Our mission is to provide a foundation towards kindergarten readiness.

Explore, Get Set, and Go!

The Building Blocks Program utilizes the HighScope Curriculum as the foundation. HighScope is a DESE-approved early childhood curriculum. High Scope students will:

1. Become independent, responsible, and confident-ready for success in school.
2. Learn to plan many of their own activities, carry them out, and talk with other children and their teacher about what they have done.
3. Learn through active involvement with people, materials, events, and ideas.
4. Gain knowledge and skills in important concept areas, such as creative representation, language and literacy, initiative and social relations, movement, music, classification, number, space, and time.

In addition,  all of our classrooms use the Fundations and Heggerty Pre-K curriculum.  Fundations is used to teach letter-sound associations and letter formation.  The Heggerty curriculum uses nursery rhymes to introduce students to language play and phonemic awareness skills.  The focus of these lessons is on exposure, not mastery. 

In a caring and positive atmosphere, we create a warm and happy place for preschoolers to learn. As we bridge the gap from home to school, we guide children to a continued good self-image while building social skills in a school setting. Sensory, motor, perceptual, and language skills are introduced through materials and activities which are both child-centered and teacher-directed. Work is planned which emphasizes the process rather than the product, fostering a sense of accomplishment and pride. The focus of learning is on readiness skills needed in kindergarten. Based on the theory that children learn through play, classroom routines encourage active involvement, meaningful experimentation, and reinforcement through repetition. Schedules are designed which balance structures and free choice, as well as active and quiet times. Recognizing that children grow in predictable stages, we treat each child as an individual, working from the level each child has attained and moving forward one step at a time. We teach a love of learning by allowing children to feel success without pressure.

Building Blocks Preschool is a tuition-based preschool for Fox C-6 resident children that are between the ages of 3-5 years.  Our classrooms are located in various elementary schools throughout the district.   Entrance requirements for Building Blocks include:

1. Must be a Fox C-6 School District resident.
2. Must be 3 years of age by July 31 of that school year. 
3. Must be completely potty trained.
4. Parents must provide transportation. 

*Students who are eligible for Kindergarten may have the opportunity to enroll in Building Blocks if they have a birthday within 30 days of the state age requirement (currently a July birthday).  Registration for kindergarten eligible students opens one week after 3 year old registration opens.

Building Blocks highly recommends all families schedule a developmental screening (DIAL) through the Parents as Teachers program prior to starting Building Blocks.  This screening will give valuable information on your child's development as well as confirm your child will be successful in our general education program.   

Building Blocks operates Monday - Friday. Classroom hours vary by building:

Tier 2 Schools: Fox and Rockport Heights - 7:30 am - 3:30 pm

Tier 3 Schools: Guffey, Hodge, Seckman - 8:15 am - 4:15 pm

Registration Fee: A non-refundable registration fee is collected each year in the amount of $50 per child.  ($75 max for family)  

Weekly tuition: Tuition is $150.00 per week.  Payment is due on Friday, prior to the week of service.  If you have more than one child enrolled in Building Blocks, there is a 10% discount off the total tuition (siblings must be living in the same household).

You can pay by credit/debit card on your child's portal, or by personal check and/or money order.  Please give a check or money order to your child's teacher. Building Blocks does not accept cash payments for tuition.

The weekly tuition will only be adjusted on weeks with scheduled days off school such as holidays, or school closures due to inclement weather.  Payments will not be prorated for days missed due to illness, planned vacations, or any other absences.

Late Fee: If payment is not made by Tuesday, you will not be allowed to drop off your child and a $10 late fee will be assessed.  Failure to make weekly payments may result in your child's enrollment being terminated. Any questions or concerns regarding weekly tuition may be addressed to the Building Blocks office staff.  

NSF FEE: A $15.00 fee will be assessed on all "insufficient funds" (NSF) checks and charged to the child's account. If we receive 2 NSF checks, it will become necessary for us to request all future payments in the form of a money order or credit card. 

If you need before and after school care (Character Kids Club- CKC) Parents will need to register for that program separately. CKC is available to all Building Blocks families at an additional fee.  More information can be found on the CKC website.