With parents now having the choice of preschool or UTK for 4-year-old children, we can rejoice that UTK exists for all 4-year-olds in the State of California. As it stands now, if you have choices in selecting the best early learning experience for a four-year-old, please ensure that wherever they spend this precious year in their lives, children are nurtured and have plenty of time to play, socialize and explore. Important child development theories are grounded in research by Piaget and Vygotsky on the critical role human development plays in children’s lives. Play benefits every aspect of children’s development. But does play prepare children for kindergarten? Year after year, parents tell us how well prepared their children were for kindergarten because of our play-based curriculum which is tailored to each child, inclusive of children of diverse abilities and backgrounds, family-centered, relationship and literature-rich.