Pre-Kindergarten Program
Four and five-year-olds crave the company of other children. Little Learners believes that children have much to learn from each other as well as from our teachers. The social skills that children learn at Little Learners will benefit them as they move into their formal education. Teachers model and encourage the children to share, take turns, and treating others with respect.
Little Learners offers a structured schedule that includes: Spanish, art, handwriting, reading, math and science. The classroom is organized in centers of activity, which include: writing, art, computer, block, dramatic play, library, and manipulatives. Group times for music, story reading, and active play are planned with the interests and attention span of three and four year olds in mind. The Little Learners Educational Center curriculum is based on themed units. Developmentally appropriate language, writing, math, science, art, music, and movement activities are included in these units.
Children will be given many opportunities to write and draw to express themselves. Your child will begin an individualized reading program that teaches letters, letter sounds, blending letter sounds to read words and reading simple to more difficult books. Parents will be a crucial part of literacy development, as they are kept up to date on their child’s progress.
Parent-school communication is an integral part of Little Learners Curriculum. Conferences may be scheduled at any time. Teachers will collect samples of your child’s drawing and writing as well as pictures to document your child’s learning which will be collected in a portfolio. This portfolio will begin on your child’s first day and ends when your child leaves Little Learners to begin his or her formal education. Newsletters that include the plans for the following month are sent home monthly. Parents are always welcome and should feel free to provide input at Little Learners.
Pre-Kindergarten Curriculum
Individualized Reading Program
Individualized Reading Program
Individualized Reading Program
Learning to read is one of the most important skills a child will develop. Little Learners Educational Center is dedicated to providing an excellent education for your child through our individualized reading program. Our Reading Development Teacher will work one-on-one with each child 4 or 5 days a week. Parents will be kept informed on their child’s progress on a monthly basis via email. Parents will also be informed on what they can do to partner with teachers in order to promote their child’s literacy development.
Handwriting Program
Individualized Reading Program
Individualized Reading Program
Our handwriting program uses a sequence to encourage the children to write the letters correctly. We begin with the letters that start with a long straight line, move to short lines, small curved lines, large curved lines and finish with the letters that do not fall into the categories. The children will move through the sequence at their own pace. Evaluations are available for each class in order to keep track of where the children are. Correct posture is very important at this stage of writing as the children are developing habits that will hinder or assist their writing for years
Science Curriculum
Individualized Reading Program
Science Curriculum
A majority of the weekly curriculum themes has a science related component and introduces specific information. Experiments, manipulatives, art, sensory table activities are planned. During open play children can go to the science center to work on and or explore, at there own pace, what they learned about the items during curriculum time.
Spanish
Math Curriculum
Science Curriculum
The children participate in songs , large motor movements and books to introduce the Spanish language. The focus is on the Spanish alphabet, numbers, vocabulary and commonly used phrases.
Math Curriculum
Math Curriculum
Math Curriculum
Little Learners math curriculum is taught through math games and hands-on activities. The math skills taught in the Pre-Kindergarten classroom include numerals, number sense, patterns, 2-d and 3-d mathematical shapes, addition, subtraction and numeral writing. The weekly curriculum themes are often brought into the math activities.
Writing Program
Children will use their phonics knowledge to write daily. They will be encouraged to write words and then sentences. As they progress in their writing, they will be encouraged to use a capital letter at the beginning and punctuation at the end of each sentence.
Art
Children need time to be creative and imaginative. The art center in the classroom has activities available that are related to the theme they are learning about. The center also has various supplies for self guided creativity. There is also a dramatic play area in the classroom that changes with each theme. One week the children Astronauts The benefits of dramatic play include language, social and emotional development.
Schedule
Additional Information
Time Activity
7:00am to 9:00 Open Play – Children go to the activity area of their choice: Dramatic play, blocks, art, table activities and active toys. Breakfast is served at 7:30am.
9:00am-9:30 Group Time - Children are read books , sing songs and discussions related to the current curriculum themes.
9:30am-9:45 Snack - A healthy morning snack will be served.
9:45am - 11:00 Curriculum Time - Small groups are formed and a focus is placed on reading, handwriting, math and science.
11:00am - 11:40 Outdoor Play/Large Motor - Children either spend time on the playground or participate in planned activities to promote large motor development in the classroom.
11:40am-12:30pm Lunch - A nutritious meal is prepared at Little Learners and the children eat family style.
12:30pm-2:30 Nap time - Children sleep on cots and fall asleep listening to relaxing music.
2:30pm - 3:00 Show and Tell - Children present to the class an item brought from home that relates to the weekly theme.
3:00pm-3:15 Snack Time - A nutritious snack is served.
3:15pm-3:30 Spanish - The children will participate in group songs and books in Spanish to introduce vocabulary, colors and numbers.
3:30pm-4:30 Open Play - The children go to the activity of their choice: dramatic play area, block area, art area, table toys, and active toys.
4:30pm to 5:00 Outdoor Play - Children spend time on the playground.
5:00pm - 5:30 Open Play - The children go to the activity of their choice: dramatic play area, block area, art area, table toys, and active toys.
5:30pm - 6:00 Center Group Time - songs and stories
Pre-Kindergarten Teachers
Ms. Lea
Ms. Nayeli
Ms. Nayeli
July 2015
Ms. Nayeli
Ms. Nayeli
Ms. Nayeli
December 2009
Native Americans
Thanksgiving Program
Africa Unit
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Botanic Gardens
Asia Unit
Australia Unit
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Mexico Unit
