Pre-Kindergarten

4 years – 4 1 /2 years

These are areas your child will be working on during the school year along with new ideas developed by your child’s teacher. We will also be experimenting with music, science and social studies. Our arts and craft projects will come home as well as decorate our classroom. At the beginning of each month you will receive a calendar of events occurring during that month. We will be sending homework home daily so the children will begin to learn that they are responsible for completing and returning it the next day. Our classroom is a happy and safe place and we look forward to sharing and growing with you children.

Goals & Skills Your Child Will Learn

Language Arts
Listening to stories and speakers, responding to stories and speakers by answering questions, waiting in turn to talk or participate, comminicate in group discussions, communicating in sentences, Speaking clearly, saying first and last name
Social Skills
Respecting the feelings and others, sharing and playing copperatively, using words to communicate with others, developing a good self image, identifying feelings and emotions, following directions
Fine Motor Skills
Using pencils and other writing materials properly, using scissors properly, manipulating small objects, manipulating zippers, buttons and snaps, assembling puzzles, pasting and gluing with one finger, stringing and lacing
Gross Motor Skills
Walking up and down stairs alternating feet, walking forward and backwards, jumping in place with feet together, balancing, hopping on one foot, throwing, kicking and bouncing balls, skipping & galloping, taking part in group games
Reading Readiness
Alphabet (Rote Memory), identifying lower & uppercase letters, identifying and making letter sounds, writing first & last name, recognizing colors, idetifying likeness and difference in objects, matching and identifying opposites, and recognizing position oriented words
Math Readiness
Rote counting, recognizing and naming numbers, recognizing shapes, identifying shapes in the environment, identifying size differences, sequencing sizes, categorizing objects by shape, color, size, texture, etc