Curriculum (Thematic Based):
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3 year olds:
Friends
Feelings
Manners
Self Image
Families
Pets
Homes
Parts of the Body
Disabled Friends
Senses
Colors & Shapes
Health & Cleanliness
Nursery Rhymes
Birds, Frogs, Snakes
Vegetables & Fruit
Clothing
Transportation
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3/4/5 year olds:
The curriculum for this class will be a variety of themes taken from the other classes.
The curriculum will have more depth than the T/TH AM 3's and will include the Kindergarten Readiness Skills as described in the 4/5 year old curriculum.
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4 / 5 year olds:
Safety
Weather and the Elements
Seasons/Holidays
Insects
Native Americans
Dinosaurs
Jobs in our Community
Reptiles
Plants and Seeds Grow
Cowboys & the Old West
Farm, Forest, & Sea Animals
Introduction to Alphabet Sounds & Numbers
Kindergarten Readiness Skills (Rhyming, sequencing, patterning, alike & different)
Calendars (numbers/left to right sequencing)
Kindergarten Readiness Evaluation & Parent/Teacher Conferences
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Art: (all kinds of mediums)
Tempera Paint, (easel, splatter, squish), watercolor, collage materials, playdough, clay, gluing, cutting, chalk, glitter, crayon melt & more.
Stories:
Flannel board, Flip Card, Puppets, Books, and Action (children join in).
MUSIC:
Songs and finger plays
COOKING:
All kinds
LEARNING CENTERS AND MANIPULATIVES:
Puzzles, anagrams, pegs, beads, games, blocks, housekeeping, dress-ups, lego's, gears, hammering, texture tub, racing mountain, driving area, tent, and more.
CREATIVE MOVEMENT, GAMES, BASIC GYM:
Hap Palmer, My Playful Scarf, Bridges & Boats, parachute fun & more.
MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS:
Monthly newsletter and song sheet sent home to keep parents up-to-date on learning experiences at preschool.
A Sample Preschool Day:
Welcome/Show-N-Tell
Concept Time (thematic based curriculum)
Learning Centers/Free Choice/Art
Clean-up and Snack
Gross Motor (creative movement, outside play, games, and gym skills (Stories, Songs & Finger plays (throughout the preschool day)
The Preschool Goals:
Whet each child's thirst and love for knowledge!
Create a hands-on learning environment through art, stories, music & experiments.
Develop confidence in themselves and an enthusiasm for school in a loving & caring atmosphere.
To feel comfortable trying new things and know that making mistakes is part of learning.
To develop socialization skills- good manners, cooperation, friendship, how to share, negotiate, and take responsibility for their actions.
To express feelings, including anger and frustration, through words rather than actions.
To make independent choices and attempt to solve their own problems.
Other preschool goals:
To pay attention, follow directions, & ask questions if they don't understand.
To provide lots of opportunities to read books, link words and letters (language development).
Physical Development of the large and small muscles.
To enter kindergarten confident, ready to learn, and well prepared for the kindergarten experience.
