Pre-K (Pre Kindergarten) Learning
Our Pre-K classrooms help children learn and gain new skills; we aim to be one of the best Pre-K options around! As children reach the age when they will enter Kindergarten the following school year, it is imperative that we encompass all the topics and skills they will need to have a successful kindergarten experience. It’s all about school readiness!
The learning activities we plan incorporate a very large number of development skills into
each one. The list below is but a small example of the range of skills we bring into the Pre-K program.
Visual Perception
See & remember
Visual discrimination (tell apart)
Closure (completing partial figures)
Judging distance
Auditory Perception
Hear & remember
Auditory discrimination (pitch or
tone)Following directions
Determining source of sounds
Sensory Perception
Identifying object through touch
Identifying object through smell
Identifying object through taste
Perceiving touches, smells and tastes
Math
Size discrimination (like &
different, big, bigger, biggest)1 to 1 correspondence
Counting
Numbers
Motor Skills
Grasping
Throwing
Skipping
Hand to eye coordination
Body Awareness
Parts of body
Controlling fingers, toes
Self-identity (color of eyes, etc.)
Place in space
Language & Communication
Vocabulary expansion
Expressing emotions
Sentence structure
Divergent thinking
Learning words by sight
Writing
Music
Body movement to rhythm
Singing
Creative expression
Socialization
Cooperative play
Sportsmanship
Community awareness
Self-concept within group
Science
Theorizing
Experimentation
Experiments
Prediction
Cognitive
Associating names and objects
Exploring and describing
Memorization
Expanding attention span
Problem solving
Social Skills
Helping others
Contributing to group goals
Causing others to laugh
Acting
Taking turns
Sharing
Your child will be well prepared for his or her formal education starting with Kindergarten, and you will feel confident that your child is safe and having fun while you work.