Pre-K Developmental Goals

Social Awareness

1. Recognize own uniqueness
2. Recognize he/she is one of many
3. Identify self by full name, age and birthday
4. Engage in social interactions with peers and adults
5. Develop friendships
6. Participate in leadership and follower roles
7. Use a variety of words to express feelings and ideas
8. Foster self-esteem
9. Learn manners
10. Develop autonomy and independence
11. Begin to understand kindness and respect
12. Resolve conflicts verbally
13. Exhibit self-control
14. Participate in cooperative play
15. Learn to work in small groups

Cognitive Awareness

1. Know and observe rules
2. Know terms related to direction, location, quantity and size
   
3. Sequence daily events
4. Repeat simple patterns
5. Learn qualitative and quantitative concepts
6. Use deductive reasoning
7. Use higher level thinking skills

Spiritual Awareness

1. Tell that the stories of the Bible are true
2. Tell that the Bible is God’s news to us
3. Recognize by sight Bible words such as “Jesus” and “God”
4. Listen with understanding to Bible stories and verses
5. Name everyday actions that show obedience to Bible verses
6. State in his or her own words Bible truths about ways to love and obey God
7. Know that God loves and cares for us
8. Know that God sent baby Jesus to show His love for us
9. Know God’s Word helps us learn about the greatness and goodness of God and Jesus
10. Respond by demonstrating love for God through kindness, helpfulness and thankfulness
11. Respond and communicate to God (Jesus) through prayer

Fine Motor

1. Strengthen hand muscles and control, including pincher grasp
2. Build manipulative skills
3. Build eye-hand coordination
4. Build cutting skills
5. Practice correct crayon/pencil grip

Gross Motor

1. Body awareness
2. Body mechanics
   
3. Posture
4. Balance
5. Coordination
6. Running, hopping, skipping and jumping
7. Throwing and catching
8. Climbing
9. Spatial and directional awareness
10. Managing dressing and undressing
11. Bending and stretching
12. Preliminary gymnastics skills
13. Participate in skills common to cooperative games and sports

Language and Listening

1. Listen to instructions and important information
2. Execute instructions
3. Develop vocabulary and fluency
4. Use a variety of words to express self
5. Talk about what is experienced
6. Use oral language in a variety of situations
7. Engage in conversation
8. Recognize familiar sounds
9. Use vocabulary to compare objects
10. Know terms relating to location and position
11. State rhyming words

Reading and Writing

1. Identify letters
2. Identify letters and their sounds
3. Match upper and lowercase letters
4. Sequence alphabet
5. Recognize names
6. Respond to story-telling
7. Retell familiar story
8. Create an original story
9. Recognize basic sight words
10. Beginning blending
11. Learn concepts of print
12. Participate in emergent literacy skills
13. Become a self-conceptualizing reader
14. Understand the direction of conventional print
15. Practice left to right and top to bottom progression
16. Write own name using upper and lower-case letters
17. Begin using letters to represent words
18. Work to blend letter sounds to begin phonetic spelling of words
19. Learn word attack skills to discriminate sounds
20. Understand concepts of letter, word, phrase

Math

1. Count orally
2. Recognize numbers
3. Match objects in one-to-one correspondence
4. Form groups and sort according to attributes
5. Match size and shape
6. Count objects in a set
7. Identify geometric shapes
8. Compare size
9. Understand simple picture graphs
10. Orally identify a number of objects
11. Use vocabulary to designate quantities
12. Identify more/less
13. Reproduce patterns
14. Design an original pattern with repetition
15. Construct sets
16. Write numerals
17. Develop measurement concepts
18. Record measurement of objects
19. Combine sets to add
20. Match numerals with sets
21. Compare numbers to identify larger and smaller
22. Understand beginning money and time concepts
23. Demonstrate understanding of part/whole
24. Order objects and numbers
25. Match sets of objects

Science

1. Use senses to gain information
2. Observe events and changes in our environment
3. Compare similarities and differences among objects
4. Know and practice rules of safety
5. Perform simple science experiments
6. Talk about what is experienced
7. Order and categorize objects
8. Sequence events in the order of their occurrence
9. Discover and describe phenomena in the environment
10. Use vocabulary to designate relationships
11. Use vocabulary to compare relationships
12. Learn the steps in scientific process
13. Recall and conclude

Music Awareness

1. Identify sources of sounds
2. Discriminate conditions of sound (soft/loud, quiet/noisy, high/low)
3. Verbally demonstrate recollection of songs
4. Reproduce sound and sound patterns
5. Use imitative movement
6. Play simple rhythm instruments

Art

1. Experiment with art materials
2. Experiment to discover properties of art materials
3. Discover color
4. Express self through picture-making, print-making and constructing
5. Express ideas through drawing
6. Experiment informally with media
7. Discover line, shape, texture, and color by seeing and feeling objects

Cooking

1. Become familiar with common kitchen tools and appliances
2. Gain some hands-on exposure to food items
3. Count and measure appropriate amounts needed
   
   

Morning Half Day Schedule

Afternoon Half Day Schedule

Full Day Schedule

Pre-K Curriculum 2006 - 2007

OCTOBER
School Theme: I am Special/All About me
Life Lessons: Friendship

• Personal Journal Entries

Bible Learning: God Wants Me to Love and Care for Others
“Let us love one another” 1 John 4:7
Language Arts

• Phonics: Aa /a/,Bb /b/,Cc /k/
• Writing: Aa, Bb, Cc
• Alphabet Journal: A - C

Math: Unit 1, Chapter 1: Positions and Patterns

• Top, Middle, Bottom
• Before, After, Between
• Left and Right
• Making and Extending Patterns

Music & Movement: Express Yourself!
Science: Physical Science in Our Environment
Social Studies: Let's Find Out Series

• Autumn All Around
• American History: Christopher Columbus

Spanish: Friendship & Greetings

NOVEMBER
School Theme: Harvest/Thanksgiving
Life Lessons: Sharing & Caring

• Personal Journal Entries

Bible Learning: I Can Pray to God and Thank Him
“God has been good to me.”  Genesis 33:11
Language Arts:

• Phonics: Dd/d/, Ee /e/, Ff/f/
• Writing: Dd, Ee, Ff
• Alphabet Journal: D - F

Math: Unit 1, Chapter 2: Sorting

• Alike and Different
• Sort by Color, Shape, Size & Kind
• Problem Solving: Logical Reasoning

Music & Movement: Rhythm and Exercise
Science: Natural Wonders
Social Studies: Let's Find Out Series

• Thanksgiving: Social Development
• Native Americans: Culture, People & Places

Spanish: Gracias!

DECEMBER
School Theme: Around the World
Life Lessons: Giving to Others

• Personal Journal Entries

Bible Learning: Learning: God Sent Jesus to Earth to be
 Born as a Baby
“God’s son is born to us.”  Isaiah 9:6
Language Arts:

• Phonics: Gg/g/, Hh/h/, Ii/i/,Jj/j/
• Writing: Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj
• Alphabet Journal: G – J

Math: Unit 2, Chapter 3: Represent and Read Numbers 0-5

• Match One to One
• Same Number
• Writing and Counting 0-5
• Ordinal Numbers

Music & Movement: Group Games
Science: Our Senses
Social Studies: Let's Find Out Series

• Winter Animals: Characteristics of Organisms
• Winter Holidays: Culture, People& Places

Spanish: Family

JANUARY
School Theme: My Community/Winter
Life Lessons: Being Responsible

• Personal Journal Entries

Bible Learning: God Will Help and Protect Me
Wherever I Am
“God will help you.” 1 Chronicles 12:18
Language Arts:

• Phonics: Kk/k/,Ll/l/,Mm/m/
• Writing: Kk,Ll,Mm
• Alphabet Journal: K - M

Math: Unit 2, Chapter 4: Comparing Sets, Data and Graphing

• More, Fewer
• Graphing by Color
• Sort & Graph

Music & Movement: Move Your Body
Science: Mixtures & Reactions
Social Studies: Let's Find Out Series

• Weather & Geography
• Martin Lurther King, Jr.: Civics & American History
• Polar Animals: Habitat

Spanish: People in our community

FEBRUARY
School Theme: Transportation
Life Lessons: Love & Forgiveness

• Personal Journal Entries

Bible Learning: The Bible Helps Me Learn Good and Right
 Ways to Live
“Hear the word of God and obey it” Luke 11:28
Language Arts:

• Phonics: Nn/n/,Oo/o/,Pp/p/.Qq/qu/
• Writing: Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq
• Alphabet Journal: N-Q

Math: Unit 3, Chapter 5: Geometry

• Plane Shapes
• Symmetry
• Equal Parts
• Halves
• Predict & Record

Music & Movement: Move Around Your Environment
Science: Observations & predictions
Social Studies: Let's Find Out Series

• Presidents Day: American History
• Ground Hog Day: Habitat
• Chinese New Year

Spanish: Things that go!

MARCH
School Theme: The Sky’s the Limit
Life Lessons: Fairness

• Personal Journal Entries

Bible Learning: God Made Everything in the World
“God made the world and everything in it.”  Acts 17:24
Language Arts:

• Phonics: Rr/r/, Ss/s/,Tt/t/
• Writing: Rr,Ss,Tt
• Alphabet Journal: R - T

Math: Unit 3, Chapter 6: Solid Shapes

• Sort, Identify and Build with Solid Shapes
• Make a Graph

Unit 4, Chapter 7 Represent & Read Numbers 6 - 12

• Counting & Writing Numbers 6, 7 and 8

Music & Movement: Follow Games
Science: Nature Around Us
Social Studies: Let's Find Out Series

• Wind & Weather
• Spring is Coming
• Baby Animals: Life Cycles

Spanish: Colors of the rainbow

APRIL
School Theme: Mother Earth
Life Lessons: Caring for the Environment

• Personal Journal Entries

Bible Learning: Jesus Loves Me So Much He Died On the
Cross and Is Alive Today
“Sing praise to the Lord.” Psalm 9:11

Language Arts:

• Phonics: Uu/u/,Vv/v/,Ww/w/Xx/x/,Yy/y/
• Writing: Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy
• Alphabet Journal: U – Y

Math: Unit 4, Chapter 7: Using Numbers 6 - 12

• Represent and Reading Numbers 6 - 12

Unit 4, Chapter 8 Using Numbers 0 - 12

• More & Fewer
• Estimate Quantities

Music & Movement: Use your Imagination and Your Mind
Science: Volume & Weight
Social Studies: Let's Find Out Series

• Plants & Seeds
• Frogs
• Birds & Flowers

Spanish: Food

MAY
School Theme: Dinos to Dolphins
Life Lessons: Compassion

• Personal Journal Entries

Bible Learning: God Made Me So That I Can Do Good Things
“God made us to do good.” Ephesians 2:10
Language Arts:

• Phonics: Zz/z/
• Writing: Zz
• Alphabet Journal: Z
• Blending
  • -at word family
  • -et word family
• Sight Word Readers
  • Farm Friends (I, see)
  • Ride On (ride, on)

        Math:  Unit 6, Chapter 11: Measurement

• Compare & Order by Length
• Measure & Estimate Length
• Explore Area

Music & Movement: Group Games
Science: Taking Care of Our Environment
Social Studies: Let's Find Out Series

• Backyard Bugs
• Summer Safety

Spanish: Animals 

JUNE
School Theme: Great Get Aways
Life Lessons: Being Polite & Manners

• Personal Journal Entries

Bible Learning: God Loves Me and Always Helps Me
                   “I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever.” Psalm 89:1
Language Arts:

• Blending
  • -ot word family
  • -an word family
  • -ip word family
  • ug word family
• Sight Word Readers
  • Play Time (play/with)
  • My Bear (my, can)
  • Little and Big (little, big)
  • City Colors (look, for)
  • Me Too! (me, too)

Math: Unit 6, Chapter 12: Weight and Capacity

• Compare Weight
• Measure Weight
• Compare Capacity
• Tools for Measuring

Music & Movement: Animal Actions
Science: Animal Studies
Social Studies:

• Where In The World Is?

Spanish: Polite Phrases

JULY
School Theme: America the Beautiful
Life Lessons: We Are All Different

• Personal Journal Entries

Bible Learning: God Loves Everyone
“I will be glad and rejoice in your love.” Psalm 31:7

Language Arts:

• Blending
  • -in word family
  • -am word family
  • -en word family
  • -ig word family
• Sight Word Readers
  • Run (run, said)
  • That is Funny (a, funny)
  • Up and Down (up, down)
  • That Hat (that, pretty)

Math: Unit 7, Chapter 13: Addition

• Add 1 and 2 to Numbers
• Add Pennies
• Doubles

Music & Movement: Rhythm & Dance
Science: Fun Favorites
Social Studies:

• American History

Spanish: My Body

AUGUST
School Theme: The Ocean
Life Lessons: Feelings & Emotions

• Personal Journal Entries

Bible Learning: Jesus is My Friend and Helper
“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.”  Hebrews 13
Language Arts:

• Blending
  • -it word family
  • -ap word family
  • -og word family
• Sight Word Readers
  • Animals (like, to)
  • Go! Go! (they, go)
  • Helpers (help, at)
  • Find It (find, the)

Math: Unit 7, Chapter 14: Subtraction

• Subtract 1 to Numbers 1 - 10
• Subtract 2 to Numbers 2 – 5
• Subtract Pennies

Music & Movement: Patriotic Songs
Science: Fun Favorites
Social Studies:

• Habitat: The Ocean

Spanish: Ocean Words