Next Prep Academy

🌟 A big milestone moment! 🌟

This week, one of our students began reading! She worked on matching consonant–vowel–consonant (CVC) words to images, building confidence, phonetic awareness, and a true love of reading. Watching learning click is one of the best parts of our day. So proud of all the work she did to get here! 💛

Splashy experiments and big discoveries 💧

Exploring what floats and what sinks helps children practice careful observation, make predictions, and record results, laying the foundation for scientific thinking.

Tiny hands are at work!

At Next Prep, learning is hands-on and purposeful. Tracing sandpaper numbers supports fine motor development and helps children internalize number shapes through touch and movement, increasing number recognition well before they are ready to hold pencils and write numbers.

📚 Hands-on reading in action!🖍️

Children are matching CVC words to images, building phonetic awareness, letter recognition, and decoding skills. In this photo, we have a student practicing the sound made by a short "i" vowel and she is pairing words like "sit", "dig", "rip" and "kid" to its corresponding photos. Through this fun activity, children develop early reading skills, phonics knowledge, and grow their confidence with letters.