Keys to Kindergarten Success |
Over the course of the year in Pre-K, our goal for your child is to develop a solid foundation of skills and knowledge that will make Kindergarten a place to excell.
Personal Development:
*Following Directions
*Respecting Boundaries
*Playing and Speaking Kindly
*Participating in songs and games
Language:
*Increased vocabulary
*More complex sentences
*Letter Recognition, upper & lower case
*Sound/Letter correspondence
*rhyming
*retelling stories, describing activities
Writing-
*correctly writing First and Last name
*drawing with increasing detail and accuracy
*writing letters and numbers
Math:
*accurate counting (up to 20)
*numeral recognition (1 - 10)
*patterning
*quantity recognition (1 - 10)
*graphic organizers
Science:
*cause/effect
*natural cycles & patterns
*question/test or research/answer
Social Studies:
*symbols (flags, currency)
*leaders (presidents)
*systems (laws, voting)
*structures (city, state, country)
*customs (holidays)
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Spring Themes and Vocabulary |
All the essential skills listed above are taught and experienced in the context of a weekly theme. Here's what we're learning about now!
~ March ~
Spring - flower, egg, warm, melt, change
Farm - barn, cow, milk, hen, pig, horse, tractor, food
Forest - deer, tree, rabbit, raccoon, robin, camp, carnivore, herbivore
~ April ~
Plants - grow, seed, soil, roots, stem, leaf, petals, pollen
Bugs - insect, segment, thorax, abdomen, antennae, exoskeleton
Butterflies - caterpillar, chrysallis, wings, metamorphosis, fly
~ May ~
Ocean - sea, whale, fish, seaweed, blue, wave, crab, shell
Circus - tent, clown, elephant, ringmaster, tiger, stunt, show, rope, ball
Summer - hot, swim, bathing suit, sink, float, play, vacation
Alphabet Experts - letter, capital, lower-case, write, read, spell
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