The article addresses the issue regarding the valorification of the partnership between the pre-school and primary education institution in order to ensure the quality of the children´s preparation for school. The paper analyzes concepts such as: educational partnership, preparation for school, school maturity; there are highlighted the defining notes of the kindergarten-school educational partnership, the specificity of the kindergarten-school continuity; it is presented a kindergarten-school educational partnership project focused on the optimization of the process of preparing children for schooling.