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FOUR YEAR OLD PROGRAM

PROGRAM GOALS:

The goal of the 4-year old program is to help each child grow socially, physically, and intellectually through activities and experiences. The classroom provides a fun, warm atmosphere where the development of basic kindergarten skills can be achieved.

 

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

• Recognizing body parts (emphasis on the routine as well as more difficult ones,
    i.e. elbow, wrist, hips, ankles, etc.)

• Cutting with scissors

• Knowing phone number, address, birthday, and age

• Listening, following directions

• Interacting appropriately with respect for classmates and teachers

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:

• Alpha Land Program

• Reading and telling stories

• Rhyming words

• Some sound recognition • Recognizing the capital letters Introducing the lower case letters • Making class and individual books

 

MATHEMATICS

• Counting to 30 • Identifying and reproducing triangle, circle, rectangle, square • Recognizing numbers 1-10

• Working on recognition of 11-20

• Patterning, sequencing, ordering, 1-1 correspondence, etc. • Identifying colors

• Recognizing opposites

• Understanding location concepts (over, under, on, off, etc. )

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Last Update - 08/26/2007