3 Year Old Class

Goals and Skills Your Child Will Learn

• Language Arts

  Memorizing and repeat simple rhymes, songs, and finger plays; Use I, you, me, and she correctly; Understand sentence and questions, Recognize letters and their sounds , Introduction to lower and uppercase letters

• Listening

  Following directions, Understanding opposites, Understanding prepositions

• Labeling

  Naming concrete objects, Memorizing and naming articles of clothing and objects in the environment

• Self-Recognition

  Naming and identifying parts of the body, Recognizing first and last name, birthday and age, Developing a good self-image, Expressing feelings and emotions

• Memory

  Recalling daily routines, Recognizing objects that are visually present, Identifying missing objects in given situations

• Social Skills

  Getting along with other children. Learning the give and take of play, Understanding basic roles of individual people, Participating in group play, Understanding differences and similarities in people. Understanding the feeling of others

• Math and Counting

  Learning to rote count to 10, Understanding number concepts, Learning the makeup of a calendar (days of the week and months), Sorting objects by size, shape and color, Understanding concept of full and empty, big and small, etc., Identifying and labeling shapes

• Science

  Researching animals and how they live, Learning how plants grow and survive, Mixing colors to make new colors

• Gross Motor Skills

  Playing with balls using different techniques (throwing, catching, kicking, etc.), Walking forward and backwards, Jumping and hopping, Riding bikes, Balancing, Walking up stairs alternating feet

• Fine Motor Skills

  Playing with play dough, Pasting and gluing with one finger, Using scissors properly, Stringing beads and lacing, Holding crayons and pencils correctly, Using paintbrushes, Assembling puzzles, Tracing alphabet, name and numbers, Pouring independently, Assembling different crafts

• Work Habits

  Following simple rules, Working alone, Working and sitting in a group, Cleaning up after themselves, Staying focused on an activity or during story time