Pre-Kindergarten Curriculum

Our Pre-Kindergarten Program

Concord Preschool and Childcare is committed to supporting early childhood development in a nurturing and loving environment. The main goal of our Pre-Kindergarten program is to have the children prepared to be successful in Kindergarten by having a developmentally appropriate curriculum that fosters Kindergarten readiness. This learning experience lays the foundation of continued school success and will help your child gain the confidence they need to help them succeed in their future endeavors. Our curriculum will focus on the social-emotional, language-literacy, mathematics, science, creative expression and physical development of your child as well as focusing on approaches to learning.

Approaches to Learning

Reasoning, Problem Solving and Initiative
  • Gain the ability to problem solve through exploration, interactions, and discussion
  • Develop the ability to focus and complete specific tasks
  • Gain the ability to make independent choices and show eagerness for learning
Kindergarten Curriculum

Language and Literacy

Receptive Communication
  • Develop listening, attention, comprehension skills and follow a two or three-step direction
  • Identify particular sounds and increase vocabulary
Reasoning, Problem Solving and Initiative
  • Learn to verbalize a story to an adult
  • Learn to communicate using nouns, verbs and descriptive phrases
Emergent Reading
  • Identify letters of the alphabet and recognize letter sounds
  • Show comprehension by answering questions to a story
  • Hold a book upright and turn the pages starting from the front
Emergent Writing
  • Use symbols or drawings to express experiences on papers
  • Practice writing left to right and top to bottom
  • Develop hand-eye coordination required for written communication
Kindergarten Curriculum

Social-Emotional

Self-Concept
  • Learning to make meaningful choices and experience the outcomes of those choices in a supportive and safe environment
  • Participate in activities that are challenging and thought-provoking
  • Learning to be part of the classroom group so that each child feels accepted and obtains a sense of belonging
Self-Regulation
  • Ability to express feelings and needs appropriately
  • Learning to understand that actions have consequences
  • Learning to follow simple rules and routines
Social Relationships and Cooperation
  • Develop awareness of other’s perspectives and gain understanding of how their actions impact those around them
  • Demonstrate positive social skills and manners

Science

Scientific Knowledge
  • Observe, describe and discuss the natural world of people, animals and plants
  • Observe, describe and discuss physical properties of non-living things both natural and man-made (rocks are hard, ice is cold)
  • Use materials and tools appropriately for problem solving and exploration
  • Investigate and explore questions using observation to make predictions
Kindergarten Curriculum

Mathematics

Reasoning, Problem Solving and Initiative
  • Develop an awareness of counting numbers and quantity
  • Recognize numbers and recite numbers in sequence
  • Use language to compare numbers such as more, less and same
Patterns / Measurement
  • Recognize and copy simple patterns with a variety of materials
  • Sort and match objects according to color, shape or size
  • Use non-standard (hands, yarn or blocks) or standard (ruler, measuring tape) to measure things
  • Explore measurable elements (weight, volume, length or time)
Geometric and Spatial Sense
  • Put together increasingly more difficult puzzles
  • Begin to build and draw two and three-dimensional shapes
Kindergarten Curriculum

Creative Expression

Music
  • Initiate and recall patterns, songs and rhythms
Movement and Dance
  • Express through movement what is felt and heard in rhythmic patterns
Visual Arts
  • Use different art media for creative expression
  • Use markers, crayons, paint, clay, finger paint as means of creative art
  • Show respect for others creative art
  • Express feelings through art
Dramatic Play
  • Show imagination through play
  • Engage in cooperative pretend play with others

Physical Development and Health

Fine Motor/Gross Motor
  • Development of strength and coordination of muscles in hands and fingers
  • Develop hand-eye coordination by touching, reaching and grasping
  • Development of large muscle strength
Health Awareness
  • Learning about healthy habits: personal care, hygiene and nutrition
Contact us to learn more about our Pre-Kindergarten curriculum.
We provide education to children ages 1 through Kindergarten.
SPECIAL ITEMS

Snack - We provide a snack in the morning for all children and a second snack in the afternoon for the children who stay for childcare; milk and juice are also provided

Arts and Crafts - The children will paint, color and use arts and craft supplies

Music and Physical Education - Your tuition includes a music program and physical education for all of the children enrolled; these classes are conducted by our specialized music and physical education teachers
SPECIAL EVENTS

Halloween Parade – In October all children will participate in the Halloween Parade

Fire Truck – During Fire Prevention Week, the fireman and his fire truck will visit us and talk to the children about fire safety

Performances – Throughout the school year such as puppet shows and plays

Lunch with Santa – In December Santa will come to visit, give gifts, eat lunch and sing songs with us

Traveling Zoo – Every May, the Traveling Zoo will visit and let us see their small animals

SPECIAL OFFERINGS

Concord Preschool offers to children ages 3 and older

Soccer Shots 
Yoga (Petite Yogi)
Spanish (Language University)