Age Level Readiness

CONGRATULATIONS! Your child is about to begin one of life's great experiences in our preschool program. This represents a very significant step in your child's growth. It is the beginning of a program, which is designed to give your child a great opportunity for well-rounded growth and development.

One can be a child only once. What a child learns and what he/she becomes in the preschool years sets the pattern for a lifetime. In these early years, a child learns how to learn; how to use his/her mind; how to begin to read, write, and speak; how to cooperate and take directions; and how to organize, calculate, and evaluate. He/she will learn moral standards and how to deal with others in a variety of relationships. Your child will acquire a fundamental grasp of the basic areas of knowledge, including art, language, literature, math, and social and physical sciences. These may well be the most critical years of your child's formal education. Our school and our parents should accept a special responsibility in providing the best education during these early years.

AGE LEVEL#2 : 24 MONTHS TO 42 MONTHS-At this age the children are beginning to develop special friendships. They will learn to interact with their peers rather than near their peers. Group activities are extended and academic introduction will begin to take place. Activities are modified according to each child.

AGE LEVEL#2 : 24 MONTHS TO 42 MONTHS-At this age the children are beginning to develop special friendships. They will learn to interact with their peers rather than near their peers. Group activities are extended and academic introduction will begin to take place. Activities are modified according to each child's own individual creativity and self-expression.

AGE LEVEL#3 : 42 MONTHS TO KINDERGARTEN-Kindergarten preparation is emphasized at this level. The teachers prepare lessons geared toward readiness skills and self-expression. The following areas are promoted: reading and math readiness, art, science, and practical life.

READING READINESS-Oral language development; readiness for books; discrimination of sounds; repeating a pattern; discrimination of letters; ability to recognize rhyming words; ability to retell stories and past experiences; and most importantly, the discovery that reading can be a great source of pleasure and fun.

MATH READINESS-Concepts of big and small, few and many, more than and less than; basic numbers 1-10 and 1-100; telephone numbers; addresses; simple addition and subtraction; calendars; telling time; money concepts; introduction to calculators and computers; geometric shapes; and measuring. A variety of learning activities are provided to make learning more fun.

ART-Primary and secondary colors; cutting and pasting and gluing; painting with different kinds of media and textures; weaving; paper mache; mobiles; holiday projects; seasonal themes and personal creations. Not only is art a lot of fun, it also promotes visual motor coordination.

SCIENCE-Lessons consist of a variety of simple experiments and experiences. It involves investigating, listening, and manipulating. It also means asking questions. The children will be introduced to pets, plants, planets, the change of seasons, the five senses, night and day, and much more. The opportunities are endless.

MUSIC-The children are introduced to songs and musical instruments. Concepts of rhythm (fast and slow), pitch (high and low), and volume (loud and soft) is experienced. Children are encouraged to participate during circle time and during large motor activities.

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