PK3 & VPK Curriculum
Pre-K3 Curriculum
Physical Development - Playground/ Gym
Your child will continue to develop strength in his/her motor and sensory skills capacities by engaging in several active physical hands-on activities. Skills: Balance, Coordination, Endurance, Intensity, Movements
Health and Wellbeing
Children will learn about how to be aware of their environment to keep safe by making safe choices while having a good time. Skills: Courteous, Friendly, Good Hygiene, Safe
Social and Emotional Development
Children will endeavor to build good relationship among each other in social play. Children will be able to express their feelings in what they want and ask in appropriate ways. Children will share with each other during centers. Children will learn to express themselves through the feeling of empathy to their peers and others. Areas and Skills: Mass, special religious and social events, Circle Time, Dress up, Theater, Role Play, Arts and Crafts, Group play.
Conversation/Emergent Reading
Communication through Language, Arts and Early Literacy and Writing. Children will engage in multitask learning; such as listening and contribute to storytelling. Children will learn to use words in different context; express ideas in words, shapes, colors, numbers, and letters.
Think Math and Science
Children will continue to learn the ideas in the knowledge of numbers such as patterns, shape, size, money, object, space and other mathematics concepts.
Skills: Measurements, Collecting Data, Scientific theory (butterfly, eggs and plants), Environment exploration (flowers, plants, seeds, rocks, sand, gravel and dirt), Microscope Observation of living and non-living things.
Expression through Arts and Crafts
Children will express their creativeness, imagination and feelings through the exploration of using arts and crafts. Children will use helpful aids such as: Paint, Water, Glue, Musical Instruments and activities.
Students approach to Learning
Students will demonstrate curiosity in creativeness and new ideas. Students will be encourage to stay focus on lesson and topic at hand. Encourage to initiate conversation and take turns to listen, ask questions and share opinions.
Feeding and Nutrition
Your child will continue to develop areas in self-efficiency in his/her eating habits, develop creativity and making good choices when selecting healthy food choices. Skills: Engaging, Helping, Sharing
VPK Curriculum
Religion
The children are led to discover that God made each one as a very special person and that he also created all the wonders of the world around us. Some of the topics introduced include the following - God made me, I am special, I can discover through the five senses, and God blesses us with many gifts (animals, birds, fish, flowers, trees, water, light, air, family, and friends). Children are given experiences of prayer through regular participation in class, church experiences, and appropriate explanations of religious signs and symbols.
Language Arts and Social Studies
The children are exposed to an environment designed to stimulate total language development. The goal of the program is to develop pre-reading skills in a print-rich classroom. Learning centers and experiences are designed to develop oral language expression and listening skills. Children move from informal exploration of picture books to written material. As a letter of the alphabet is presented each week the child is immersed in a world of activities to promote the recognition of the selected letter. Development of fine motor skills is encouraged through cutting, gluing, painting and drawing, and these activities are associated with this letter. During "Circle time" children are encouraged to share experiences to promote the development of language and vocabulary skills. Awareness of holidays, seasons, cultural events, community helpers, as well as farm and zoo animals, encourages the development of Social Studies.
Mathematics
The goal of this program is to introduce children to pre-math activities through the exploration and manipulation of concrete objects. Students sort, classify, match, count, identify numbers, and learn about time and basic shapes through a variety of hands-on activities.
Cognitive Development and Science
Children are given a variety of opportunities to explore problem solving techniques. These include opportunities to compare and contrast shapes and colors, to distinguish between living and non-living things and to characterize weather and seasons. They have opportunities to manipulate objects, to experience the five senses, to explore how living things interact with the environment and to promote respect for life and health.
Physical Development
Children have opportunities to develop gross motor skills appropriate to each child’s developmental ability. Hopping, skipping, jumping, bending, climbing, balancing, and hitting a ball are some of the skills that children may experience on a regular basis on the playground or in the classroom. There are also opportunities to develop fine motor skills and eye/hand coordination through activities with clay/playdoh, stringing, painting, coloring, cutting, gluing, pasting, tracing, and tying.