• Families with children ages 2.5 to 5 years old. Younger and older children enjoy it as well!

• Families wanting an EASY preschooling-at-home approach that emphasizes playful academics, movement, and imagination.

• Families wanting to supplement the education a child is receiving at a local preschool/daycare.

• Schools and daycares looking for engaging educational programming to use in the classroom with their students.

• Those who want lots of worksheets and handwriting drills (we use more playful, developmentally appropriate ways to teach preschoolers)

• Those who prefer to have their child sitting down in a chair

• Those who prefer traditional teaching practices without movement, imagination, playful academics, and learning adventures

Each of our classes are 30-40 minutes long, with three themed classes per week (although you can do them at whatever pace you want).

• On Days 1 and 2 of each week your child will have Movin' School Days, with

  • Academic time

  • Song time

  • Game time

  • Theme time

  • Movement challenge time

  • Mat time

  • Story time 

• Then Day 3 is Movin’ Field Trip Day, where your child will get to apply all the knowledge they’ve learned on a fun movement-based adventure! Don't miss out on these feasts of movement, music, and learning!

Much like real school, our curriculum builds in complexity over time, so the classes are sequenced starting with Week 1. We provide sticker chart “maps” to help guide and motivate your child on their class journey.

Members have access to our entire library of classes, so you can go in the recommended order or jump around and repeat classes for more fun and practice!

Our curriculum themes are not seasonal or school-schedule dependent, so you can become a member at any time without worrying about being off track.

We keep things crazy simple here. All you need is:

• A preschool educational mat you can grab off Amazon for around $35, which is key to help your child physically interact with letters, numbers, shapes, and colors in our program.

• Basic school supplies (paper, markers, crayons, scissors, etc.) and things from around the house. Please see the supplies page for more info.

All learning begins with the body. In order to learn, a young child needs to see, touch, and interact with the world through the senses. Movement makes all those interactions possible.

Because of this, the brain of a young child prioritizes MOVEMENT above all other developmental tasks. Movement is truly the universal first language of all children, and all learning builds from that foundation.

Harnessing the natural need for movement is the key to unlocking your child's learning potential. You'll be amazed by how much more your child will learn compared to traditional "watch and listen" teaching methods.

• Lisa Hyde (Miss Lisa) is a professional preschool educator, preschool movement expert, and a mom of five children.

• In her desperate search to help her own developmentally-delayed child, she discovered the incredible power of movement-based methods and how they transformed her daughter's learning as well as other children she taught. She soon began using movement-based practices in all of her teaching.

• She has been teaching her unique, movement-based preschool program in schools, daycares, homeschool groups, events, and virtually for the past seven years.

• She received her Master of Public Administration degree with an emphasis in pediatric public health.

• She is passionate about helping to transform preschool learning approaches and making preschool more accessible to families all over the world.

So much! Your child will learn letters, letter sounds, literacy skills, numbers and numeracy skills, shapes, colors, patterning, rhyming, auditory awareness, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, lots of music, and stories!

This program is academically rigorous, but we are super sneaky about it. (Shhhh!) We do it all through engaging movement activities, games, and adventures that always keep your child having a blast!

Our robust curriculum is based on extensive research and best practices in early childhood education, but with our specialized Movin' Monkeys twist that skyrockets your child's learning.

We designed this program to allow your child to be as independent as possible so you can hopefully get other things done!

But some caregivers like to be fully involved and help add to the fun and learning! We fully support both approaches; all are welcome here! :)

Younger children or those with shorter attention spans may need more support.

The optional Play Prompts are generally quick with little to no prep, but sometimes involve setting up quick little games or challenges that require help from a parent.

Family learning time is the best! And your membership is good for your whole family, not just one student! (Those individual tuition fees add up!)

Ideally, we recommend a mat for each student, but you can have them share if you like.

Movin' Monkeys Preschool utilizes many fitness techniques, but it is not a fitness class. Rather, it is a movement-based learning approach designed to maximize engagement and learning in your child.

Your child will be alternating between movement activities and thinking activities. They will spend time moving on their feet, moving down on their mat, participating in action songs, as well as playing engaging guessing games. They will also participate in storytime at the end of class, a sit-down activity allowing your child to fully focus on their language, literacy, and story comprehension skills.

All these activities are designed carefully to help your child engage, learn, and think in powerful new ways.

Way to go! We are on the same page. Children absolutely need to live, play, and learn in the real world to meet their developmental needs.

We have designed our program to be within healthy limits: just 30-40 minutes of excellent, movement-based preschool time, followed by brief play prompts that encourage real-world play. We discourage over-consumption of our content.

And while our program does exist on a screen, your child will not be consuming our content in the typical passive way. Your child will be up on their feet, jumping, kicking, spinning, and yoga posing. They will be answering questions and playing real games. We think that if there is an allotment in your day for good screen time, Movin' Monkeys Preschool should certainly qualify.

Excellent. Many of our families participate in both a local program and Movin' Monkeys Preschool for its many academic, movement, imaginative, and convenience benefits.

For example, in comparison to local preschools, our program provides:

• Quicker and deeper learning of academic concepts

• More concentrated learning (less distractions from other students, misbehavior, etc.)

• Increased efficiency (less class time spent on classroom logistics, bathroom times, etc)

• More convenient scheduling and timing

• Less commute and stress

• Safer environment when there are health concerns
  

• Better transitioning into real-world play at home

• Movement-based learning approaches that aren't available in schools

• Better opportunities for imagination and creativity

• More affordability

We invite you to give the program a try to see all these benefits in your own child and family life.

Yes! We pride ourselves in being the most effective but also EASIEST virtual preschool system around. No need to sweat! We'll do the planning and teaching. You just be there to provide love and playful support - you know, the parent stuff.

We give you everything you need to effectively preschool your child easily at home, including our class videos, play prompts, game card system, sticker charts, supply checklist, assessment tool, and more.

We also give you access to our "Rockstar Preschool Parent Training" and our Movin' Monkeys Preschool Facebook group. We invite you to join our community of families who are loving preschooling with the help of this program!