PRE-KINDERGARTEN AGE 3 & 4

The Pre-Kindergarten curriculum provides children with a variety of age and developmentally appropriate activities that encourage them to explore, investigate, discover, collaborate, innovate and create. Students engage in meaningful and fun activities that nurture children to be joyful, self-confident, and lifelong learners. Prekindergarten students “grow” a pumpkin patch and are featured in the Winter Olympics(PK4) and the Trike -a-thon(PK4).

Religion

Scripture, prayer, Catholic identity, and tradition are taught through active learning experiences often achieved through rhyme and music. Lessons and activities are designed to nurture and enrich the spiritual lives of young children. Through developmentally appropriate activities along with teacher support and compassion, four-year-old’s come to understand the meaning of God's love and the wonders of His creation.

Language Arts/Reading Readiness

Students are formally introduced to the basic skills of listening, writing, speaking, alphabet recognition, phonics, sight words and fluency, rhymes and action poems, comprehension, sequencing of events, fiction and nonfiction books, and penmanship.

Math Readiness

Rudimentary math skills are presented and enhanced using manipulatives and visual aids. Skills include number recognition, counting, colors and shapes recognition, completing and creating patterns, comparing and arranging numbers in order, basic addition and subtraction, measurement, and telling time.

Science

Students develop basic science inquiry skills through hands-on experiences in the following themes: life processes of animals and plants, seasons, weather, nutrition, dental health, fire safety, water and sun safety, germs, and matter.

Social Studies

Topics introduced to Prekindergarten students include family, friends, community helpers, sharing, thinking of others, feelings, personal behavior, patriotic songs, national symbols, The Pledge of Allegiance, and holidays. At the end of the month students present one of the five topics discussed in class through “Show and Tell.” This is a special culminating activity that enhances the creativity, originality, self-expression and confidence of these four-year-old students.