Preschool Curriculum

 

What Will My Child Learn at PlayWise Preschool Academy?

Language Arts

  1. •Enjoys being read to

  2. •Recalls sequence and details of a story

  3. •Recognizes relationship between written/spoken word       

  4. •Develops vocabulary of 2000-4000 words

  5. •Retells a simple story

  6. •Uses appropriate sentence structure

  7. •Identifies rhyming words

  8. •Understands writing is form of communication

  9. •Prints first name

  10. •Develops process writing skills

  11. •Identifies alphabet letters

  12. •Matches letters to appropriate sounds

  13. •Recalls songs, stories, finger-plays, poems

  14. •Knows full name and age


Character Traits

Compassion, Cooperation, Courage, Fairness Helpfulness, Honesty,

Integrity, Patience, Pride, Respect, Responsibility, Self-reliance


Creative Arts

  1. •Freely chooses materials

  2. •Uses art as self-expressions

  3. •Enjoys expressing ideas through art materials

  4. •Identifies different kinds of art mediums

  5. •Develops unique uses of materials


Cognitive Skills/Math

  1. •Identifies colors, shapes, sizes, and weight

  2. •Develops classification skills

  3. •Forms sets of like and different elements

  4. •Completes patterns

  5. •Sorts by 3 attributes

  6. •Develops skill sin data collection, classification

  7. •Sequences by size and recognizes order

  8. •Matches one-to-one

  9. •Understands concepts of more or less

  10. •Understands basic elements of time and calendar


 

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Music and Movement

  1. •Develops body awareness

  2. •Develops rhythm and tempo

  3. •Identifies different types of music

  4. •Identifies specific instruments/sound

  5. •Sings many theme related songs

  6. •Uses music as a form of self-expression


Motor Skills

  1. •Develops Upper body strength

  2. •Masters appropriate gross motor skills

  3. •Develops multi-tasking skills

  4. •Develops eye-hand coordination


Social Science

  1. •Develops strategies for expressing ideas

  2. •Develops self-identity as a ‘learner’

  3. •Develops identity with social settings

  4. •Understands human similarity


Computers

  1. •Uses to reinforce curricular goals

  2. •Becomes skilled and confident

  3. •Explores possibilities with computer use


Science and Nature

  1. •Explores cause and effect

  2. •Differences between living/non-living things

  3. •Plants and animals study

  4. •Understands concepts of water and air

  5. •Understands scientific method

  6. •Develops graphing skills