Three-Year-Old Pre-K:
 
Religion
Provide an opportunity for each student to understand:

• God’s love for everyone.
• that we should appreciate the world God has made.
• we belong to a Christian community.
• we are all unique.

 
Social/Emotional
To help each student to:

• express feelings appropriately.
• form relationships with peers and adults.
• show empathy for others.

 
Language Arts
Provide each student the opportunity to learn and develop:

• listening skills.
• communication skills.
• literature appreciation.
• pre-reading skills.
• dramatic play.

 
Math
Provide an opportunity for the students to:

• sort and compare objects.
• recognize numbers 1 to 10.
• count 1 to 10 objects.

 
Science/Social Studies
To offer each student a place to have:

• an interest in nature.
• an awareness of the environment/community.

 
The Arts
To have exposure to:

• movement and dance.
• drama.
• music.
• visual art.

 
Large Motor
To develop and use:

• gross motor skills.
• balance and coordination.
• a sense of group participation.
• self-confidence. ​

Four-Year-Old Pre-K:
 
Religion
Provide an opportunity for each student to grow in God by understanding:

• God created the world and all that is in it.
• God loves him/her.
• We are to act like Jesus and love one another.
• The Bible is a special book that tells us about God.
• Church is a special place where we come together to listen to God’s word.

 
Social/Emotional
Show good behavior by modeling and encouraging students to:

• express feelings appropriately.
• form positive relationships with peers and adults.
• show empathy for others.
• share and include all classmates.

 
Language Arts
Provide the opportunity and situations for each student to:

• respond to verbal directions.
• listen to a story with understanding.
• identify and name letters of the alphabet.
• understand letter-sounds.
• hold a book and know it goes from left to right and top to bottom.
• write first name using upper- and lower-case letters.
• recognize and start to write last name.
• distinguish between real and ‘make believe.

 
Math
Using manipulatives and other resources provide an opportunity for students to:

• put objects in a series or by rows.
• sort and classify objects by a variety of properties.
• demonstrate an early understanding of measuring using non-standard units.
• make comparisons, example: larger and smaller.
• one-to-one correspondence.
• add and subtract using manipulatives.
• recognize, count, and write numbers.
• recognize and name two- and three-dimensional shapes.

 
Science
Through non-fiction reading and hands on experience, students can:

• identify common objects seen in the sky, the water and on land.
• ask questions about the environment.
• discuss the differences between living and non-living things.

 
Social Studies
Through daily routines, stories and current events help students to:

• help each other and treat people fairly and kindly.
• identity rules and understands jobs in the classroom and the community.
• identify different types of weather and seasons.
• discuss holidays and traditions.
• understand what a calendar is and what it is used for.

 
Art
To be exposed to and able to try including:

• Movement and dance
• Drama
• Music
• Visual art

 
Large Motor
To develop and use:

• Gross motor skills
• Balance and coordination
• Group participation
• Self-confidence and positive attitude towards oneself and others