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We recognize that there are a range of developmental levels among our four to six-year-old students in Pre-K and Kindergarten. The Pre-K/Kindergarten curriculum provides for a nurturing, child-centered environment, with a personalized, challenging, yet comfortable program. Our approach during the first days of school is to pique curiosity, and foster their sense of belonging, security and adventure. Our youngest students become acquainted with routines and schedules, behavior guidelines, and rules and responsibilities. We provide our youngest members of Wilson with a variety of stimulating hands-on materials, and we use thematic learning units which build upon each child's interests and life experiences. We use a variety of learning approaches such as whole language, discovery learning and scientific exploration within the framework of our curriculum to encourage each child to learn and grow. The curriculum in Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten focuses on four basic areas of development and achievement: Cognitive, Affective, Social and Physical. The goals in each area are outlined below:
Cognitive Goals
Language Arts
The Language Arts program encompasses Oral Language, Reading, and Writing skills:
Oral Language:
Children will demonstrate speaking skills through:
- one-on-one interaction with other children and adults
- small group conversations and class discussion
- expressing personal needs and asking questions
- responding appropriately to questions and using complete sentences
- speaking politely
- sharing their own writing and re-telling other stories
- giving clear directions/explanations; making announcements/introductions
Reading:
Children will demonstrate skills leading to successful reading by:
- demonstrating a knowledge of concepts about print
- developing a reading vocabulary and necessary comprehension skills
- demonstrating auditory and visual discrimination
- demonstrating auditory/visual skills
Writing:
Children will develop skills leading to successful writing by:
- demonstrating composition skills
- developing basic mechanics of written expression
- displaying basics of handwriting and attempts at spelling
- demonstrating auditory discrimination
Mathematics
Children will:
- recognize and display pre-number concepts and skills
- compute formal number operations
- demonstrate an understanding of place value concepts
- demonstrate the ability to produce and copy patterns
- perform various sorting and classifying tasks
- explore various spatial relationships
Science
Children in the Pre-K/K Science program participate in thematic units to:
- display an understanding of living things
- display an understanding of the Earth, its cycles and its resources
- observe and learn about the characteristics of the sun, moon, and stars
Social Studies
Our social studies program is also based on thematic units that help children:
- display an understanding of themselves
- display an awareness of important role within the family by:
- display a beginning understanding of the community by:
- learn about basic patriotism by:
- begin to understand that there are different traditions and celebrations in various countries
Social Goals
Children will develop appropriate social skills
Children will develop character through emphasis on self-respect, cooperation and respect for others
Affective Goals
Children will demonstrate appropriate emotional development by:
- verbalizing and demonstrating emotions in an appropriate manner
- learning self control by observing appropriate adult behavior
Physical Goals
Children will enjoy and develop gross motor activities through:
- informal games during recess, physical education and swim classes.
Children will develop fine motor skills through:
- development of cutting skills
- use of crayons, markers and pencils
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