Preschool at NNPS
Families as Partners
Our Preschool Team welcomes the opportunity to provide resources and answer your questions. Families may call the NNPS Preschool Office at (757)-283-7850 x.10247.
Kindergarten Readiness & Transition
Being "ready" for kindergarten means arriving with the appropriate social, emotional, physical, and intellectual skills. Children need all four types of development to succeed in school, and to become caring, thinking, confident, and active adults. Visit the Kindergarten Readiness and Transition page for information and summer resources to ensure your child is ready to start kindergarten!
The Mayor's Book Club aims to support students' social-emotional and literacy development beyond the classroom. Each month, each preschool student will bring home a new book that supports early literacy and social-emotional learning skills. We hope these books will help build each student’s at-home library and provide opportunities for the entire family to share in their student’s literacy journey. Activities and ideas to support each month’s book will be shared on the Mayor's Book Club website.
ReadyRosie is an early education tool that helps families, schools, and communities across the nation deepen and scale their family engagement efforts. ReadyRosie is an evidence-informed and research-based family engagement and early learning resource. All ReadyRosie content is based on a foundation of research that has proven to have a positive impact on family behaviors and child outcomes.
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FirstSpark (formerly Smart Beginnings) is a coalition of parents, businesses, civic leaders, nonprofits, school systems, early childhood professionals and private citizens—all working together to ensure that every child on the Peninsula enters kindergarten prepared to achieve success in school and in life.
Readiness Checklist (en espanol)
Is your child ready for a successful school experience? Building a foundation in reading and math can set the stage for learning. Social-emotional skills also have a big impact on your child's readiness. Use this checklist to determine which things your child is able to do, and which he/she needs more time to develop.
Visit your local library or visit the Newport News Public Library website to learn how your child can get their very own library card! The website has information about programs, books, and events.
Virginia Literacy Partnerships
The Virginia Literacy Partnerships office collaborates with Virginia school divisions and communities around reading and writing development, screening children, and providing evidence based instruction.
The Virginia Kindergarten Readiness Program (VKRP) is an initiative focused on building a more comprehensive understanding of school readiness and success. VKRP helps to support our understanding of school readiness in four key areas: literacy, mathematics, social skills, and self-regulation.
This library contains strategies that family members and other caregivers can use to foster children’s core skills at home. Each “core skill” includes several individual skills that grow from infancy to preschool and can be adapted to support every child’s development.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge! Each month, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library mails a high-quality, age-appropriate book to all registered children, addressed to them, at no cost to the child’s family. Visit the site to learn more and register your child for free.
As you and your child prepare for the preschool journey, NNPS Preschool wants to invite you to be a partner in your child’s education! Once your child is accepted, you will visit your child’s new school for an in-person registration appointment. During this visit, in addition to finalizing your child’s registration,
- every family will be asked to complete and commit to the NNPS Preschool Family Agreement.
- you will receive the following resources to help prepare you and your child to have a successful school year:
NNPS Resources
