Pre-Kindergarten
Ideal for the child that misses the cutoff or is looking for a challenging 4 year-old program before entering kindergarten. Class program is from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, on a 3,4 or 5 day enrollment. Please see "Kindergarten" for more details on the curriculum.
Our goal is to promote positive attitudes, high self-esteem and social responsibilities that will enhance your child's ability to develop to his/her fullest potential, while challenging and sharpening your child's analytical thinking, problem solving, memory developmental skills.
Pre-Kindergarten Objectives
- To promote a positive self image.
- To develop socially within a group structure.
- To work individually within a group and to work individually.
- To develop pre-reading and math skills through the following:
- Recognition and printing full name.
- Recognition of primary and secondary colors.
- Recognition of numbers 1 - 100, printing up to 25.
- Recognition of number values 1 - 25.
- Recognition of alphabet, beginning sounds, and printing.
- To develop auditory discrimination with letter sounds.
- To develop visual discrimination.
- To identify sight words and opposites.
- To be able to communicate thoughts and ideas in complete sentences.
- To develop listening skills in all facets.
- To develop the ability to write in the D’Nealian Handwriting Method.
- To be well-rounded in all areas of development for promoting a continued yearning for knowledge within each student.
- To develop gross and fine motor skills through the following:
- Outside play (a minimum of 30 minutes daily) for gross motor development.
- Coloring, printing, manipulatives, and various art projects for fine motor development.
- To follow directions and obey class/school rules.
- To develop hand/eye coordination.
Pre-Kindergarten Class Schedule
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Supervised Free Play |
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Morning Opening (Calendar, Weather, Pledge of Allegiance) |
| 9:15 - 10:30 | Activities to include Reading Readiness, Math Readiness, with a break for snack* |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Child’s Choice of Free time (Books, play, manipulatives, coloring, puzzles) |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Handwriting Skills |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Lunchtime** |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Outdoor or Indoor Free Play |
| 12:30 - 1:00 | Quiet time and story |
| 1:00 - 3:00 | Activities to include Social Studies, Science, Music or Art, with a break for snack* |
| 3:00 - 6:00 | organized Indoor/Outdoor Activities |
* The school provides morning and afternoon snacks. Our snacks are nutritious and
low in cholesterol and sugar. Children may also make/cook snack as part of their
lesson of the day.
** Parents supply lunch. Foods can be heated via microwave oven. Lunch is served on paper plates, and plastic spoons and bibs are supplied by the school when needed.
** Parents supply lunch. Foods can be heated via microwave oven. Lunch is served on paper plates, and plastic spoons and bibs are supplied by the school when needed.
Pre-Kindergarten Curriculum
Spring
Reading Readiness
- Initial consonants
- Sight Words
- Rhyming
- Sentence Meaning
- Oral Reading
- Weekly Reader Newspaper
- Picture Reading
- Stories
- Whole Language experiences
- Library Center
- D'Nealian Handwriting
Language Arts
- Stories
- Listening
- Storytelling
- Sharing
- Role Playing
- Dramatizing
- Puppets
- Finger plays
- Poetry
- Creating experience stories
- "Writing" and illustrating a book
- Choral Speaking
Math Readiness
- Counting to 100
- Number recognition to 100
- Recognize number values to 25
- Ordinal Numbers
- Graphs & Tables
- Time
- Money
- Measuring Concepts
- Addition/Subtraction
Social Studies
- Rules That Protect Us
- Our Country
- Martin Luther King
- Presidents Day
- The World Around Us
- People In Other Lands
- Celebrations
Science
- Winter
- Living and Nonliving
- Dinosaurs
- Plants & Animals
- Sinking & Floating
- Sound, Heat, & Light
- Land & Water
- Earth & Sky
-
Weather
- Observe
- Explore
- Experiment
- Discover
- Question
- Compare
- Problem Solve
Fall
Reading Readiness
- Letter Recognition - Capital and Small
- Left to Right Progression
- Initial consonants
- Opposites
- Beginning Sight Words
- Weekly Reader Newspaper
- Picture Reading
- Stories
- Whole Language experiences
- Library Center
- D'Nealian Handwriting
Language Arts
- Stories
- Listening
- Storytelling
- Sharing
- Role Playing
- Dramatizing
- Puppets
- Finger plays
- Poetry
- Creating experience stories
- "Writing" and illustrating a book
- Choral Speaking
Math Readiness
- Counting
- Number recognition
- Classifying
-
Placement words:
- over/under
- above/below
- top/middle/bottom
- Patterns
- More than/Less than
Social Studies
- "I Am Special"
- Families
- Working Together
- Fire Prevention/Safety
- Community Helpers
- Columbus Day
- Halloween
- Thanksgiving/Pilgrims
- Native Americans
- Christmas/Hanukah
- Kwanza
Science
- Autumn
- Five Senses
- Growing and Changing
- Migration
- Hibernation
-
Life Science
- Observe
- Explore
- Experiment
- Discover
- Question
- Compare
- Problem Solve
