Preschool 3 - What to Expect
Expands Variety of Emotional Reasoning & Motor Skill Sets
Spiritual
- Know God loves them and is always with them
- Know that Jesus is their Savior
- Learn to recite simple prayers
- Learn to recite Bible verses
- Learn to praise God with song
- Learn to be reverent in weekly chapel
- Retell simplified Bible stories
- Relate Bible story truths to their own lives
Social
- Cooperate with classmates in work and play
- Willingly share and take turns
- Use common manners as "please" and "thank you"
- Follow directions and school rules
- Learn to respect authority and cooperate with teachers
- Learn to work independently
- Participate in class activities
- Listen without interrupting
Emotional
- Enjoy school
- Develops a positive self-worth
- Handle separation from parents or primary care givers
- Shows love and respect for others
- Receives love and respect from others
- Responds well to discipline and limits
- Accepts responsibility for their behavior
Language Arts
- Develop language through Children's literature
- Introduction of alphabet letter each week
- Recognize written name
- Begin learning to write their name
- Speak and share ideas in simple sentences
- Participate in role playing activities
- Develop awareness of Rhymes
Math
- Count from 1-10
- Use 1 to 1 correspondence to represent quantity
- Sort objects by color, shape and size
- Continue simple patterns
- Use position words
- Match pairs
- Recognize 7 geometric shapes
Science
- Participate in simple experiments
- Use five senses in observations
- Observe changes in seasons and weather
- Experiences scientific concepts through cooking
Social Studies
- Recite first and last name
- Recognizes common holidays
- Identify family members
Music
- Play a beat on a rhythm instrument
- Sing simple songs
- Sing the ABC Alphabet song
- Participate in creative movement to music
- Participate in finger plays
Art
- Identify and name 9 colors
- Explore mixing of colors
- Tracing patterns
- Practice cutting and gluing
- Participate in theme based arts/crafts projects
- Water colors
- Finger painting
Gross and Fine Motor Development
- Learn to bounce a ball
- Learn to catch a ball
- Hop on one foot
- Learn to gallop, skip and run at different speeds
- Exhibits balancing skills
- Learn to manage own clothing (buttons, zippers, snaps)
- Hold crayon between first two fingers and thumb
- Use materials to develop muscle in fingers (scissors, crayons, markers, play dough)
