Jr. Kindergarten & Pre-K

The goal of Jr. Kindergarten is to help instill a love of education and learning while preparing the students for their next steps in their academic development whether that is Kindergarten or 1st Grade.  Our goal is to help develop the whole child - academically, socially, emotionally, and physically. 

Typical general daily schedule:

• 9:00 – 9:30: Arrival, and outside play
• 9:30 – 9:50: Circle – welcome song, jobs, story, learning objective
• Tues: letter of week introduction, Thurs: SHOW & TELL (letter of the week)
• 9:50 – 10:10: Snack
• 10:10-11am: Projects
• 11:00-11:10: Clean-up and transition to outdoor recess.
• 11:10- 11:45: Outside play or group activity, hand wash, bathrooms
• 11:30:  Half-Day Dismissal
• 12:00 – 12:30: Lunch
• 12:30 -12:45: Clean up, hand wash
• 12:45 – 1:40: Enrichment class
• 1:40-2:00: Outdoor recess
• 2:00:  Full-Day Dismissal

Letters and Phonics

Letters will be taught in Handwriting without Tears order (straight letters first, then curves, then diagonals). We will start with letter L the week of 9/19, and F the week of 9/26. The children can bring one show & tell item that has the “letter sound” somewhere in it (example L: leaf, pillow, bell – beginning, middle, or end). We will complete an open art each week that incorporates our letter. Example - L: paint with Legos & Duplos. We have a lot of alphabet and

phonic games and activities to help the learning process.

Numbers

The goal of numbers will be to recognize, count 1 by 1, verbally count, and organize sequentially 1-10 by mid-year, and 1-20 by year end. We will also work on simple adding and subtracting as the year goes on.

Note:   In regards to letters & numbers, we fully recognize each children develops and comprehends at their own speed. We will present table activities, games, circle discussions, and limited worksheets to guide their individual learning. Ultimately, they all will all reach these goals.

Literature:

We love reading stories to the class that entertain, educate, and broaden their thinking. We will ask questions as to what was the story about, who was the main character, what did we learn, etc.