Pre-Kindergarten


PRE-KINDERGARTEN CURRICULUM

Pre-Kindergarten is an exciting year!  We have week-long units that introduce the students to such subjects as animals, community helpers, fairy tales, and feelings.  These units integrate science and social studies topics with math and language skills, as well as providing an opportunity for students to improve their social skills and fine motor skills.  We study each letter of the alphabet and learn all of the basic colors and shapes.  Students learn to write their first name in uppercase letters, and they will become accustomed to working as a team.  

Some of the INTEGRATED THEMATIC UNITS:
  • All About Me                                  
  • Pets
  • Shapes
  • Colors
  • Nursery Rhymes
  • Transportation
  • Five Senses
  • Eric Carle
  • Fall
  • Safety
  • Halloween
  • Community Helpers
  • Natives and Pilgrims
  • Thanksgiving
  • Reindeer
  • Christmas
  • Winter
  • Bears
  • Dinosaurs
  • Nutrition
  • Valentines
  • Dental Health
  • Body Parts
  • Dr. Seuss
  • St. Patrick's and Rainbows
  • Spring
  • Weather
  • Farm Animals
  • Easter
  • Insects
  • Space
  • Fairy Tales
  • Ocean
 
By the end of the year in LANGUAGE ARTS your student will:
 
  • Recognize their written first name
  • Recognize uppercase letters
  • Recognize basic colors
  • Share and take turns
  • Recite the alphabet
  • Have an understanding of opposites
  • Have an understanding of positional words
  • Pair together related objects and pictures
  • Solve problems using their words
  • Have strong vocabulary skills built through storytelling, dramatic play, and circle and group time activities


By the end of the year in MATH your student will:
  • Understand small, medium, and large
  • Count to 10
  • Recognize numbers 0-10
  • Recognize basic shapes
  • Sort and classify objects

By the end of the year, your student should master these SOCIAL/FINE MOTOR SKILLS:
  • Work together in a group
  • Follow directions
  • Hold crayon/marker correctly
  • Hold and cut with scissors correctly
  • Perform fine and gross motor skills
  • Draw a human figure
  • Use materials properly such as glue, markers, etc.