Three Year Olds
Preschool Curriculum
Social and Emotional Development
Takes care of personal needs, follows classroom rules, uses manners, uses words to express emotions, plays cooperatively, engages in group activities...
Language Development
Speaks in complete sentences, can say first and last name, understands and responds to simple questions, retells familiar stories, engages in phonemic awareness activities, produces letter sounds...
Cognitive Development
Names colors and shapes, sorts objects, verbally counts to 10 or beyond, counts objects using 1 to 1 correspondence, understands positional words, recognizes first name in print, knows simple opposites, identifies rhyming words, replicates simple patterns...
Fine Motor Skills
Builds with blocks & Legos, puts inset puzzles together independently, uses scissors correctly, copies shapes, holds writing & coloring utensils correctly...
Gross Motor Skills
Throws, catches, kicks a ball, balances, hops on 2 feet, gallops, runs around obstacles, dances to music...
Spiritual Development
Sits well in chapel, sings Bible songs, knows who Jesus is, understands God's word is the Bible...
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