Welcome to PreKindergarten! We hope you enjoy your time in out Kindergarten Readiness Classroom. We are so proud of our PreK program and the success it has offered to our families and their future Kindergartners.

Our PreKindergarten Program offers a balanced approach to academic instruction; play based learning and free exploration.  Our daily schedule includes a circle time, an am and pm meeting time,  outside time, academic centers (i.e. language arts, mathematics, writing, art, science) as well as open centers (i.e. library, dramatic play, blocks).    All units of instruction are presented in many ways, both whole group and small group, to accommodate the many different learning styles and levels of our children.  Our teachers create lesson plans from our core curriculum to include a variety of concepts, strategies and materials beyond the expectations of the basic curriculum.   Music, movement, art, literature, cultural awareness are emphasized daily.  This is a Kindergarten Readiness classroom and all systems, strategies and schedules were created to mimic the typical day in our own Private Kindergarten Program.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
Curriculum – Our daily schedule provides a balance of activities, indoors and outdoors, with alternating periods for both quiet and active play.  Teachers provide a variety of developmentally appropriate activities and materials that are selected to emphasize concrete experiential learning.

The goals of our PREkindergarten rooms are: • Foster positive identity and sense of emotional well-being • Develop social skills • Encourage children to think, reason, question and experiment • Encourage language and literacy development • Encourage development of number sense, estimation, and mathematic concepts • Encourage development of a base knowledge for the world, people and communities • Enhance physical development and skills • Encourage and demonstrate sensible health, safety, and nutritional • practices • Encourage creative expression, representation, and appreciation of the arts • Respect cultural diversity

Our core curriculum consists of hands on learning in both phonics based language and every day math activities. Our Pre Kindergarten program uses Houghton Mifflin PreKindergarten.  This is a complete, program based on strategies and basic kindergarten preparation concepts.  It provides a wonderful framework for the teachers to implement the necessary skills an strategies needed for success in Kindergarten and life.  Houghton Mifflin uses critical thinking skills, dialogue based analysis as well as hands on techniques for language arts, writing, math, social studies, dramatic play and most importantly, social awareness and skill sets.

Extensions – In addition to the core curriculum, we also provide instruction in Spanish, American Sign Language, Art, Music, Physical Education and Computers. We also supplement with AIMS (Activities Integrating Math and Science), Math Their Way, and the Kindness Curriculum. 

Classroom Environment - Come in and visit our PreKindergarten Room and you will see:
Children involved in a fun, intensive, interactive circle times. Centers which involve Language Arts, Mathematics/ Science, Art, Dramatic Play / Construction, Teachers and children interacting, discussing, pretending, reading and sharing.  Children practicing reading skills, doing simple math projects, problem solving, being kind and considerate, sharing, interacting with their peers,  expressing a sense of humor, taking the initiative, and problem solving. You will  see teachers interacting with children, reassuring, praising, laughing, hugging, teaching self-discipline, developing the learning environment,  fostering independence, and observing each child for assessments.

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