The Pre-Kindergarten Room focuses on a specific weekly/bi-weekly unit theme. Curriculum requirements are subject to change.

Your First Day: Items to Bring

• Regular crib sheet for cot/mat
• Small blanket for naptime
• Change of clothes: pants, shirt, underwear, socks, shoes
• Old work shirt or flannel shirt for working with art materials
• Composition notebook

All personal items should be marked with the child's name.

Pre-Kindergarten: Overview of Program

This class will focus on specific readiness skills for kindergarten. The children will be involved in hands-on activities, which encourage development in all curriculum areas.

• Art: Monday -Friday
• Sensory: Monday-Friday
• Language and literacy: Monday-Friday
• Group time activity: Monday-Friday
• Music and rhythm: Monday-Friday
• Science and nature investigation: Tuesday and Thursday
• Math: Monday and Wednesday
• Cooking: Once weekly
• Computer: Monday-Friday with written approval from parent
• Dramatic play: Monday-Friday
• Blocks: Monday-Friday

Some of the concepts/skills, which will be encouraged in this classroom, include:

• Letter recognition and Phonemic Awareness
• Number recognition and matching 1 -20
• Rote counting 1 -50
• One to one correspondence 1 -20
• Shape recognition and matching
• Ability to use scissors
• Ability to write name and copy shapes from example
• Knows address, phone number
• Social problem-solving skills
• Large motor skills: balancing, pumping legs on swings, hopping and jumping
• Fine motor skills -pre-writing activities, manipulative play, playdough, scissors, markers, etc.
• Language