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Curriculum

2-Year Old Classes

Toddlers are inquisitive and exploratory by nature, striving for independence and autonomy, while insatiably curious. Our 2-year old program celebrates their uniqueness, guiding these newly independent children towards greater self confidence that will lead the way to achieving new skills. Our curriculum includes:​

Language and early literacy:

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  • Follow one-step directions

  • Listen to a short children’s book

  • Increase vocabulary and comprehension

  • Participate in and initiate conversation

  • Verbally express likes and dislikes

 

Early math concepts:

 

  • Understand concepts such as under/over, inside/outside, on/off, up/down

  • Describe actions using spatial terms

  • Understand quantity

  • Identify one, more than one, less, etc.

  • Discriminate size

Visual Arts/Music & Gross/Fine Motor:

 

  • Investigate the world through the senses

  • Make deliberate markings and drawings

  • Move in response to music and rhythm

  • Experiment with instruments and sounds

  • Strengthen and refine large/small muscles

  • Identify body parts

  • Follow simple safety rules

  • Appreciate the importance of playing safely

 

Social & Emotional Development:

 

  • Identify emotions by name

  • Regulate emotions

  • Develop a sense of self

  • Make friends and develop positive relationships

  • Express compassion and empathy

3-Year Old Classes

Preschoolers are active and enthusiastic learners, busily refining and expanding the skills and knowledge they gained in the toddler years. Our 3-year old program guides children on this next step as they develop school readiness and social preparedness. Our curriculum includes:​

Beginning Reading and Writing Skills:

 

  • Recognize common phonemes (word sounds)

  • Discriminate between letter sounds

  • Recognition of name and letters in name

  • Appreciate and enjoy children’s books

  • Understand that printed words and symbols have meaning

  • Recall and retell a simple story

  • Use pictures and visual cues to “read” a story

  • Begin writing or tracing letters of name

  • Draw pictures with more detail

  • Use writing to communicate

 

Math Concepts:

 

  • Sort objects by one or more characteristics

  • Create and follow simple patterns

  • Understand quantities related to numbers

  • Identify sets

  • Count sequentially and identify numbers 1-10

  • Understand concepts of more/less, longer/shorter, lighter/heavier

  • Identify shapes

Visual Art/Music & Gross/Fine Motor skills:

 

  • Investigate the world through the senses

  • Make deliberate markings and detailed drawings

  • Move in response to music and rhythm

  • Follow directions and actions through music

  • Experiment with instruments and sounds

  • Strengthen and refine large/small muscles

  • Participate in physical activities with peers

  • Identify body parts

  • Follow simple safety rules

  • Appreciate the importance of playing safely

  • Cutting with scissors

  • Using a pincer grasp for writing

 

Social and Emotional Development:

 

  • Participate in reciprocal conversation

  • Recall and follow simple directions

  • Cooperate and participate in give and take

  • Demonstrate compassion

  • Offer and receive emotional support

  • Practice acceptance and appreciation

  • Identify and regulate emotions

  • Make friends and develop positive relationships

4-Year Old & Transitional Kindergarten Classes

Children in our 4-year old and TK classes are enthusiastically advancing their development in exciting and challenging ways. At this age, children are physically and cognitively able to take on more challenges while still engaged in important foundational learning like friendship building and developing a strong self-concept. Our teachers help them to advance skills in all the core academic areas, as well as in other essential areas such social and emotional well-being. Children are exposed to a diverse array of learning activities where they thrive in all areas of development, becoming creative thinkers, complex problem solvers, empathetic collaborators, curious investigators, and astute decision makers. Our curriculum includes:​

Reading and Writing Skills:

 

  • Recognize phonemic patterns such as rhyme and alliteration

  • Select and enjoy age appropriate books

  • Use language as a means of getting information

  • Use visual and print clues to “read” a story

  • Understand concepts and features of print

  • Identify alphabet letters and sounds

  • Write first and last names

  • Attempt spelling using letter sounds and phonemes (TK)

 

Math Concepts:

 

  • Compare and contrast items

  • Create and follow detailed patterns

  • Understand segments of time (TK)

  • Understand positional concepts

  • Make estimations

  • Sort objects by one or more characteristics

  • Demonstrate knowledge of number order

  • Solve simple number problems

  • Create and sort by sets

  • Match sets to the corresponding numerals 1-10

  • Identify numbers 1-20 (introduce numbers 20-100)

  • Identify shapes

Visual Art/Music & Gross/Fine Motor skills:

 

  • Purposefully choose art tools and materials to achieve a desired outcome

  • Represent an idea using visual media and materials

  • Coordinate movement to music

  • Demonstrate spatial awareness

  • Develop imaginative movement skills

  • Plan dramatization with peers

  • Strengthen and refine large and small muscle skills

  • Participate in physical activities with peers

 

Social and Emotional Development:

 

  • Use expressive language to describe personal characteristics and feeling

  • Take pride in ourselves and abilities

  • Use negotiation and conflict-resolution skills

  • Demonstrate compassion and empathy

  • Participate in extended reciprocal conversations

  • Recall and follow multi step directions

  • Practice acceptance and appreciation

  • Identify and regulate emotions

  • Make friends and develop positive relationships

  • Independently complete tasks

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