We know that our Butterflies will be flying into Kindergarten at the end of their school year and are ready to develop stronger independence and self-reliance skills. They have learned and developed much in their first 4 years and are now ready to master their early learning skills in literacy, language, math, cognition, science and social skills. Our Pre-K class curriculum is designed to promote our students growth and confidence and Kindergarten readiness. Our students meet and often exceed the NYS Common Core Standards as listed below:
Social and Emotional Development
Demonstrates increasing self -awareness
Demonstrates confidence and positive self- image
Demonstrates initiative, cooperation, curiosity, & creativity in choosing learning activities
Engages in social relationships & develops connections & attachments to peers, adults & larger community
Physical Development
Demonstrate Competence in Coordinated Movement using Large Muscles (Gross Motor)
Demonstrates confidence in coordinated movement using small muscles and eye/hand coordination (fine motor)
Demonstrates spatial awareness in both fine and gross motor activities
Creative Expression/Aesthetic Development
Participate with increasing interest and enjoyment in a variety of music activities, including listening, singing, finger plays, & games
Experiment with a variety of musical instruments
Engage in a variety of personal creative movement & functional/physical movement activities, individually & in a group
Participate in a variety of dramatic play activities that become more extended and complex
Show growing creativity & imagination in using materials & dramatic play situations
Gain ability in using different art media & materials in a variety of ways for creative expression & representation
Progress in ability to create drawings, paintings, models, & other art creations that are more detailed, personal, & realistic
Develop growing abilities to plan, work independently & demonstrate care & persistence in a variety of art experiences
Begins to understand & share opinions about artistic products & experiences
Cognitive Development: Language & Literacy
Communicate experiences, ideas, needs, choices, feelings by speaking
Listen with understanding to conversations, directions, rhymes, songs, & stories
Talk for a variety of purposes Look for meaning in Visual Symbols
Exhibits a variety of behaviors when integrating with books
Describe & share their own experiences
Develop Phonemic Awareness
Print-Sound connections Demonstrates the behaviors of a beginning writer
Cognitive Development: Mathematical Thinking
Develops an understanding of numbers, ways to represent numbers, relationships among numbers Begins to understand the meaning of the operation of addition & subtraction & how they relate to the other
Begins to understand predictions and use estimates
Patterns, quantitative & qualitative properties
Shapes & spatial relationships
Recognize properties & characteristics of geometric shapes
Understand location & position
Measurement
Information gathering & probability
Understand that predictions can be made
Cognitive Development: Scientific Thinking
Pose questions & seek answers & develop solutions
Cognitive Development: Social Studies
Apply the skills of communicating, sharing and cooperating with others who have similar & different perspectives
Begins to understand time change & continuity & to relate past events to their present & future activities
Develop a growing understanding of position in space, geographical location & direction Recognizes the contributions of community workers and services
Butterfly - Pre-K Schedule
Daily Schedule may alter depending on the needs of the children
8:00 - 8:20
Arrival
8:20 - 8:40
Large Group
8:40 - 9:30
Choice Time / Small Group
9:30 - 9:50
Snack
9:50 - 10:30
Gross Motor / Outdoor
10:30 - 11:00
Choice Time / Small Group
11:00 - 11:15
Story Time
11:15 - 11:45
Lunch
11:45 - 12:30
Nap
12:30 - 1:30
Choice Time / Small Group
1:30 - 2:00
Gross Motor / Outdoor
2:00 - 2:20
End of UPK Meeting and Departure
Butterfly - extended hours
Daily Schedule may alter depending on the needs of the children
