PreK – 3
Our PreK-3 program provides a warm, welcoming environment where your child can grow from a bundle of joy to a bundle of curiosity. Your child’s primary caregiver is a nurturing child development professional who is focused on creating experiences and opportunities that invite exploration and support the rapid and important development that is occurring in a child’s fourth year.
Through Howard Gardner’s Multiple intelligence philosophy, practices, purposefully-designed learning environments, and enriched activities, teachers ensure PRE K 3 students have joyful, suitable, and meaningful learning experiences that lead to success in school and in life.
COMMUNICATION
The child makes sentences that are three or four words long
Without giving your child help by pointing or using gestures, ask him to “put the book on the table” and “put the shoe under the chair.
When looking at a picture book, the child tells you what is happening or what action is taking place in the picture.
Child says both his/her first and last name.
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS
The child jumps with both feet leaving the floor at the same time
The child walks upstairs, using only one foot on each stair.
The child stands on one foot for about 1 second without holding on to anything.
The child jumps with both feet leaving the floor at the same time
The child stands on one foot for about 1 second with both feet leaving the ground at the same time.
FINE MOTOR SKILLS
The child strings small items such as beads, macaroni, or pasta “wagon wheels” onto a string or shoelace.
Draws a line from one side of the paper to the other
The child stacks seven small blocks or toys on top of each other by herself
The child’s hold a pencil, crayon, or pen between her finger and thumb like an adult.
PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
When you point to the figure and ask the child, “What is this?” the child says a word that means a person or something similar.
When you say, “Say ‘seven three, the child repeats just the two numbers in the same order.
PERSONAL SOCIAL SKILLS
The child pushes a little wagon, stroller, or toy on wheels, steering it around objects and backing out of corners if he cannot turn
When the child is looking in a mirror and you ask, “Who is in the mirror?” she says either “me” or her own name.
The child puts on a coat, jacket, or shirt by himself.
Using these exact words, When you ask the child, “Are you a girl or a boy?” The child answers correctly.
The child takes turns by waiting while another child or adult takes a turn.
MUSIC SMART
Shedding Egocentricity: The child will recognize that her movement and babble do not match the sounds of music in the environment.
Breaking the Code: The child will lean to imitate with some precision the sounds of music in the environment.
MATH SKILLS
KIDOKINETICS
Basketball, Bean Bag Skills, Football, Golf, Hockey, Hula Hoops, Obstacle Courses, Soccer, Tee-ball, Tennis, and many more