We are learning and growing all day long in Pre-K.

Arrival

The children will learn to…

• Find their names on the chart

• Check their backpacks for mail for teachers

• Hang up their backpacks

• Hang up their coats

• Wash their hands

• Greet teachers and classmates

 

Circle Time

We sit on the rug and we may…

• Answer our sharing question.

• Look at our schedule for the day.

• Sing songs and do finger plays.

• Listen to stories or poems.

• Explore a theme from our Creative Curriculum for Pre-K.

• Learn about and practice social/emotional skills from our Second Step Program.

• Listen to the “friend of the week” share his/her poster or news.

 

Recess

• We will play in the gym or on the playground each day.

• We will climb, run, slide, ride tricycles, and play with balls or frisbees.
   

Large Group/Small Groups

During this time we may…

• Do projects at our tables

• Do an activity at our tables related to a theme or skill

• Play games on the rug related to social/emotional skills, math, literacy, holiday, or season

• Sing songs

• Act out stories

• “Write” in our journals

 

Snack

During snack time the children…

• Wash their hands

• Get their items for snack

• Use manners when offered a snack

• Talk with teachers and friends at their table

• Clean up after themselves

 

Choice Time

During this time the children may…

• Play in different centers such as art, sensory, writing, books, dramatic play, blocks, small manipulatives, and puzzles.

• Interact and communicate with both teachers and classmates

• Imagine, explore, create, and build

• Play games with teachers

 

Dismissal

The children are expected to:

• Attempt to put on their own coats

• Attempt to zip their own coats

• Put on their own backpacks

• Walk in a line