Extended Pre-K - Currently unavailable due to COVID-19
Our Extended Pre-K program is designed for those children who just miss the kindergarten cut off date or for the children who are being granted "The Gift of Time" and waiting a year before going to Kindergarten. The longer day allows for an additional hour of education activities offered on small group settings that are designed to help enhance all aspects of development. The children also benefit by having the experience of eating lunch at school with their friends each day.
Class time is from 8:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. a
2 days (Tuesday & Thursday)
3 days (Monday, Wednesday & Friday)
5 days (Monday - Friday)
Curriculum Focus
Social Emotional Develpment
"Community Building" activities moving from "me" to "we"
Turn taking
Waiting to be called on
Increase focus at circle time
Comfort speaking to the group at "Sharing Time"
Sharing ideas and events important to them
Manners
Acts of kindness towards others
Confidence to try new things
Cognative Development
Name recognition
Letter and sound recognition
Writing own name and friends and family members
Math concepts; sorting, patterning, matching, rote counting 1-20
Reading readiness; left to right, parts of a book, groups of words make sentences
Language concepts; rhyming, opposites, nursery rhymes, words have meaning
Science concepts; nature and our enviroment, magnets, color blending, effects of temperature,
animals/insects and their habitats
Fine Motor Development
Increase focus on fine motor skills-pencil grip and pressure
Use of scissors correctly
Progress forming letters and numbers
Starting to write words
Snaps, buttons, zips and buckles
Gross Motor Development
Enhanced through Fun'N'Fitness and our outdoor play opportunities