6:30am - 9:00am Gathering Time/Structured Centers
9:00am - 9:30am Breakfast/Clean Up
9:30am - 10:00am Morning Circle Time: Welcome, Calendar, Job Chart, etc.
10:00am - 10:30am Letter of the Week / Writing
10:30am - 11:00am Art/Clean Up/Wash Up
11:00am - 11:45am Outdoor / Indoor Play
11:45am - 12:00pm Story Time
12:00pm - 12:30pm Lunch
12:30pm - 12:50pm Nap / Quiet Time
12:50pm - 1:00pm Clean Up Mats
1:00pm - 1:40pm Science or Math Activities
1:40pm - 2:30pm Gross Motor Time
2:30PM - 3:00pm Story Time/Flannel Board
3:00pm - 3:30pm Snack
3:30pm - 4:40pm Structure Centers
4:40pm - 6:00pm Dismissal Time/Parachute/Outdoor
Preschool Program Content
3-5 years old
Physical Development
Potty training, using utensils skillfully, teaching about healthy sleeping and eating habits.
Gross Motor Development
We provide areas for the children to walk, run, climb and balance. We provide balls for the children to throw and roll. We dance and exercise daily and do many other activities to enhance their gross motor development.
Fine Motor Development
Stringing beads, placing pegs in pegboard, pouring liquids and sand into containers, building blocks, drawing with crayons, markers and pencils, using scissors, using the computer keyboard, etc.
Emotional Development
Providing the children with a loving and nurturing environment. Having consistency in their schedule for security. Hugging, cuddling, talking and singing to the children. Teaching to use their words when they need or want something.
Intellectual Development
Reading stories, nursery rhymes, songs, flannels board activities, flashcards, shapes, numbers, letters, etc.
Language and Communication Development
Letter, number and picture flashcards, teaching to take turns during conversation, finger plays, rhymes, songs and stories, sequencing and retelling simple stories, talking in front of classmates and controlling volume of voice.
Language Arts
Speaking, listening, reading and writing. The use of books, language experiences, drawing, role playing, etc.
Social Development
Engaging in playtime with the other children, sharing objects, dramatic play, and learning centers.
Foreign Language
Introducing Sign Language, music in different languages, Spanish days of the week, months, colors and basic words.
Circle Time
Learning names during the Hello song, stories, songs, colors, shapes and flashcards for recognizing letters, numbers and everyday objects and people.
Math
Counting, sorting, matching, puzzles, calendar and hands on learning activities.
Science
Exploration, weather, discovering and hands on activities and experiences.
Computers
Introducing technology. Learn the parts of the computer and how to use it. Play interactive learning games to teach reading, spelling etc.
Music / Movement
Singing songs, fingerplays, flannel board nursery rhymes, dancing, and parachute play and musical games.
Art
Coloring, painting, using different materials and textures giving the children the opportunity to create, explore and individualize their work through hands on activities.
Sensory / Tactile
Introduction of different tactile materials. Learning through the senses: Smell, touch, sight, hearing, taste and through hands on experiences and activities.