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.

Note:  Lessons and activities will be outside as much as possible. 

• 9:00 – 9:30: Arrival, and outside play
• 9:30 – 9:50: Circle – welcome song, jobs, story, learning objective
• Tues: Themd & Concept 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). This year, we are moving away from the traditional "letter of the week" routine to focus on a multiple-letter approach, which introduces small clusters of high-utility letters and vowels at a faster, more effective pace. By moving away from a single letter each week, we prevent children from losing interest and instead boost memory retention by grouping letters that look and sound completely different. Most importantly, teaching letters like m, s, a, t, and p together allows your child to immediately start blending sounds to read real, meaningful words—like "mat" or "sat"—instead of waiting months to build a vocabulary. This dynamic routine gets our young learners reading faster and connects their letters directly to real-world writing..

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.