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Three-Year Pre-School
The three year old needs to build a sense of himself
as a problem solving, reasoning individual, while developing trust and
independence. This is accomplished through many play experiences.
Play is a key mode to development.
SKILL AREAS COVERED
Motor
1. Large Motor Movement
a. running
b. jumping
c. climbing
d. learning movements to
music
2. Small Motor Movement
a. crayons, markers
b. a variety of paints
c. glue
d. scissors
e. puzzles
f. learning finger plays
g. building with blocks
Language Development
1. Singsongs
2. Recite finger plays
3. Speak in complete sentences
4. Feel comfortable expressing ideas
Social Skills
1. Learning to share and play well with others
2. Learning to respect the property of others
3. Learning to respect he feelings of others
Unit Topics
1. Colors
2. Shapes
3. Numbers
4. Manners
5. Traffic and Safety Signs
6. Seasons and Holidays
7. Community Helpers
We stress
"learning is fun", therefore making the child want to come to school.
An important part of this program is social adjustment, sharing, cooperating
with others and , most important of all, the child learning to see himself as
an individual that is unique with qualities unlike any other.
Four-Year Pre-Kindergarten
The 4 year-old curriculum addresses the three main
areas of child development (cognitive, social/emotional, and motor) with an
emphasis on emergent literacy skills. The curriculum was designed using
components from Dialogic Reading (Whitehurst, G.J., Arnold, D.H.,
Epstein, J.N., Angell, A.L., Smith, M., & Fischel, J.E., 1994), The Creative Curriculum
(Dodge, Colker, & Heroman,
2002), Phonemic Awareness in Young Children (Adams, Foorman, Lundberg, & Beeler, 1998), and Peacemaking
Skills for Little Kids (Schmidt & Friedman, 2003).
Cognitive
skills include emergent literacy, math, science, and social studies skills.
Social/emotional skills include learning how to get along with others,
character education, and learning about feelings and emotions. Motor skills
include both fine (small muscle) and gross (large muscle) skills.
Children
will work daily on emergent literacy skills such as letter/sound
correspondence and phonological awareness skills as well as being exposed to
rich text through book reading. Language skills will be strengthened through
the use of questions and discussion during story time.
Weekly
math (e.g., counting, sorting, and measuring), science (e.g., weather,
nutrition, and animals), social/emotional (e.g., sharing, feelings, and turn
taking), and social studies (e.g., country/state/city, people around the
world, and people in the community) concepts will be introduced and
strengthened through small group activities during center time.
Fine motor skills
(e.g., cutting, tracing, and stacking) will be practiced during center time
while gross motor skills (e.g., balance, throwing, and jumping) will be
strengthened through activities set up during playground time. Children will
also be exposed to music activities in the classroom and during a weekly
class with the music teacher.
SKILL AREA COVERED
1. Large motor movement including:
- jumping, running
- rolling and throwing a
ball
- distinguishing right and
left hands
- rhythmic movement to
music and clapping
2. Small motor movement including:
- control with crayons,
markers, paint
- using paste and glue
- doing finger play
- writing first name when
ready
3. Oral Language Development
- expressing ideas
- speaking clearly
- speaking in complete
sentences
- singing and reciting
songs and finger plays
4. Reading and Math
- introduce upper and
lower case letters
- introduce left and right
- introduce top and bottom
- classify objects
- dictate stories
- days of the week
- patterning
- sequencing
- estimating
- identify basic shapes
- beginning number
concepts
- counting
5. Science
- the five senses
- nutrition
- weather
- animals
- holidays
6. Social Studies
- myself, my friends, my
school
- community helpers
- transportation
7. Art
- basic colors
- crafts
- painting
8. Music
- participate with music
teacher
- singing and moving to
music
- following directions
with records
- rhythmic clapping
9. Social Skills
- working and playing with
others
- self-control
- respect property of
others
- recognize and accept
responsibility
In
addition to these skills, the children are encouraged to show good work and
play habits. They are, also, taught manners and listening skills and are
encouraged to appropriately participate in the activity presented.
Kindergarten
Overview and Purpose
THe Kindergarten year is to promote social interactions and
self awareness in relationships with family, friends and the community.
There are, also, introductions to age appropriate skills including all forms
of motor development and academic readiness. The purpose in all of
these experiences is to promote a positive and competent self-image and to
enjoy school. Upon completion, your child should feel prepared and look
forward to the next step up to First Grade.
SkillsAreas Covered
1. Large motor movement including:
- walking on a balance beam
- balancing on one foot
- hopping, skipping,
jumping
- catching, bouncing and
throwing a ball
- distinguishing right and
left hands
2. Small motor
movement including:
- using a writing
instrument correctly
- using scissors correctly
- control with crayons,
markers and paint
- using glue neatly
3. Oral Language
Development
- Speaks clearly and in
complete sentences
- Says rhyming word for
given word
- Says opposite word for
given word
- Can speak and address the
class
- Can recite songs and
simple poems
4.
Handwriting Readiness (D'Nealian Handwriting)
- Writes first and last
name in correct letter form
- Writes upper and lower
case letters
- Writes numerals
5.
Reading Readiness (Trophies-Harcourt)
- Recognizes
likeness/difference in letters and words
- Names upper/lower case
letters in random order
- Identifies consonant
sound in initial and end positions
- Orally segments and
blends phonemes
- Can encode and decode
consonant/vowel patterns
- Words form left to right
and top to bottom
- Relates story sequencing
- Classifies objects and
pictures
- Dictates stories and
"sound writes" own story
- Knows basic digraphs and
blends
- Can read simple words and
sentences
- Can read beginning sight
words
6.
Math Readiness (Math Advantage 99-Harcourt Brace)
- Identifies six basic shapes
- Can divide shapes into
halves
- Can graph and estimate
- Identifies numerals to 31
- Counts to 100, and by
5's, 10's, and 2's
- Does simple addition and
subtraction with concrete items
- Understands the plus and
minus sign and concept
- Can tell time to the hour
- Recognizes penny, nickel,
dime, quarter and dollar bill
- Can measure by linear,
weight and capacity units
- Can count and make sets
7.
Science
- Uses hands-on and
observation skills for the following:
- unit on dinosaurs
- unit on weather and
seasons
- unit on zoo animals,
farm animals and pets
- unit on plants
- unit on human body,
health and the five senses
- unit on sea life
- unit on magnets
- unit on the solar system
and our earth
8.
Social Studies-History-Geography
- Self concept and family
- Community helpers
- Using globes and maps
- U.S. History and
Presidents
- Native Americans
- Seven Continents with
emphasis on Australia
9. Art
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Learn colors and primary to secondary mixing
- Observe nature for
positive and negative space
- Learn linear and solid
forms
- Do painting and sculpture
- Word in creating from a
variety of mediums
- Observe examples of
famous classic artists
10. Music
- Participate with music
teacher
- Singing and movement in
classroom with recorded music
- Learn elements of music
and rhythm
- Listen to variety of
music including classical selections
11. Character
Education-Values and Moral Principles
- Chapel with Pastor Roy
- Daily Bible stories,
verses and prayer
First Grade
Reading (Macmillan-Connections)
- Decoding and Phonics
Skills
- Comprehension
Strategies
- Thinking Skills
- Vocabulary
- Study Skills
- Language
- Literature
Independent
Reading
- SRA Reading Lab
- Accelerated Reader Lab
Phonics
(Merrill Skill Text Series)
- This is a
developmental phonics program that provides solid instruction and
practice of basic decoding skills, both in isolation and in
context. It, also, provides instruction and practice in structural
analysis, vocabulary, and dictionary skills.
Mathematics
(Harcourt Brace Javanovich)
- Addition and Subtraction
Facts to 18
- Place value and Number
Patterns to 100
- Time
- Money
- Addition and
Subtraction of Two-Digit Numbers
- Geometry, Spatial
Sense, & Patterns
- Fractions
- Measurement
- Working with
Data-Tables and Graphs
- Exploring
Multiplication & Division
Writing/English
(Houghton Mifflin)
- Grammar/Usage
- Sentences
- Nouns/Pronouns
- Verbs
- Adjectives
- Mechanics
- Capitalization
- Punctuation
- Listening and Speaking
- Study Skills
- Book Skills
- Dictionary Skills
- Vocabulary Skills
- Critical Reading and
Thinking Skills
- Practical Life Skills
- Composition Skills
- Thinking Skills
- Organizing
- Evaluating
- Prewriting
- Composition
- Prewriting
- Composing
- Revising
- Literature
Spelling
(Scott Foresman - Addison Wesley)
- Spelling
Generalizations
- Sound-letter
Association
- Sight Words
- Word Structure
- Common Spelling Errors
- Spelling Strategies
- Spelling and Writing
- Handwriting
- Writing Forms
- Proofreading
- Spelling and
Vocabulary
- Vocabulary
Development
- Dictionary Skills
- Theme Vocabulary
- Critical Thinking
Skills
Science
(Harcourt)
- Life Sciences
- Living and Nonliving
Things
- Plants
- Animals
- Interdependence
- Habitats
- Health and Safety
- Food and Nutrition
- Staying Healthy
- Drug Awareness
- Earth Science
- Land
- Air
- Water
- Weather
- Seasons
- Physical Science
- Matter
- Heat and Light
- Energy and Forces
Social
Studies
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