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Pre-Kindergarten Program...
The program for the Pre-Kindergarten child is designed to promote learning experience and development in:

•  Language Arts/Skills...
    - Recognize all capital and most lower-case letters
    - Start printing their alphabet
    - Recognize and spell their name and classmate's names
    - Use of invented spelling
    - Print their first name
    - Learn phonetic sounds
    - Dictate a story through pictures
    - Illustrate pictures for a story

•  Math...
    - Identify shapes
    - Count to 30
    - Name and recognize numbers 0-20
    - Match amount of objects to numbers
    - Sort objects by their attributes


•  Social Studies/Social Skills...
    - Explain why different events are celebrated with different holidays or days of recognition
    - Learn about history (past U.S. Presidents)
    - Build an understanding of different cultures
    - Learn to cooperate and work with classmates
    - Share with others

Learning about firefighters...

•  Science...
    - Participate in activities that include measuring, pouring, mixing, baking
    - Understand changing weather conditions (seasons and temperature)
    - Take part in nature walks and projects
    - Understand the concept of weight

•  Fine Arts...
    - Participate in arts activities that include cutting, gluing and drawing
    - Experience and use drama tools (i.e. kitchen set, clothes, puppets)
    - Imitate different emotions and expressions
    - Play different family roles
    - Sing simple songs
    - Play instruments
    - Imitate dances

•  Good Health/Nutrition...
    - Participate in activities that involve throwing, catching, rolling and kicking
    - Practice skills of balancing, hopping and jumping
    - Play organized games that involve using a parachute
    - Learn about and experience a healthy diet


Click here for a copy of the 2007-2008 curriculum calendar.

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