THE PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM

A Attention span: able to attend to adult-directed activities

B Buttons: count them, sort them, and learn to button them on your own

C Cuts: with scissors, Counts to 10

D Draws: simple shapes

E Eats: in the lunchroom

F Follows: directions

G Grouping: able to sort items by shape, size and color

H Habits: establish good bedtime and mealtime routines

I Independence: inspires confidence

J Jobs: able to follow through on simple tasks

K Kicking: able to kick a ball without losing balance, does not kick peers

L Listens: to a short story without interrupting

M Macaroni: pictures, necklaces, etc.

N Name: able to recognize own name in writing

O Open: to new experiences

P Plays well: independently and with other children

Q Quiet: understands the difference between indoor and outdoor voices

R Recognizes: rhymes

S Separates easily: from parent or caregiver, shares with others

T Time: understands the general concept of time of the day

U Understands: and is able to follow simple rules and directions

V Vocal: able to verbalize wants and needs

W Writes: understands words are representations

X Extra love and attention: may be needed in the beginning

Y Yellow: knows colors

Z Zipping: able to zip his own jacket

Approach To Learning

• Shows eagerness and curiosity as a learner

• Persists in task and seeks help when encountering a problem

• Is generally pleasant and cooperative

Self-Control

• Follows rules and routines

• Manages transitions (going from one activity to the next)

• Demonstrates normal activity level

Interactions With Others

• Interacts easily with one or more children

• Interacts easily with familiar adults

• Participates in group activities

• Plays well with others

• Takes turns and shares

• Cleans up after play

Conflict Resolution

• Seeks adult help when needed to resolve conflicts

• Uses words to resolve conflicts

Creative Arts

• Identifies 10 colors:  red, yellow, blue, green, orange, purple, black, white, brown, pink

• Uses a variety of art materials for tactile experience and exploration

Music/Movement

• Participates in group music experiences

• Participates in creative movement/dance

Creative Dramatics

• Makes believe with objects

• Takes on pretend roles and situations

Listening

• Listens with understanding to directions and conversations

• Follows one-step directions

• Follows two-step directions

Speaking

• Speaks clearly enough to be understood without contextual clues

• Relates experiences with some understanding of sequences of events

Literature and Reading

• Listens with interest to stories read aloud

• Shows interest in reading-related activities

• Retells information from a story

• Sequences three pictures to tell a logical story

Writing

• Uses pictures to communicate ideas

• Uses scribbles, shapes, and letter-like symbols to write words or ideas

Alphabet Knowledge

• Recites/sings alphabet

• Matches upper-case letters

• Matches lower-case letters

• Identifies upper-case letters

• Identifies lower-case letters

Patterns and Relationships

• Sorts by color, shape, and size

• Orders or seriates several objects on the basis of one attribute

• Recognizes simple patterns and duplicates them

Number concept and operations

• Rote counts to 20

• Counts objects with meaning to 10

• Matches numerals

• Identifies by naming, numerals 0-10

Geometry and spatial relations

• Identifies 4 shapes- circle, square, rectangle, triangle

• Demonstrates concepts of positional/directional concepts (up/down, over/under, in/out, behind/in front of, beside/between, top/bottom, inside/outside, above/below, high/low, right/left, off/on, first/last, far/near, go/stop).

Measurement

• Shows understanding of and uses comparative words (big/little, large/small, short/long, tall/short, slow/fast, few/many, empty/full, less/more.

Gross-Motor Skills

• Pedals and steers a tricycle

• Jumps in place, landing on two feet

• Jumps consecutively- 7 jumps

• Balances on one foot for 5 seconds

• Hops on one foot 2-3 hops

• Throws a ball with direction- 5 ft.

• Catches a thrown ball with arms and body

• Climbs a playground ladder

• Skips smoothly for 20 feet

Fine-Motor Skills

• Stacks 10, one-inch blocks

• Strings 4 1/2″ beads in two minutes

• Completes a seven piece interlocking puzzle

• Makes a pancake, snake, and ball from play dough

• Grasps pencil correctly

• Copies:  vertical line, horizontal line, circle, cross, square, V, triangle

• Copies first name

• Prints first name without a model

• Grasps scissors correctly

• Cuts within 1/4″ of a 6″ straight line on construction paper

• Cuts out a 3″ square on construction paper

• Cuts out a 3″ triangle on construction paper

• Cuts out a 3″ circle on construction paper

• Uses a glue stick appropriately

• Uses appropriate amount of glue for tasks

Phonic Program: Sing, Spell, Read and Write partnered with High Scope Approach for Pre-Kindergarten

• This program covers colors, shapes, visual discrimination, matching, opposites, classification, story sequence, coloring, tracing, letter recognition, letter sounds, auditory discrimination, counting 1-10, zero, seasons, and oral vocabulary development.

• The teacher's manual provides step-by-step directions, enrichment activities, song lyrics, and a recommended read-aloud book list. Lessons include activity numbers to easily locate the correct activity sheet; objectives, recommended books, and lesson instructions are all included on the same page for easily found, coordinated planning.