We provide expansive learning environments for our four and five year olds indoors and out. During this last year before going off to kindergarten, the children learn to be independent thinkers and doers. There are many independent, as well as group activities to enjoy throughout the day. These activities allow the children to enjoy learning and to share what they have learned with others while doing so. Writing in journals, learning to write his/her name, and learning to tie their shoes, are just a few things they may come home bragging about.
Skills to Help Children Adjust to Kindergarten:
- Showing an interest in learning new things
- Being willing to join in new activites
- Showing consideration for the feelings of others
- Being able to adjust when things don’t go right.
- Expressing ideas and feelings clearly most of the time
- Asking for help appropriately.
- Motor Skills: Catching, jumping, hopping, skipping, building with blocks, cutting, copying shapes and letters and writing.
- Language: Answering simple personal questions (name, age) naming objects and actions, and rhyming.
- Concepts: Pointing to named body parts, naming or identifying colors, counting blocks, and sorting shapes.
- Self-Help Development: Child’s Development of personal care skills related to dressing, eating and grooming.
- Social Development: Child’s development of social skills with other children and parents, including following rules, sharing, self-control, and empathy.
PRE-K
Development/ Emergent Literacy |
• Associates sounds with written words • Identifies at least 10 letters of alphabet • Writes name and familiar words |
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Mathematics |
• Can match, sort, and regroup items • Makes comparisons between objects • Understands over, under, behind, etc. |
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Learning About the World/Science |
• Participates in simple investigations • Begins to predict results based on past experiences • Collects, describes, and records information |
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Social & Emotional Development |
• Expresses growing confidence in abilities • Increasing ability to compromise with others • Greater knowledge of community |
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Approaches to Learning |
• Eager to learn about new ideas • Maintains concentration despite distractions • Increased ability to find more than one solution to a question or problem |
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Physical & Health Development |
• Throws, catches, and bounces balls • Growing independence in personal hygiene • Uses pencils, markers, and paintbrushes with increased control |
