacher will be.
Throughout the year your child will be working on Letter Recognition; Number Skills; Shapes and Colors; Self-Help Skills; Social and Emotional Development; Fine Motor (coloring, writing, cutting, etc.); Gross Motor (skipping, jumping, throwing, etc.). The daily schedule includes Recess Time: a time to socialize with peers, outdoor play and/or large motor games; Circle Time: may include time spent on calendar, weather, songs, rhymes, sharing, and games in addition to letter, number, color, and shape recognition; Stories: books selected each week from our Houghton Mifflin Harcourt curriculum (Big Day for PreK), along with extra topic related books for the week; Snack: your child has the option to bring in his/her own snack each day or you may purchase a snack from school for a fee (each child will receive a carton of milk each day at no charge); Centers: four to five centers daily. These centers include dramatic play, puzzles, blocks, play dough, library, fine motor manipulatives, and working one on one with the teacher or support staff on a variety of different activities. This is also a time for social interaction with peers and teachers.
Mary Zimmerman
4YK Principal
Email: zimmermanm@ellsworth.k12.wi.us
Panther Kid's Clubs are open to children in the 4YK programs. For more information and enrollment forms click here.
Head Start is a national program that promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families. Head Start places a special focus on helping preschoolers develop the early reading and math skills they need to be successful in school.
Head Start can be contacted at 715-986-2020.
