About Our Classroom
About Our Classroom
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Welcome to Our Classroom
Welcome to Our Classroom
BHCS Pre-K provides children with a developmentally appropriate introduction to school while honoring what young children need most: play, movement, exploration, relationships, consistency, and opportunities to learn by doing.
Our classroom combines intentional teaching with child-directed exploration. Children participate in whole-group and small-group experiences while also having plenty of opportunities to learn through purposeful play, centers, projects, movement, and outdoor exploration.
Children enter Pre-K with different experiences, strengths, personalities, and skills. We meet children where they are and help them grow from there.
Our Philosophy
Our Philosophy
Children are capable.
We want children to experience the satisfaction of discovering:
“I can do it!”
“I can do it!”
Adults model, encourage, prompt, guide, and assist when needed—and step back as children become successful on their own.
We believe in providing children with the support they need to reach an expectation, while recognizing that learning, independence, and self-regulation develop over time.
Our goal isn't perfection. It's growth, confidence, curiosity, and increasing independence.
A Day in Pre-K
A Day in Pre-K
Arrival/Breakfast • Morning Meeting • Recess • Whole Group Circle • Learning Centers • Recess • Lunch • Music • Library • Craft Time • Snack • Free Play • Rest • Outdoor Learning • Dismissal
Learning Through Play
Learning Through Play
Play is serious learning in Pre-K.
At our centers, you might find children building a town with blocks, running a pretend restaurant, writing a grocery list, mixing colors, counting treasures, creating with playdough, searching for letters, investigating something from nature, or negotiating roles in pretend play.
These experiences help children develop skills across many areas at the same time.
Language • Literacy • Math • Science • Creativity • Fine Motor • Problem Solving • Cooperation • Communication
Unit: Transportation
Learning through sensory materials, vehicles, and imaginary play about a construction site.
Unit: Our Neighborhood
Exploring community workers and roles through dramatic play.
Unit: Animals
Finger painting "Muddy Pigs" and learning about how mud helps them.
Unit: Nature
Exploring natural materials and exploring insects found in the dirt.
Early Literacy
Early Literacy
Stories and comprehension
Rhyming and syllables
Letters and sounds
Beginning sounds
Names and early writing
Vocabulary and conversation
Early Math and Discovery
Early Math and Discovery
Counting
Numbers and quantities
Shapes
Sorting and patterns
Comparing and measuring
Science and investigation
Social and Emotional
Social and Emotional
Making friends
Expressing needs
Recognizing feelings
Taking turns
Problem solving
Following routines
Building independence
These skills aren't taught in isolation. They're woven naturally throughout our play, projects, conversations, routines, stories, centers, and experiences.
Learning Outdoors
Learning Outdoors
The outdoors is an extension of our classroom.
Children use our school grounds and outdoor spaces for play, science, art, building, observation, exploration, movement, and discovery.
We head outside in a variety of weather and believe there is something valuable to discover in every season.
Come ready to explore—and probably get a little dirty!
Preparing for Kindergarten
Preparing for Kindergarten
Kindergarten readiness is about more than knowing letters and numbers.
Of course we build early academic skills, but being ready for kindergarten also means learning to:
Listen • Communicate • Ask for help • Follow routines • Work with others • Solve problems • Care for belongings • Try new things • Persevere • Become increasingly independent
By the end of Pre-K, we want children to see themselves as capable learners and members of the BHCS community who are excited and ready for their next adventure.
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