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The Moonbeams spend much of their day working or playing at activities of their own selection, but our daily schedule provides time for planned individual, small group and large group activities, designed to give each child many experiences with:

  • Puzzles, up to 45 pieces
  • Dramatic play
  • Storytelling and retelling
  • Art activities, including easel and playdough
  • Music, singing, movement and instruments
  • Foreign languages
  • Public speaking
  • Matching
  • Sorting, 1 attribute
  • Measuring, non standard
  • Patterns, 3 repeat
  • Estimating
  • Predicting
  • Fractions, whole, half and quarter
  • Computers
  • Blocks
  • Cooking
  • Sensory: sand, water, gak, playdough
  • Calendar [today, tomorrow, yesterday, days of the week, months]
  • Seriation [size, number, length, weight, texture]
  • Comparatives [heavy/light, long/short, more/less, big/bigger/biggest]
  • Ordered sets [nesting and stacking]
  • Positional words: behind, over, before, under, next to, after, in, on, down, etc.
  • Classification
  • Tracing, cutting, lacing
  • Hopping, jumping, balancing, swinging, climbing, running, tricycles, skipping, galloping, marching
  • Manipulatives
  • Group games
  • Board games
  • Balls of varied sizes [throwing, catching, kicking]
At the end of this PreK year, most 4's will be able to:
  • Identify colors: red, blue, green, yellow, black, brown, white, orange, purple and pink
  • Name shapes: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, star, diamond, heart and oval
  • Recognize and print some letters
  • Recognize and print 1st name
  • Listen to stories
  • Follow 3 oral directions
  • Rote count to 30
  • Recognize numerals 1-5
  • Count 1-1 to 10
  • Understand quantity to 5
  • Toilet independently

 
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