Often considered the beginning of a child’s academic years, the activities and experiences planned during the preschool years are intended to help children learn how to solve problems, make choices, and respect themselves as well as their friends.
To foster curiosity and the love of learning, art, music, sports, group games, dramatic play, and language activities are part of the daily activities offered. Language, math and science activities help build a foundation for future success. Children begin to learn about their community and appreciate the uniqueness they each hold.
Children are grouped in classrooms according to their development and age. Repetition of familiar activities with more intentional participation by the classroom staff allows for deepening of skill development. The curriculum is based on the concrete knowledge preschoolers possess and builds from there. Each room is equipped with detailed interest areas and challenging materials.
The Daily Schedule
| Opening-8:30 |
Drop off / Quiet Activities |
| 8:30 | Breakfast, Clean-up / Diapering / Toileting |
| 9:00-11:15 | Circle / Centers / Activity Time / 1/2 hour Outside / Large Motor |
| 11:15 | Clean-up / Diapering / Toileting |
| 11:30 |
Lunch / Clean-up / |
| 12:30-2:30 | Nap / Rest Time |
| 2:30 |
Wake-Up / Diapering / Toileting / |
| 3:30-5:30 |
Circle / Centers / Activity Time / |
| 5:30 | Clean-up / Diapering / Toileting |
Curriculum
Social / Emotional Skills
- Preschoolers will learn to play cooperatively with one or more peers for increasing periods of time.
- Preschoolers learn more control of their emotions and begin to understand turn taking/sharing.
- Preschoolers begin to understand and accept limits.
- Preschoolers will practice problem solving skills and will learn to deal with social conflict.
Motor Skills
- Preschoolers will learn to walk on tip toe, hop on one foot and jump over small objects.
- Preschoolers will learn to move in response to commands, throw and kick a ball.
- Preschoolers will learn to hold a pencil or crayon with fingers rather than a fist and write straight lines.
- Preschoolers will learn to use scissors and turn single pages of books.
Cognitive Skills
- Preschoolers will learn to understand opposites and classify objects with common characteristics.
- Preschoolers will learn to sequence simple stories according to what happened first, middle, last.
- Preschoolers will be able to identify missing objects when a small set is shown.
- Preschoolers will copy patterns and build an understanding of number sense.
Language Skills
- Preschoolers will engage in simple conversation and use sentences of increasing length.
- Preschoolers will listen to stories and describe action in pictures.
- Preschoolers will use pronouns and prepositions in their speech.
- Preschoolers will follow multi-step directions.
