Welcome to the Preschool class. Our goal is to provide a safe, loving atmosphere for your child to learn, play and grow. Each moment of the day is an opportunity for your child to explore the world around them and to build upon their growing knowledge. Our classroom is arranged in centers to offer your child a variety of fun and new learning experiences.
Science, Math and Manipulative Center
- Use senses to gain information about environment
- Compare and contrast
- Sorting, sequencing, and matching
- Observing change
- Classifying
- Studying systems, cycles, and interactions
- Make predictions
- Weighing and measuring
- Observing natural forces such as gravity and magnetism
- Recognizing quantities such as some, a lot, more
- Develop an understanding of time
- Recognizing shapes, colors
- Cause and effect
- Learn terms related to location and direction
- Learn the concepts of part and whole
- Learn patterns
- Develop fine motor skills
- Hand-eye coordination
- Making choices and decisions
Circle Time and Reading Area
- Self regulation and control
- Appreciation of rhyme, rhythm, and alliteration
- Learn to see books as a tool
- Acquire larger vocabulary skills
- Focusing and concentration skills
- Distinguishing between real and make-believe
- Developing and expanding upon own specific interests
- Following story lines and sequencing
- Recognizing writing is entertaining and informative
Music Center
- Music can tell a story
- Large motor skills, balance and coordination
- Understand rhythms, patterns and tone
- Imitation and recognition
- Mood and meaning of music
- Play simple rhythms with musical instruments
- Explore vocal sounds
- Explore different cultures
- Develop spatial and directional awareness
Dramatic Play
- Dress-up, kitchen, hospital, dollies, etc.
- Expressing feelings and ideas
- Group social skills
- Explore different societies, customs, gender roles, and cultures
- Practice self-help skills
- Participate in leadership and followship rules
- Work cooperatively
- Creative skills
- Interpret nonverbal communication
- Sharing and taking turns
- Decision making
Block Center
- Communication and cooperation
- Matching, comparing same and different
- Designating quantities and relationships
- Demonstrating concepts of part and whole
- Create, repeat, and extend patterns
- Hand-eye coordination
- Mapping and planning skills
- Classification skills
- Recognize size and shape differentiation and relation
- Understand gravity, stability, weight, and balance
Art Center
- Express thoughts and feelings through different media such as clay, paint, print, cutting, coloring and gluing
- Problem solving skills
- Independence and organizational skills
Outside Play
- playground, park, nature walks, sport, etc.
- Large motor skills (developing large muscle groups)
- Muscular strength and endurance
- Flexibility
- Spatial and directional awareness
- Coordination and balance
- Cooperation and group play
- Sportsmanship
- Create and follow safety rules
- Explore the natural world around them
- Learn about life cycles in bugs, trees, flowers, weather, etc.
- Learn respect for toys and equipment
