Welcome to our Pre-Kindergarten Room!
Our Pre-K classroom provides a nurturing, engaging, and developmentally appropriate environment designed to prepare children for kindergarten and lifelong learning. Serving children ages 4–5, our program focuses on building foundational skills in early literacy, math, science, and social-emotional development through hands-on exploration and play-based learning.
Children participate in a variety of structured and child-led activities including circle time, small group learning, creative arts, dramatic play, and outdoor exploration. Our curriculum encourages curiosity, independence, problem-solving, and cooperation while supporting each child’s individual learning pace.
Teachers guide students in developing early reading and writing skills, number recognition, counting, patterns, and basic science concepts. Social skills such as sharing, communication, self-regulation, and teamwork are also emphasized to help children build confidence and positive relationships with peers.
Our Pre-K classroom follows Pennsylvania early learning standards and incorporates age-appropriate routines that help children feel secure and ready to learn. Families are valued partners in the learning process, and regular communication ensures that parents stay connected to their child’s growth and development.
Through a balanced approach of learning and play, our Pre-K program supports children in becoming confident, curious, and capable learners ready for the transition to kindergarten.
Our Curriculum
Math Curriculum
- Numerals 1-10
- Counting objects to 10
- One-to-one correspondence of objects
- Sorting by various attributes: color, shape, size
- Patterns: AB, AABB, ABC
- Sizes: small, medium, large
- Shapes: square, rectangle, circle, triangle
- Matching: symbols, shapes, patterns, etc.
- Same and Different
- More, Less, Same
- Time: Day and Night
- Money: Explore through educational games, songs, and pretend play
Literacy Curriculum
- Exposure to alphabet: letter names and sounds
- Recognize, spell, write first name
- Hold a pencil, marker, crayon correctly
- Retell familiar stories
- Draw pictures and dictate sentences about stories and experiences
- Answer questions about stories
- Repeat simple nursery rhymes and finger plays
- Concepts of print: left to right direction, holding a book right-side-up
- Build new vocabulary
- Build listening skills
- Strengthen visual discrimination
- Sequencing
- Develop fine motor skills: play dough, scissors, writing utensils, Legos, etc.
Science Curriculum
- Explore science tools: magnets, prisms, magnifying glasses, etc.
- Experience the world through nature walks, gardening & other explorations
- Observe insect life
- Observe plant growth
- Observe weather and plant life during each season
- Measure and mix ingredients in cooking activities
- Identify basic colors and explore color mixing
- Make observational drawings and dictation
- Explore the world with the five senses
- Investigate animals, the homes they live in, the food they eat
Creative Arts Curriculum
- Explore a variety of art processes: painting, drawing, sculpture, weaving, collage, etc.
- Use a variety of art materials: crayons, tempera paint, watercolor paint, colored pencils, markers, art chalk, clay
- Experiment with mixing paint colors
- Sing traditional songs and songs that enhance the curriculum
- Participate in movement songs and dances
- Use scarves, rhythm sticks, and bean bags to practice rhythms
- Use a variety of children’s instruments
- Participate in dramatic play
- Dramatize familiar stories
- Act out the movements and sounds of animals
Social Skills Curriculum
- Practice problem-solving skills in social situations
- Work in groups or with a partner on a variety of projects
- Share classroom materials with the group
- Practice using manners: please, thank you, excuse me, table manners
- Communicate his/her needs
- Take care of his/her own basic needs: clean up, roll up nap things, fasten clothing, use tissue as needed, etc.
- State personal information: first and last name, age, school name, city, state, country
- Explore types of work and workers
- Explore modes of transportation
Technology Curriculum
- Use iPad to enrich curriculum



