Our four-year old class meets four days a week (Monday-Thursday) from 9:00-11:30 a.m. We offer two four-year old classes, each designed to prepare your child for kindergarten. The class builds upon the skills students develop in the three-year old class and emphasizes practical skills, social development, language skills, reading readiness, visual skills, and math readiness. In the four-year old class, the following concepts are covered through the school year:
Social Development
- Can function away from parents
- Plays well with others
- Is courteous and polite
- Respects rights and privacy of others
- Shares toys
- Assumes responsibility/organizes toys and belongings
- Completes tasks
- Demonstrates appropriate classroom behavior
- Follow directions and instructions in a sequence
- Participates in class discussions
- Listens carefully and attentively
Language Skills and Reading Readiness
- Speaks clearly
- Expresses self well in words
- Has adequate vocabulary
- Knows first and last name, age
- Can write first name
- Recognizes and can write capital and lowercase letters
- Introduced to beginning letter sounds
- Shows left to right directionality
- Can recognize rhyming words
VISUAL SKILLS AND MATH READINESS
- Recognizes shapes and can classify and sort objects and pictures
- Recognizes patterns
- Recognizes numbers up to 10
- Understands counting concept
- Identifies size difference
Fine Motor Skills
- Can cut independently
- Holds pencil/crayon appropriately
Gross Motor Skills
- Throws/catches/bounces ball
- Demonstrates adequate balance
Behavioral Development
- Works quietly
- Works independently
- Shows effort
- Able to put on coat, sweater and jacket
- Begins using zippers and snaps
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Chapel Time Prayers
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