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Preschool Curriculum Outline

(3 year old and 4 year old programs)

3 & 4 Year Old | Five Year Old | Grade One
Grade Two | Grade Three | Grade Four | Grade Five
Grade Six | Grade Seven | Grade Eight

Literature:

Ask Mr. Bear
Good Night Moon
Little Rhymes for Little People
Keep Running, Allen!
The Runaway Bunny
Minnikin, Midgie and Moppet
Mary’s Home
Daddy’s Garden
Big Red Barn – Life on the Farm
I Am A Mouse
Angus and the Ducks
Learning to Listen (Part 1 & 2)
Nursery Rhymes

Language Arts:

Playnames
Sounds of letters
Letter names
Beginning sounds
Ending sounds
Hearing the vowel sounds in words
Blends
Hearing blends in words
Word association
Rhyming words
Vocabulary skills
Two vowel rule
Writing letters
Sequencing
Comparison / contrast
Similar / opposite

Mathematics:

Blocks
Counting objects
Rote counting 0 - 100
Writing numbers - beginning with 1 - 10
Money - all monetary units - (U.S.A. coinage and bills)
Clocks - o'clock times
More than / Less than
Beginning Addition
Weekdays and Months of the Year

Science:

Identifying:
Parts of the Body
Parts of the Plant
Magnets
Nutrition
Seasons
Experiments:
Making rainbows using prisms and flashlights
What floats?
Five Senses
Using a magnifying glass

Social Studies:

On Which Planet Do We Live?
Make Earth Mobile and Earth Puppet
What Is a Map and How Does It Look?
Compass Directions
Where Do You Live?
Country, State, and City

 

French:

Preschool classes are held everyday for 15 minutes
Curriculum from the Manual for the Preschooler, which includes the house, family, clothing
Enrichment to the curriculum with colors, counting 1 – 10, parts of the body, the alphabet
Vocabulary is taught by pictures, reinforced by pages to color and flashcards
Students are taught to follow simple commands – Montrez-moi …, show me … comptes … such as the train, the airplane; to answer simple questions – De quelle couteur est…? what color is …?
Children learn songs and play games
Sounds: consonants

Music:

Early Music Awareness – singing, movement, rhythm, solfeggio (do, re, mi), instruments, theory

Art:

Preschoolers will work on basic shapes, primary and secondary colors, and hand-eye coordination. Students will create many different works of art using mediums such as crayons, markers, “blotters”, paper, tempera, watercolor and finger paints. They will also discover ways to express themselves in terms of their imagination, creativity and emotions throughout their work.

Physical Education:

Locomotor Skills: Students will work on the following skills: running, skipping, hopping, sliding, jumping, galloping, and leaping.
Demonstrate full range of motion in leg swings and stretches, basic locomotor skills and good posture.
Practice safe use of playground equipment, participate in physical activities and demonstrate good sportsmanship.

Poetry

Library Story Time

Art Appreciation

Crafts of Different Cultures

Deportment and Character Development

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