4 Year-old Pre-K All-Day Program
"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales.
If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales."
~ Albert Einstein
Our goal in our Pre-K classroom is to provide our students with an opportunity to learn while balancing both an organized enviornment and learning through play. We base our program on the Creative Curriculum with a focus on the Everyday Math Program and Handwriting without Tears. We feel that it is important to teach our students skills through hands on activity and movement.
Throughout the year the students are asked to do a few family projects which involve an activity that a parent and child complete as a team - most often some sort of art project. We believe that this is a great time to talk to your child about school and see his/her progress in learning. This is a wonderful way to get family involved in what is going on in the classroom.
As new themes arise each week we change our areas of the classroom to help keep our students' interest. It is always exciting seeing the students' reactions to our new items in the book area, sensory table, dramatic play, block area and discovery table. We also dedicate a bulletin board to a "Star Student" every other week to display pictures, favorites, and news about a friend in our class. The children always look forward to seeing who the next Star Student is.
Our Pre-K program is devoted to helping children grow and prepare for Kindergarten in a positive environment. We do our best to accomodate our teaching to service the needs of each child in our class. Ultimately, our goal is to guide our students day-by-day and facilitate their learning as they have only just begun their jouney in education.
Daily Pre-K Schedule
6:30-8:00 Arrival/breakfast/free play
8:00-8:15 Group time
8:15-8:30 Prepare for outside time
8:30-9:15 Outside time
9:15-9:30 Snack
9:30-10:20 50 minutes of free play/art
10:20-10:30 Clean up
10:30-10:50 Small groups
10:50-11:00 Story
11:00-11:30 Bathroom/Get sleeping bags/Get ready for lunch
11:30-12:00 Lunch/Bathroom
12:00-2:00 Naptime
2:00-2:30 Bathroom/Snack
2:30-3:15 Outside Time
3:15-3:30 End of the day Group Time
3:30-4:15 Free play
4:15-4:30 Clean up
4:30-4:45 Story time
4:45-6:00 Table toys/Stories/Dismissal
April 2024 News!
4s (Ms. Liz)
Happy Spring!
April is upon us and Spring is trying to come as well. It was a crazy winter to say the least.
We will be doing reviews on different skills to start off April. We are all getting bigger and better every day. Look out 4K, we’re coming soon!
Week of the Young Child is a fun week. There will be fun days and activities too. Space is what we will be talking about for that week.
Earth Day is coming up after that. We will go around school and pick up trash and talk about how we can take care of the Earth and how important it is to care about our Earth.
Mo Williams is one author the kids love. We will read many stories about the Silly Pigeon and Gerald and Piggie.
Happy Spring from Ms. Liz, Ms. Hasna, and the 4’s
4K
March was focused on the transition of seasons, kindness, and personal space. We will continue talking about kindness and personal space through April as well!
Our themes for April will be Farm, Zoo Animals, Outer Space, and Gardening. The kiddos have been working hard on following directions and getting along. This month we will be trying to earn a PJ/stuffie day!
Please make sure that cubbies are getting cleaned out to get ready for the Spring season!
Ms. Jocelyne and Ms. Taylor
