SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 

 

TWO YEAR OLDS

 

BASIC SKILLS

Introduction of taking turns, sharing, listening to directions, cooperation, counting to 10, recognizing colors and shapes.  They work on toilet training if the child is not toilet trained.

 

READING SKILLS

Introduction to the alphabet by letter and name recognition.

 

MATH SKILLS

Introduction to math concepts through functions of daily life such as calendar and counting.

 

ART

Our goal is to stimulate creativity, teaching the children how to use a variety of art materials and enjoy the process.

 

LANGUAGE ART

Stories, fingerplays, puppets, books and flannelgraphs.

 

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Bending, stretching, bean bag activities, parachute play, action tapes, running, jumping, and outdoor games.

 

SCIENCE

Safety, animals, weather, variety of other themes.

 

MUSIC

Singing, rhythm band, dancing, musical games, etc.

 

 

THREE YEAR OLDS

 

BASIC SKILLS

Introduction of taking turns, sharing, listening to directions, cooperation, counting to 10+, colors and shape matching, size relationships.  Introduction of child’s address and phone number.

 

READING SKILLS

Letter recognition, tracing letters and names.

 

MATH SKILLS

Introduction to math concepts through functions of daily life such as calendar, time, counting and number recognition.

 

ART

Our goal is to stimulate creativity, teaching the children how to use a variety of art materials and enjoy the process.

 

LANGUAGE ART

Stories, finger plays, puppets, books and flannel graphs.

 

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Bending, stretching, bean bag activities, parachute play, action tapes, running, jumping, balance beam, bouncing, throwing a ball, and outdoor games.

 

SCIENCE

Safety, animals, weather, seasons, five senses, and numerous other themes (one for each week).

 

MUSIC

Singing, rhythm band, dancing, musical games, etc.

 

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Children become aware of people and places in the community and our country.

 

FOUR/FIVE YEAR OLDS

 

BASIC SKILLS

Following directions, taking turns, cooperation, being responsible for their belongings, review colors, shapes, printing first and last names, be familiar with the days of the week and holidays, size relationship, pattern copying, matching objects, using scissors correctly, and cutting on the line.  Child learns address and phone numbers.

 

READING SKILLS

Upper and lower case letter recognition, writing letters and sounds of letters.

 

MATH SKILLS

Practical aspect and use of numbers will include calendar time, counting, writing and recognizing numbers 1-20.  Introduction to time and money.

 

ART

Our goal is to stimulate creativity, teaching the children how to use a variety of art materials and enjoy the process.

 

LANGUAGE ART

Stories, finger plays, puppets, books and flannel graphs, oral self-expression, rhyming words, opposites, visual discrimination, and classification.

 

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Bending, stretching, bean bag activities, parachute play, action tapes, running, jumping, balance beam, bouncing, throwing a ball, organized games, physical fitness and outdoor games.

 

SCIENCE

Safety, animals, weather, seasons, five senses, personal and dental hygiene and numerous other themes (one each week).

 

MUSIC

Singing, rhythm band, dancing, musical games, etc.

 

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Children become aware of people and places in the community, our country and countries around us.

 

SCHOOL AGERS

 

This program is set up for children ages 5-12.  In the morning there are a variety of activities set up to keep them busy before walking to school.  During the school year, the children are walked over at about 8:20 a.m.  The children are walked back from school around 3:15 p.m.  The afternoon program includes a snack, reading time, art activities, organized games, and supervised free play.  During the free time there is ample time to do homework. 

 

The summer for school age children is an extended program of fall.  There is a theme for each week and the activities and projects go along with that particular theme.  The morning activities consist of:  reading time, snack, project time, craft time, outdoor play and then lunch.  Afternoon consists of:  outdoor play, snack, project or craft time and then free play.  Once month the children take a field trip.

 

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