4K Program

Welcome to the Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District's 4K Program. Thank you for starting your child’s educational journey with us!

To participate in the 4K Program for the 26-27 school year, your child must be 4-years-old on or before Sept. 1, 2026 (no exceptions).

4K is a half-day program. Your child will be assigned to an AM or PM session:

Morning session, 9:20-11:50am
Afternoon session, 12:40-3:10pm

Daily attendance is required for the entire class period, Monday through Friday. Part-time or drop-in attendance
is not an option in the 4K program.

Your child's placement is based on your home address attendance boundary, and available space in the classroom.

SAVE THE DATE!
Enrollment for the next class of future Knights begins with the 4K & 5K Enrollment Fair on Thursday, March 19, 2026, from 9am-6pm at the Oak Creek-Franklin School District Office (7630 S. 10th St., Oak Creek). Several of our local organizations will be on-site providing useful resources for your family, and we also have fun activities planned for your children! We will begin taking applications for 4K on March 19 and District staff will be available to answer questions and assist with the enrollment process. See you then!

ASPIRE
After-School Care
(PM Session Only)

4K Calendar

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Best Practices in Teaching & Learning

The teaching and learning focus of the 4K program in the Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District includes:

Providing active learning opportunities through play-based and explicit teaching and learning experiences.
Utilizing robust learning centers and hands-on opportunities to explore real-world objects, engage in dramatic play, and build foundational social and academic skills.
Ensuring a print-rich environment with opportunities for children to read, listen to, and respond to books. Students will explore concepts of print including letter names and letter sounds. Students will recite poems, sing songs, and notice print in their environment.
Celebrating the start of lifelong learning, growth, and success for each child, based on individual learning needs and characteristics.
Connecting deeply with parents and families through valuable and relevant outreach opportunities.

4K Curriculum

The children work towards securing and mastering the following skills by the end of
the year:

Social & Emotional Development

SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Engages and interacts appropriately in play with peers (takes turns, shares, and accepts change made by peers with ease).
Maintains personal space.
Displays age-appropriate self-control.
Uses peaceful strategies to solve a conflict.
Manages classroom rules, routines and transitions with occasional reminders.
Recognizes the feelings of others in situations and responds appropriately.
Exhibits confidence when approaching experiences and activities.
Takes responsibility for the classroom space, classroom materials, and personal belongings.

Listening & Understanding

Health & Physical Development

HEALTH & PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

Demonstrates basic self-care
Controls marker, crayon, and/or pencil with an efficient grasp
Cuts lines and curves with scissors using proper grasp
Manipulates a variety of materials and objects ( ex. Stacks and builds, strings beads, sets puzzles, imitates hand actions)
Moves safely with purpose and coordination
Recognizes uppercase and lowercase letters

Language Development & Communication

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATION

Makes letter-sound connections
Recognizes rhyme
Recognize words that begin with the same sound
Print Concepts: Demonstrates and understands of how print and books work
Comprehension: Retells a familiar story in sequence
Writes first name
Draws pictures and/or writes scribbles, letter-like forms, or letters to represent words and ideas.
Uses language to express wants, needs, ideas, and feelings in complete sentences.
Listens to and completes actions based on single and multi-step directions

Mathematic Skills

MATHEMATIC SKILLS

Asks questions, seeks information and investigates ideas to satisfy curiosity.
Sorts and/or describes objects by size, shape, color, or use.
Identifies common shapes: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, heart, and star.
Responds to positional words to indicate space and location: in, on, under, up down, beside, etc.
Recognizes, extends, and creates simple patterns.
Consistently counts aloud to 20 or more.
Counts a set of 10 or more objects.
Recognizes and names numerals 0-10.

4K Sites

The Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District covers 26 square miles, including all of the City of
Oak Creek and approximately 7 square miles of the City of Franklin.

Your child’s 4K site assignment will be based on their home address attendance boundary (or childcare provider's address, if requested) and available space in the classroom.

District Attendance Boundaries

Click here for site assignment details

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