Our preschool (3’s) and pre-kindergarten (4-5’s) programs are designed to prepare children socially and academically for kindergarten. Our teachers use the Core Knowledge Preschool Sequence to develop their classroom curriculum. It is a program that provides a detailed outline of knowledge and competencies young children need in order to build a solid foundation for later learning. The Preschool Sequence guidelines address five dimensions of readiness:
- Physical Well-being and Motor Development
- Knowledge Acquisition and Cognitive Development (including mathematical reasoning and number sense, orientation in time and space, scientific reasoning and the physical world and music and visual arts)
- Work Habits and Approaches to Learning
- Language Development (including oral language, nursery rhymes, poems, finger plays, songs, storybook reading and storytelling, emerging literacy skills in pre-reading and writing)
- Social and Emotional Development
Care Bear’s Preschool Daily Schedule
Open – 9:00 Arrival, Free Play, and Breakfast
9:00 – 9:15 Clean Up
9:15 – 9:45 Circle Time: Teacher brings group together for morning routines, calendar, sharing, featured activity, literacy building activity, and discussion of the day’s activities.
9:45 – 10:00 Restrooms, Coats/Sunscreen
10:00 – 10:30 Outside Time: Children select form a variety of outdoor activities.
10:30 -11:15 Learning Centers and Small Group
Activities: Children choose from activities in the creative arts, dramatic play, writing, library, blocks, manipulative, math, science and sensory learning centers. Teachers implement small group activities, focusing on skill-building activities and observational assessments.
11:15 – 11:45 Clean-up/Group Time: Children come together to listen to a daily read aloud or finish up or repeat activities from circle time.
11:45 – 12:15 Lunch: Children wash hands, help wash and set tables and eat lunch.
12:15 – 12:30 Clean Up/Restroom
12:30 – 2:30 Nap/Quiet Time: Children nap or rest quietly on their cots.
2:30 – 2:45 Wake Up Time: Children go to the restroom and look at books quietly while others are waking up.
2:45 – 3:00 Restrooms/ Wash Hands
3:00 – 3:30 Snack
3:30 – 4:00 Outside Time: Children select form a variety of outdoor activities.
4:00 – 5:00 Afternoon Activities: Children choose from activities in the creative arts, dramatic play, writing, library, blocks, manipulative, math, science and sensory learning centers.
Our preschool (3’s) and pre-kindergarten (4-5’s) programs are designed to prepare children socially and academically for kindergarten. Our teachers use the Core Knowledge Preschool Sequence to develop their classroom curriculum. It is a program that provides a detailed outline of knowledge and competencies young children need in order to build a solid foundation for later learning. The Preschool Sequence guidelines address five dimensions of readiness:
Block Play
Early Literacy Center
Table Toys
Circle Time
The Learning Environment
The Learning Environment