Preschool Class
Our preschool class is for children that are 3-4 years old. Children must be potty-trained before entering our program. Our class ratio is 1:12.
This class offers children the opportunity to develop their social skills, provides an environment where the child gains self-discipline from knowing limits and expectations, provides opportunities for the use of fine and large motor skills, and provides a wide variety of activities within a routine where cooperative play is encouraged. These activities are drawn from the curriculum of areas of mathematics, language and literacy, science, social studies, fine arts, physical well-being and motor development, and social foundations.
Some of the skills we work on in our preschool class include encouraging the children to:
- Begin to recognize and label own feelings.
- Participate in large group time for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Understand and follow simple directions.
- Use words to express needs.
- Recognize own written name and attempt to write.
- Begin to show problem solving skills.
- Recognize and name basic colors and shapes.
- Sort objects by color, shape, and size.
- Count objects using one-to-one correspondence.
- Manipulate objects with increasing control.
- Begin to use a 3-point writing grasp.
- Begin to make shapes, letters, and numbers.
- Participate in clean up.
- Follow classroom routines.
Pre-K Class
Our Pre-K class is for children that turn 4 by August 1st. Children must be potty-trained before entering our program. Our class ratio is 1:14.
This class will help develop in each child an active curiosity about the world in which he/she lives and an enthusiasm for learning which stimulates exploratory behavior and creativity. Activities to help prepare children for kindergarten will be provided, which expand on Ohio’s Early Learning Development Standards. These standards include: social foundations, language and literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, physical wellbeing and motor development, and fine arts.
Some of the skills we work on in our pre-K class include encouraging the children to:
- Communicate feeling, needs, and desires to teachers and peers.
- Understand and follow classroom rules and routines.
- Engage in problem solving to resolve conflicts.
- Follow two step directions.
- Recognize many alphabet letters (uppercase and lowercase) and their sounds.
- Identify and write their first name.
- Begin to identify and write their last name.
- Increase ability to count, sort, and match items.
- Recognize and write numbers 1-20.
- Recognize colors, shapes, and patterns.
- Use proper hand grasp (3 point) when writing.
- Hold scissors correctly and cut with a purpose.
- Continue to build on hand eye coordination.
- Respect the feelings of others.
- Participate in clean-up.
- Demonstrate respect and care for classroom materials.