Pre-Kindergarten
The Pre-Kindergarten year is a year of evolution for the children. These children will master following directions and finishing teacher-assigned
tasks in the classroom along with self-directed tasks. As a Pre-Kindergarten child, each individual will take responsibility for their part in their
group and learn to work as part of a team. The four year old child will practice self-regulation as they learn to clean up after themselves
and complete the tasks given to them.
Our Pre-Kindergarten program is intended for children who turn 4 years old before September 1st, these children will be preparing for
Kindergarten the following year. The Pre-Kindergarten teacher uses a variety of materials to re-enforce age-appropriate developmental goals.
Outside of their designated hour and a half in the Pre-Kindergarten room, the Pre-K children have daily access to a 30-minute Orff Schulwerk program as well as activities in the Froebel Room, Art Studio and the Outdoor Learning Environment.
The children in the Pre-Kindergarten class will work to master skills in several areas of development:
Language Development
Express ideas so that their peers and teachers can understand.
Create and tell stories, make predictions about a story line, and ask relevant questions.
Understand the idea of rhyming words and successfully produce rhymes
Concept Development
Can identify colors, and understand concepts such as first, second, third and under, over, next to.
Able to label body parts, and understands weather concepts.
Willingly participates in art activities, music activities as well as teacher directed activities.
Mathematical Development
Understand numbers represent something and one-to-one correspondence.
Has the ability to identify numbers 0-10, begin writing numbers and doing simple math equations.
Has the ability to count to 30 independently.
Literacy Development
Recognizes both upper and lower case letters and can create letter sounds.
Can identify high frequency (sight) words and can dictate sentences to be written.
Has the ability to recognize, and write their names.Beginning pre-writing skills through a journaling center.
Social & Emotional Development
Respects the rights of others, and shows the ability to stand up for their own personal rights.
Listening and participating during circle time as well as raising their hand when waiting for a turn.
Takes pride in their accomplishments and shows a positive approach towards new experiences.
Gross & Fine Motor Skills Development
Has the ability to use scissors successfully and can hold a pencil in the proper tripod grip.