Three Year Olds
Preschool Curriculum
Social and Emotional Development
Children learn to take care of personal needs, follow classroom rules, use manners, use words to express emotions, play cooperatively, engage in group activities, share and take turns with others, take care of shared materials...
Language Development
Children learn to speak in complete sentences, say their first and last name, understand and respond to simple questions, retell familiar stories, engage in phonemic awareness activities (rhyming, alliteration, isolating beginning sounds...), produce letter sounds....
Cognitive Development
Children learn to name colors and shapes, sort objects, verbally count to 10 or beyond, count objects using 1 to 1 correspondence, understand positional words, recognize first name in print, know simple opposites, identify rhyming words, replicate simple patterns...
Fine Motor Skills
Children learn to build with blocks & Legos, put inset puzzles together independently, use scissors correctly, copy shapes, hold writing & coloring utensils correctly...
Gross Motor Skills
Children practice throwing, catching, kicking a ball, balancing, hopping on 2 feet, galloping, running around obstacles, dancing to music...
Spiritual Development
Children learn how to sit well in chapel, sing Bible songs, understand who Jesus is, understand God's word is the Bible...
Curriculum used in Preschool:
Zoo Phonics
Christ Light
Sample Schedule
8:30-9:15 Center time & art
9:15-9:30 Chapel
9:30-9:45 Snack
9:45-10:15 Whole group circle
10:15-10:45 Outside play
10:45-11:15 Center time
11:15-11:45 Whole group circle
12:00 Dismissal for 1/2 day students
11:45-12:30 Lunch for full day students
12:30-1:00 Outdoor play
1:00-3:00 Nap time
3:00-3:30 Snack & centers
3:30 Dismissal