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The children in the
four-year old classes are taught basic concepts. Each class will move at a pace
comfortable to the children; children may each move at different rates
as well.
An emphasis will be placed on a basic level of knowledge rather
than mastery of each skill.
 PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
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Recognizing body parts (emphasis on the routine as well as more
difficult ones,
i.e. elbow, wrist, hips, ankles, etc.)
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Cutting with scissors
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Knowing phone number, address, birthday, and age
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Listening, following directions
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Interacting appropriately with respect for classmates and teachers
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LANGUAGE
• Reading and telling
stories
• Rhyming words
• Some sound
recognition
• Recognizing the
capital letters.
• Introducing the
lower case letters
• Making class and
individual books |
WRITING
• Introducing name in
capital and lower case letters.
• A variety of methods
are used including sand, clay, paint, chalk, yarn, shaving cream,
etc., as well as pencil and paper.
• Drawing cooperative
classroom books
• Labeling |
Letter
Introduction:
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Alpha Land Program
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Reading and telling stories
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Rhyming words
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Some sound recognition • Recognizing the capital letters • Introducing
the lower case letters • Making class and individual books
MATHEMATICS
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Counting to 30 • Identifying and reproducing triangle, circle,
rectangle, square • Recognizing numbers 1-10
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Working on recognition of 11-20
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Patterning, sequencing, ordering, 1-1 correspondence, etc. •
Identifying colors
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Recognizing opposites
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Understanding location concepts (over, under, on, off, etc. )
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