our preschool curriculum

Language Arts

• Identify the front cover, back cover of a book

• Locating the title of the book

• Distinguish letters from words

• Recognize and name upper case and lower case letters

• Follow words read aloud from left to right, top from bottom

• Recognize rhyming words

• Beginning and ending sounds

• Orally blend 2 to 3 spoken sounds into recognizable words

• Orally segment single syllable spoken words into components

• Blend sounds to read one-syllable words

• Recognize sight words (the, I, a, my, you)

• Listen to and experience a wide variety of children’s literature

• Demonstrate listening comprehension

• Understand and use new vocabulary through text

• Identify and sort common pictures/words into basic categories

• Describe common objects

• Recognizing everyday print

• Ask questions, make predictions and connect real life experiences to text

• Know beginning, middle and end of a story

• Retell, reenact, and dramatize parts of a story

Writing

• Brainstorm and discuss topic ideas for writing

• Write by moving left to right, top to bottom

• Name writing

• Correct pencil hold

• Tracing skills

• Independently write upper and lower case letters

• Write brief stories that connect meaning and label objects

• Write by moving left to right, top to bottom

• Name writing

• Correct pencil hold

• Tracing skills

• Independently write upper and lower case letters

• Write brief stories that connect meaning and label objects

Speaking and Listening

• Recite short poems, rhymes and songs

• Show and tell using props

• Share information and ideas using complete sentences

• Describe people, places, things, ideas and actions

• Tell an experience and stories in sequence

• Listen when others are speaking

• Understand and follow one and two-step directions

Math

• Recognize, read, write and order numbers less than 20

• Rote counting to 100 and beyond

• Number matching

• Concept of addition and subtraction

• Greater than, less than, equal to

• Sort, classify and order objects by size, color, shape

• Copy and extend patterns

• Measurements- length, weight, size

• Understand concepts related to time of day: morning, afternoon, evening

• Time

• Past, present, future

• Yesterday, today, tomorrow

• Days/months/year

• Identify and draw basic shapes

• Create shapes with manipulatives

Science

• Compare and contrast characteristics of living and non-living things

• Compare and contrast characteristics of plants and animals

• Habitats

• Understand what keeps plants and animals alive

• Plant gardens

• Hands-on work in greenhouses

• Life cycles: plants, animals

• Weather

• Seasons

• Make observations about the natural world

• Create structures using natural materials and simple tools

• Human body

• Animals: Sea animals, zoo animals and farm animals

• Space study

Social Science

• Understand that people are different

• Explore various cultures

• Compare family values and traditions

• Explore Spanish language

Geography

• Know the continents

• Understanding and drawing maps

• Flags

• Knowing country, state, city, town in which they live

• United States

• Study of Portland, Oregon

Arts

• Primary and secondary colors

• Mixing colors

• Understanding different art mediums

• Performing arts

• Color wheel, rainbow

• Cultural art

• Music:

  • Rhythm and movement

  • Singing

  • Learning new songs

  • Instruments

  • Musical drama

Health Skills

• Advocate for healthy and safe behaviors at home and school

• Identify safe behaviors when on field trips

• Demonstrate positive communication skills

• Choose from a variety of foods to eat from different food groups.

• Advocate for more fruits and vegetables at school

• Plant, bake, make food

• Understand the importance of physical activity

Life Skills

• Cleaning up: sweeping and wiping

• Healthy Hygiene

• Manners

• Eye contact

• Left vs. right

• Shoe tying

• Cutting skills

• Empathy and consequential thinking/Behavior and aggression through Second Steps Curriculum