CURRICULUM GOALS

PRIMARY GOALS - NURSERY THROUGH PRE-K
2 1/2 Years - 5 Years


SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT (N & PRE-K)
Learning to separate from parent
Relating to new adults and children
Developing meaningful friendships
Solving social problems
Expressing feelings & choices
Understanding & accepting individual differences
Observing classroom expectations
Encouraging autonomy & independence

ART & CREATIVE REPRESENTATION (N & PRE-K)
Exploring objects & materials using the senses
Role-playing & pretending
Active experience with art,construction materials
Self-expression, self-confidence
Acquiring skills by using a variety of tools
Making meaninfgful connections

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT (N & PRE-K)
Developing body awareness and coordination
Manual coordination

MUSIC DEVELOPMENT (N & PRE-K)
Singing & Dancing
Awareness of beat, tempo, rhythm
Moving to directions - Following directions -
Developing an appreciation for music
Use of basic rhythm & sound instruments
Instrument making

LANGUAGE & LITERACY - FRENCH (N & PRE-K)
Understanding language
Speaking clearly and in context
Following / Understanding a story
Identifying letters: caps then lower case.
Graphism: drawing, tracing patterns,lines,shapes
Letter/vowel sounding practice (PRE-K)
Writing letters and words (PRE-K)
Recognizing/Isolating words
in a sentence(PRE-K)

LOGIC & MATHEMATICS & SCIENCE (N & PRE-K)
Sorting, ordering & classifying objects
Using comparison & key concept words
Counting objects in a group
Identifying numerals (N & Pre-K)
writing numerals (Pre-K)
Exploring shapes, patterns, symmetry
Developing a notion of sequence & time
Adding / subtracting concrete objects (PRE-K)
Observing properties and transformations of things