Classroom Concepts

• Increase precision of grasp in using writing tools

• Connect written letters to the sounds they make

• Acquire scissor skills

• Understand and follow basic safety rules

• Demonstrate self-control and self-regulation

• Engage in cooperative play, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution with other children

• Increase development of gross motor skills such as swinging independently, balancing, throwing/catching, and skipping

• Able to follow basic classroom rules and structure

• Actively participate in group activities

• Develop ability to work independently

• Participate in a variety of dramatic play activities and role play

• Use reasoning skills and imagination when planning ways to make things happen

• Develop more awareness and sense of respect for self and others

• Participate in conversations with peers and adults

• Develop phonological and other pre-reading skills

• Introduce lower case alphabet with corresponding upper case

• Build knowledge of the world through observation and awareness of surroundings

• Increase and enhance math concepts, such as counting, number identification, one-to one correspondence, simple graphing and patterns, more and less, ordinal numbers, coins, and 3-D shapes

• Increase sensory awareness through sensory activities and play

• Explore artistic expression freely through a variety of media

• Demonstrate hand-eye coordination through exploration and manipulation of objects

• Self-help skills that increase independence

• Introduction of sight words and word families

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Curriculum

Our curriculum is literacy-based and focuses on language development and social/emotional growth. Books and thematic activities, along with enrichment materials, continue to provide Pre K students with a rich awareness of the world around them and establish a foundation for reading, science, and math. Increase opportunities allow children to explore themes and individual interests through hands-on activities and science experiments. Focus on academics happens in large and small group settings as well as in one-on-one instruction.

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Added Values

• Developmental screenings twice a year (fall and spring) to assess student progress  and growth

• Teachers use screening results to assess skill levels and target specific developmental achievements or deficits in order to individualize instruction

• Teachers communicate with parents throughout the day through messages and pictures so that parents feel part of their child's learning and development while at High Hopes

A Pre K Day at High Hopes

• Learning Centers (Blocks, Manipulatives, Cozy Corner, Imaginative Play, Free Art, Writing, Math, and Science Centers)

• Visual schedules that help children navigate their day

• Calendar and weather activities that help children relate to their environment

• Classroom jobs giving children the opportunity to build self-esteem and sense of responsibility

• Circle time with stories, activities and peer interaction

• Outdoor/Gross Motor Play

• Art, Sensory, and Fine Motor Activities

• Nap

• Lunch and Snack with Friends

• Lots of TLC