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Curriculum
Pre-Kindergarten
Language Arts Phonics/Spelling
- Participates in singing and rhyming games
- Notices language patterns
- Expands vocabulary by naming wide range of objects in classroom, illustrations, multimedia presentations
- Participates in discussions with others and gives opinions
Reading
- Listens to and discusses stories
- Demonstrates understanding of story by dramatization/using puppets/retelling
- Recognizes that written words have meaning
Writing
- Refines motor skills necessary for writing
- Tells/repeats a story to others
Public Speaking
- Asks questions when necessary
- Answers when spoken to
- Uses words when playing with others
- Speaks with age-appropriate clarity
- Learns to use appropriate level of voice (i.e., indoors vs. outdoors)
Mathematics
- Recognizes shapes, patterns
- Uses math in real-life situations (i.e., cooking, sharing)
Physical Education
- Learns to warm up the body
- Learns simple stretches
- Balances on a hard surface
- Balances on a balance beam
- Learns all of the various movements there are such as: walking, running, skipping, galloping, and jumping
- Learns various tagging games
- Follows simple games with one or two rules
- Increases awareness of personal and open space
- Learns how to throw properly
- Learns how to basket catch
- Learns basic rules and techniques for the following sports: soccer, basketball, baseball and football
Social Studies
- Identifies characteristics of self and others
- Identifies similarities and differences between self and others
Science
- Begins to understand the basics of scientific inquiry through sensory experiences
- Describes concrete objects and sensory emergence
- Identifies basic external body parts and five senses
- Understands how things change over time by observing plant growth, butterfly emerging
Chinese
- Child learns simple greetings, rhymes, and songs
- Demonstrates understanding of story in rhyme and songs by arm and hand gestures and body language
- Recognizes written words have meaning
Spanish
- Learns basic vocabulary which complements learning in all areas
- Gives simple greetings
- Sings simple songs
Art
- Completes art projects relevant to curriculum through many different media
- Begins to hold and use art tools correctly
Music
- Sings simple songs with class
- Begins to coordinate movements to songs and music
- Explores fundamentals of rhythm through physical movement
Computer and Technology
- Demonstrates optimal posture and position at the computer
- Identifies computer hardware
- Demonstrates appropriate mouse skills
School Skills
- Sits with other children and teacher when appropriate
- Follows simple directions
- Uses restroom independently
Thinking Skills
- Begins to observe and identify specific characteristics of a concrete object
