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Attending high quality prekindergarten can make a big difference for young children. Children who go to high-quality 3- and 4-year-old prekindergarten enter school ready to learn and be successful, confident learners.
TEA supports high-quality prekindergarten that is developmentally appropriate, multi-sensory, and experiential. Young children thrive when provided a learning environment that inspires curiosity, builds confidence, and fosters a love of learning.

Children are "ready" for school when families, schools, and communities work together to ensure they enter school with strong foundational knowledge and skills across 5 primary domains of development. The primary domains of development are: Physical (Gross and Fine Motor), Literacy (Reading and Writing), Mathematical (Concepts and Thinking), Language and Communication, and Health and Wellness. Although separate, these domains are interconnected and development in one area reinforces development in the other.
In order to provide high-quality early childhood education that is focused on the unique needs of each child, student progress monitoring in Prekindergarten and kindergarten readiness should be measured across multiple domains of development.

For more information on High-Quality Prekindergarten programs in Texas, refer to the Early Childhood Education FAQ page