Curriculum - PreK

Our Science and Social Studies curriculum is broken down into monthly themes.  Each theme is explored and studied using special books, flannel graph, music and art projects which are incorporated into the lessons.  (sample daily schedule)

 

Bible curriculum and spiritual goals 

• Listen to Bible stories
• Develop an attitude of respect and enjoyment for the Bible - which is God's inspired word
• Learn to communicate with God through prayer
• Learn about God's love
• Learn Bible songs

Language arts curriculum goals 

• Track with eye left to right
• Learn how to hold and open a book
• Sit at circle and listen to stories
• Sort according to color, size, and shape
• Contrast and compare according to color, size and shape
• Hear and identify rhyming words
• Use pictures as clues to a story
• Use strategies to predict the outcome in a story
• Begin to identify written letters
• Identify letter sounds
• Begin to connect initial letter sounds

 

Writing

• Holds a pencil properly
• Draws to convey meaning
• Traces lines
• Writes own name
• Begins using letter sounds when writing

 

Math curriculum goals

• Reciting days of the week
• Count 1-30
• Count by 10s to 100
• Identify numerals 1-30
• Begin writing numerals 1-20
• Begin adding and subtracting numbers
• Compare objects:  More/less, small/large
• Introduction to the concept of time and the clock
• Explore geometric shapes
• Introduction to basic graphing and grouping

 

Health curriculum goals

• Learn how to dress in cold and hot weather
• Healthy foods and snacks
• Learn how to wash hands properly
• Dental health care

 

Developmental activities and centers

Snacks