Find a preschool (Learning Together)

The Department of Education offers a free drop-in preschool program called Learning Together. This program is for children under 5 years old and their caregivers.

What is the Learning together program?

• Led by qualified teachers.
• Helps prepare children for school routines.
• Caregivers learn how to support children’s learning at home.
• Younger siblings are welcome.

Contact the school to register

Whitehorse residents:

• Elijah Smith Elementary School.

Pelly Crossing residents:

• Eliza Van Bibber School.

Watson Lake residents:

• Johnson Elementary School.

Preschool program French first language

École Émilie-Tremblay offers a full-time pre-kindergarten program (K4). Contact the school for more information.

The typical routine for Learning Together program

• Playtime:
  • learning toys;
  • puppets;
  • costumes;
  • puzzles;
  • blocks;
  • sand; and
  • water.
• Group snack:

1. Children wash their hands.
2. Help set the table.
3. Enjoy a group snack prepared by the adults.
4. Wash their dishes.

• Circle time:
  • yoga;
  • poems;
  • stories;
  • rhymes;
  • music;
  • movement; and
  • games.
• Craft time: children and adults work on crafts based on circle time and the monthly theme.
• Visits to the gym and library.
• Visits from:
  • Child Development Centre staff;
  • preschool dental therapists;
  • local artists; and
  • other guests related to monthly themes.