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CURRICULUM - PRE-SCHOOL

The main focus of the preschool curriculum is acquisition of social and school readiness skills.  Our goal is also to foster a love of learning and create a positive first school experience.  We work on following: simple rules, sharing, turn taking, and working cooperatively.  Each day the children make choices and take responsibility for different jobs in the room.  We encourage them to care for their own belongings and build a sense of community by encouraging cooperation on projects and tasks.  By giving the children choices and responsibility they learn to care for their classroom and see the results of the choices they make.  We plan activities to foster math, language and literacy, self-help and social skills.       
 
 Math
 ● In Math we focus on rote counting, one-to-one correspondence, number identification to ten and basic shape identification.  We work on patterning, relationships (shorter, taller), measurement, and estimation.  In all areas we present problems and help the children with problem solving skills.            
 
 Language
 ● In the language and literacy area we use a variety of literature to introduce skills.  We use poetry, picture and storybooks, songs, finger plays, and nursery rhymes.  We act out stories, illustrate books, and write our own stories.  We expose the children to letter recognition, rhyming, and letter sound relationships.  We work on first name recognition and printing.                     
 
 We provide a variety of developmentally appropriate activities to meet the needs of various learning styles.  Through a balance of active and quiet times we structure our day to reinforce the skills we introduce.

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