Contact Lil' Longhorns Preschool
Payson Unified School District #10
P.O. Box 919
Payson, AZ 85547
Greta Cox - Preschool Coordinator
Terri Legassie - Teacher
Interested in attending Lil' Longhorns Preschool?
Please click on the link below to enroll your preschooler
Preschool Hours
Hours of Operation: 3-hour sessions
Based on a 4-day week (M, Tu, W, Th)
AM Sessions 7:30 - 10:30
PM Sessions 12:00 - 3:00
Preschool Classrooms
This play-based program is aligned with the Arizona Department of Education Early Learning Standards, with a focus on critical thinking skills and social/emotional development. Thematic units are explored by students using a variety of learning styles and modalities, which in turn, ignites curiosity and encourages sustained attention. The program is supplemented using Fundations and Creative Curriculum intentional learning materials. Typically developing peers and those with special needs work together and grow in one inclusive environment. Instruction is individualized based upon ongoing progress monitoring (Teaching Strategies GOLD) so the teacher knows what a child knows and what they are ready to learn next. GOLD is an authentic, ongoing observational system for assessing children from birth through Kindergarten. It helps teachers observe children in the context of everyday experiences, which is an effective way to learn what they know and can do. Those typically developing peers will have tuition due each month which is ($250) due the first of the month. There are a limited number of scholarships available as well as DES funding.