Preschool Curriculum
Language Arts
- Story dictation and retelling
- Sharing experiences
- Listening and observing
- Memorization & recitation
- Rhyming
- Opposites
- Letter recognition
- Three-step sequence
- Exposure to rich, age-appropriate literature
- Weekly visits to the school library
Math
- Shape recognition
- Beginning classification
- Beginning counting by correspondence
- Beginning number recognition
- Rote count 1-10
- AB Patterning
- Calendar skills
Social Studies
- Begin to see the world from another's perspective and grow away from egocentrism
- Be able to play, work and get along with classmates in a socially acceptable manner
- Learn to respect and honor the United States of America through discussing and reciting daily the Pledge of Allegiance and through singing patriotic songs and discussing their meaning
Science
- Develop curiosity and sense of wonder for the world
- Develop ability to observe, sequence, classify and describe
- Use these skills to solve problems and reach conclusions
Physical Education
- Develop muscles in fingers and hands to perform tasks including scissors, pencils, markers, buttoning and controlling glue
- Develop large muscles in arms and legs to ride bikes, climb stairs and ladders, run, hop and skip.
- Develop trunk muscles and center of gravity
Art
- Develop ability to communicate thoughts and feelings through a variety of mediums
- Develop creativity and self expression using various mediums and risk taking
Music
- Develop abilities to discern and discriminate sounds through a variety of music
- Begin to discern rhythm
- Learn to use voice to sing a song
- Begin an appreciation of different kinds of music
Musical Movement Program
- Body and space awareness
- Gross motor and fine motor skills
- Manipulative skills (throwing, catching, dribbling, kicking, jumping rope)
- Elements of movement
- Dramatic Expression/Creative Movement
- Self-initiated movement and expression through music, poems and stories
- Dramatic Play
Cooking Program which includes development of concepts using all of the 5 senses through concrete experiences