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2023 2024 Senior Pre-K (pdf)
DownloadWhile utilizing The Project Approach as well as certain components of Creative Curriculum, our Senior Pre-K curriculum is designed to develop verbal skills, reading, writing, mathematics, phonics, environment and science. Children will use a multitude of multi-sensory experiences throughout the day.
Our goal is to provide a nurturing environment within which the developmental need of each child will be met. Readiness skills will be strengthened prior to the Kindergarten experience. We recognize the uniqueness of each child. The pace may differ from student to student, but all children will be guided to develop their thinking process to their fullest abilities. Our purpose is to enable the children to continue their enthusiasm to become self-motivated students, eager and ready to learn.
The curriculum for our Senior Pre-Kindergarten classes will emphasize pre-reading, pre-math, and early handwriting skills. We are aligning our program with the New Rochelle School District and will be using the "Handwriting Without Tears" program.
Walking field trips will be on a monthly basis to various locations in the local area that are associated with the unit of study.Weekly visits to our nature trail and Roosevelt park are scheduled.
All aspects of our Senior Pre-K program is guided by the New York State Prekindergarten Standards for the Common Core.
Each child's self-esteem is crucial to healthy, intellectual, and social growth. Successful learning experiences, based on the child's level of readiness, develop students and help them excel. With our supportive and nurturing staff, the students experience a variety of academic and age appropriate challenges within the presented curriculum.
In addition, Spanish Immersion is offered once a week for one hour; an hour Spanish lesson followed by Miss Paola immersing in play with the children conversing in Spanish only.
Reading Readiness
All of our Pre-K students engage in a rich array of language experiences that introduce children to reading and writing. We have both structured and unstructured activities, and use flannel boards, puppets, dramatic play, and children's literature to develop comprehension skills, visual and auditory discrimination skills, the use of the written word, and foster a love of reading..
Senior Pre-K Students:
Math
In our Pre- K programs, various manipulative materials are used to develop mathematical thinking, including counting, number and numeral recognition, and one-to-one correspondence. We use number and geometric patterning activities such as graphing and charting, games, and collections to reinforce number skills. Students develop problem-solving by practicing sorting and classifying objects in the classroom.
Our Pre-K students:
Science
Awareness and appreciation of science are developed through a focus on hands-on investigations. Students observe, predict, sequence, analyze, andapplyknowledge they have learned. The Big Idea of Sustainability is also fostered in our Senior Pre-K Classrooms.
Music
Weekday offers all of our classrooms music once a week with Miss Patti. Children learn about rhythm, keeping the beat, musical story telling with puppets and props and will also explore difference genres of music such as classical, opera, jazz and even reggae. Each student develops a strong sense of musical self-worth. Activities include listening, singing, and physical response to the rhythm of music.
Make sure to check out Miss Patti on her website. www.nyartsmart.com
By the end of the year, each Pre-K student should master these SOCIAL/FINE MOTOR SKILLS:
Each of our Senior Pre-K classrooms will be set up in "work areas" and "play areas" to facilitate better socialization between students. Several activity centers will be dispersed around the classroom.
Examples of these might be:
STEM CURRICULUM AT WEEKDAY
Science, technology, engineering and math are linked together in what is called “STEM” curriculum. If we break down this term into it’s parts, we see that much of it is already happening here at Weekday.
Science can be planting seeds, mixing materials together to make a change, rolling objects down a ramp, sorting rocks by color, and touching objects with a magnet to test for attraction to the magnet, all the while recording and thinking about what happened.
Technology can be working with computers as well as on our SmartBoard, but also using other tools such as flashlights and digital cameras.
Engineering in preschool is easy to engineer, in the block area. There children are planning and designing structures every day with little teacher direction. Measuring is easy too, especially if the blocks are unit blocks where every two make one of the next size up.
Math in our pre- K programs consists of various manipulative materials that are used to develop mathematical thinking, including counting, number and numeral recognition, and one-to-one correspondence. We use number and geometric patterning activities such as graphing and charting, games, and collections to reinforce number skills. Students develop problem-solving by practicing sorting and classifying objects in the classroom. Measuring, patterning, sorting, counting by rote, 1-1 correspondence as well as understanding concepts such as “more”, “less”, “bigger” & “smaller” are additional concepts the children learn.
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