Green Valley Lutheran School




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
