Preschoolers

 

 Dear Parents,

Welcome to preschool! Hold onto your hats and get ready for an exciting ride filled with new discoveries around every bend!  This is a very exciting time and your child will be learning new things every day.

Our preschool classrooms are designed to promote exploration and creative thinking.  We are hard at work learning math, science, social studies, literature, art, and music.  Each day we are learning how to take care of ourselves and how to socialize. 

During the year your child will be participating in a science program that will be introducing them to the world around them.  We explore nature, with the help of our nature trail!  Our classrooms have a perfect view of the changing seasons!  We learn about animal life cycles with the help of our classroom pets!  Taking care of animals is a wonderful lesson and one that we take part in all year round.

Your child will be exposed to many amazing authors in our literacy program.  We will focus on reading, reading, reading!  The children will learn all about books, from how to open them, to all about authors and publishers!  We focus on letter recognition, not memorization.  With each step we will be getting closer to learning how to read!

Our goal with our preschool program is to make sure your child is ready for kindergarten!  Every child learns differently and has a unique personality.  We understand this and create lessons that are centered around each unique child.  This ensures that when kindergarten is around the corner they are excited and ready!

Sincerely,

The Busy Bee Teachers and The Butterfly Teachers

Creative Curriculum Goals and Objectives- Preschool
Social/Emotional Development-Sense of Self

1. Shows ability to adjust to new situations
2. Demonstrates appropriate trust in adults
3. Recognizes own feelings and manages them appropriately
4. Stands up for rights 
   Responsibility for Self and Others
5. Demonstrates self direction and independence
6. Takes responsibility for own well being
7. Respects and cares for classroom environment and materials
8. Follows classroom routines
9. Follows classroom rules 
   Prosocial Behavior
10. Plays well with other children
11. Recognizes the feelings of others and responds appropriately
12. Shares and respects the rights of others
13. Uses thinking skills to resolve conflicts 
    Physical Development
    Gross Motor
    
14. Demonstrates basic locomotor skills (running, jumping, hopping, galloping)
15. Shows balance while moving
16. Climbs up and down
17. Pedals and steers tricycle (or other wheeled vehicle)
18. Demonstrates throwing, kicking, and catching skills
Fine Motor

19. Controls small muscles in hands
20. Coordinates eye-hand movement
21. Uses tools for writing and drawing
    Cognitive Development
    Learning and Problem Solving
22. Observes objects and events with curiosity
23. Approaches problems flexibility
24. Shows persistence in approaching tasks
25. Explores cause and effect
26. Applies knowledge or experience to a new context 
    Logical Thinking
27. Classifies Objects
28. Compares/measures
29. Arranges objects in a series
30. Recognizes patterns and can repeat them
31. Shows awareness and can repeat them
32. Shows awareness of position in space
33. Uses one to one correspondence
34. Uses numbers and counting 
Representation of Symbolic Thinking
35. Takes on pretend roles and situations
36. Makes believe with objects
    
37. Makes and interprets representations 
    Language Development
    Listening and Speaking
38. Hears and discriminates the sounds of language
39. Expresses self using words and expanded sentences
40. Understands and follows oral directions
41. Answers questions
42. Asks questions
43. Actively participates in conversations 
    Reading and Writing
44. Enjoys and values reading
45. Demonstrates understanding of print concepts
46. Demonstrates knowledge of the alphabet
47. Uses emerging reading skills to make meaning from print
48. Comprehends and interprets meaning from books and other texts
49. Understands the purpose of writing
50. Writes letters and words