Pre-School Program
Our Program is child-centered and based upon the belief that play is the best way for children to learn. Our approach is individualized to meet each child’s needs and interests. Each classroom is organized with centers for creative art, literature, pre-writing, science, pre-math, dramatic play and cognitive and small motor development. The environment is planned to stimulate imagination and creativity, socialization, exploration and discovery, while challenging the use of muscles important to developing bodies.
Curriculum
Social
- Playing with other children
- Learning to share
- Learning how to care for another friend who is hurt
- Working together in a group “cooperation”
- Encouraging “Positive Playing”
- Learning about family living and community life
Intellectual
- Alphabet (upper and lower case)
- Numbers and math
- Counting in sequence
- Recognize numbers
- Print number
- Associate numbers with set or group of items
- Shapes
- Names of each shape
- Learning how to draw shapes
- Associate shapes with objects that surround them in everyday life
- Colors
- Spatial Relationships
- Pre-Reading readiness skills
- Hand-eye coordination activities
- Cognitive tasks
- Physical
- Music time
- Dance & movement
- Outdoor & indoor play
- Emotional
- Dramatic play
- Music
- Show & tell
- Communication with adults & peers
Pre-School Daily Schedule
7:00 – 9:00 | Greeting of Children Free Play |
9:00 – 9:20 | Circle Time |
9:20 – 9:50 | Activity/Game Time Science/Math or Cooking Experience |
9:50 – 10:00 | Bathroom; Wash Hands; Book Time |
10:00 – 10:15 | Morning Snack |
10:15 – 10:45 | Art |
10:45 – 11:15 | Outdoor Play |
11:15 – 11:45 | Music and Movement |
11:45 – 12:00 | Bathroom; Wash Hands; Book Time; Quiet Activity |
12:00 – 12:30 | Lunch |
12:30 | Half-Day Pick-up Time |
12:30 – 12:50 | Story Time for Full Day Children on cots |
12:50 – 2:30 | Nap Time |
2:00 | Children not sleeping do quiet table activities |
2:30 – 2:45 | Bathroom; Wash Hands; Book Time |
2:45 – 3:00 | Afternoon Snack |
3:00 – 3:30 | Outdoor play |
3:30 – 4:15 | Teacher Directed / Group Activity Time |
4:15 – 5:15 | Activity / Game Time |
5:15 – 6:00 | Activity / Outdoor Time |