Our Pre-Kindergarten Program reflects the belief that children are active learners. They build meaning and understanding through full participation in their environments. This child-centered program combines high expectations for each child with respect for individual development.
The maximum capacity is 15 children in a spacious and well appointed classroom. Children typically stay with the same teachers and with the same classmates for the entire Academic Year.
Children must be 4 years old by September 1st of the Academic Year to join our Pre-Kindergarten Program.
Language Arts
Science
Mathematics
Music
Geography, History, & Social Studies
Spanish
Computers
- Understanding and following oral directions
- Increasing vocabulary
- Expressing oneself in complete sentences
- Reciting the alphabet
- Printing the alphabet (lower case & Carden Handwriting)
- Recognizing the letters of the alphabet out of sequence
- Given a spoken word, producing another word that rhymes
- Decoding a letter into the phoneme it represents
- Writing the consonants as the sounds are dictated
- Sounding out long and short vowels
- Recognizing words when sounded out by the teacher
- Reading words by sounding them out
- Printing own name in lower case letters
- Recognizing the names of and facts about animals, trees, vegetables, and fruits
- Experimenting and exploring using measurement, liquids and solids, hot and cold, wet and dry, thick and thin
- Identifying the five senses
- Learning about the weather
- Cooking
- Recognizing and naming the basic shapes
- Counting from 1-50
- Counting by 10's to 100
- Recognizing the association between numerals and the number of objects
- Recognizing numbers from 0-20 in random order
- Forming numbers from 1-10
- Conceptualizing the process of addition of sums 0-9
- Estimating & graphing
- Understanding basic concepts of comparison, such as more or less than, larger or smaller than, etc.
- Recognizing and duplicating patterns
- Developing motor, movement, rhythm, and listening skills
- Using Lummi Sticks, scarves, and instruments
- Basic reading of music
- Singing seasonal songs
- Singing in Spanish
Geography, History, & Social Studies
- Becoming familiar with differences in families and cultural heritage
- Learning about special holidays of other countries
- Our Spanish teacher integrates core curriculum across all areas into the Spanish lessons twice per week
- Developing of love of learning through hands on activities
- Learning to follow directions in both Spanish and English
- Using technology programs specially designed to support and enhance the core curriculum across all areas
- Developing eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills
- Learning to follow directions