Our Pre-K program for the 2024-2025 School year will meet 4 days a week, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 11:45-3:15pm. Each class has a certified head teacher, two assistants and one participating parent each day.
On Mondays and Thursdays, we will offer Pre-K Extension classes from 11:00-11:45am which allows for an earlier drop off. Extension classes may include Music Workshop, Drama, or Tae Kwon Do. Wednesday extensions are also optional to add an extra day. Wednesday extensions include Yoga, Lunch & Literacy/Art and Spanish. Signup is by semester.
Pre-K (4 year olds)
Pre-K East
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays
11:45am - 3:15pm
Children will enjoy lunch and snack
Jackie Colon, Head Teacher
Emily Merle, Assistant Teacher
Pre-K West
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays
11:45am - 3:15pm
Children will enjoy lunch and snack
Margie Edelman, Head Teacher
Melanie Kenny, Assistant Teacher
Gail Feldman, Assistant Teacher
After school Stay & Play - Mondays to Thursdays, 3:15-3:45pm - these optional sessions allows for extra time at school. Children will engage in makerspace, block building or extra playground time. Signup is by semester.
Children learn best when they are actively involved in hands-on experiences with materials they can manipulate, and when these activities are valued more for the process than for an end product. While playing, children can experiment with objects, ideas, and fears. Since there is no right or wrong way to play, they cannot fail, and therefore, they are freer to take risks and be adventurous.
We want to reassure you that “just playing” is extremely valuable for young children, especially when materials and equipment are thoughtfully chosen and activities are well supervised.
Our program is designed to encourage a balance of child-initiated and teacher- facilitated activities. View our Pre-K Curriculum Map.
4 Year Old Curriculum
Literacy
Colors and shape
Recognition of letters A-Z upper case
Recognition of letters a-z lower case
Rhyming and repetition
Opposites
Letter sound association
Experience charts for field trips
Writing class books
Holiday experience charts
Dramatic play
Story time
Listening and sequencing
Answering comprehension questions
Making predictions
Vocabulary enrichment
Speaking in complete sentences
Math
Counting the class daily
Counting the days of the month
Classifying
Sorting
Patterns
One-to-one correspondence
Mazes
Graphing favorites
Time-lines
Identify and recognize numbers 1-20
Venn diagrams
Measurements
Science
Observing and discussing seasonal changes
Freezing and melting
Magnet experiments
Shadows
Plants
Animals
Hibernation
Lizards in our playground
Birds and nests
Five senses
Writing
Use of scissors to cut accurately
Use of pencils, crayons, markers and paint
Reproduce shapes and letters
Tracing and lacing
Write first name
Create books using drawings and dictation
Writing center
Social Studies
All about Me
Likenesses and differences among people and families
Field trips
Signs and symbols of holidays and cultural events
The store
Community workers and helpers
Making and following rules that keep us safe
Art
Exploring with many media
Painting: at easel, murals, on paper towels, on coffee filters, on brown paper, on shapes at the easel, with eye droppers, marble painting, finger painting, sponge painting.
Drawing: with crayons, markers chalk, colored pencils
Cutting: paper of all kinds, fringing, playdough
Collages: geometric shapes, paper strips, tissue apples and other fruit and vegetables, Q-Tips, shapes
Music
Singing: about the seasons, holidays, traditional songs, nursery rhymes
Movement: jumping, hopping, galloping, skipping, swaying, dancing, parachute activities
Rhythm instruments: sticks, triangles, bells, sand blocks, maracas, tone blocks with classical and traditional music.