Pre-Kindergarten Curriculum Guidelines

The curriculum, presented in a unit/themtatic format, shall include integrated religion, language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, and activities to develop social/emotional competencies.  The curriculum also includes additional courses in Spanish, music, technology and physical education which allow children to broaden their academic exposure and challenge their special talents. 

Religion 

• Develop an understanding, appreciation and respect for all of God’s creations through stories and Bible readings.

• Demonstrate a Christian response to others through daily opportunities to share, listen,

• Demonstrate a Christian response  to others through daily opportunities to share, listen, show gratitude, apologize, forgive, cooperate, and be responsible for his/her work. 

Language Arts

• Experience opportunities for listening to stories and nursery rhymes.

• Learn to listen, follow directions, and discriminate between sounds.

• Be able to recognize colors, shapes, sizes. 

• Begin to understand left-right and top-bottom eye movement. 

• Begin to discriminate letters, and objects and be able to transfer to paper.  

• Use finger plays, rhymes, and songs to learn rote memorization. 

• Compose and expand simple stories. 

• Speak in clear and complete sentences. 

• Use clay, paste, scissors, pencils, and crayons. 

• Repeat basic strokes l/0. 

• Print first name. 

• Retell stories in sequence. 

• Develop an interest in the printed word through labeling and names. 

• Begin to recognize some alphabet letters and sounds.

• Experience opportunities for exposure to Spanish and be able to understand and recite days of the week, colors, numbers (count from 1-10), and simple phrases in Spanish. 

• Recognize numbers 1-10. 

• Count objects 1-10 & 11-20. 

• Rote count 1-20. 

• Be introduced to the concepts of few-many, more-less and how many. 

• Be introduced to the concepts of money, identify coins (penny, nickel, dime, quarter). 

• Be introduced to time (calendar, clocks, sequence) and the concepts of  yesterday, today, tomorrow, last night, etc. 

• Be introduced to measurement (capacity, compare sizes, temperatures, and weights). 

• Sort and classify by size, color, and shape. 

• Be introduced to shapes (circle, square, rectangle, triangle, oval, diamond, and heart). 

• Be introduced to positional words (over-under, before-after, beside, up-down, first, last, middle, and top-bottom). 

• Identify all primary colors. 

• Develop a sense of personal and social responsibility. 

• Learn manners (say please and thank you, greet others appropriately). 

• Learn that his/her actions have consequences. 

• Observe and respect different cultures and traditions. 

• Become aware of the need to take care of the environment. 

• Be introduced to national and cultural holidays and the people and places  they represent. 

• Cooperate as a member working in the community. 

• Learn that there are helpers in the community (police, firefighters, doctors, nurses, etc).

 Education Technology

Art

• Develop an appreciation of art by observing many forms in the world around them. 

• Value his/her own artistic expression encouraging creativity. 

• Learn the basic skills of coloring, cutting, gluing, and painting.

• Appreciate the work of others. 

• Develop a happy, positive attitude toward music. 

• Be stimulated through participation in all types of musical activities. 

• Establish good listening habits. 

• Learn auditory memory and develop a repertoire of songs. 

• Move to music through participation in singing, games, folk dances, and free and directed rhythmic responses, such as clapping, marching, skipping, swaying, etc.

Physical Education 

• Through physical education, children gain physical and social skills essential to live an active life.  Children are given opportunities to develop and value their physical fitness and to exhibit positive character traits during physical activity.