About our day in the classroom

Interest Centers 

• intentional learning during play 

• Each center is set up to teach different skills from the IELDS domains. 

•  During center time the teachers will push into different centers to work on these skills, as well as conduct a small group activity.  

• Interest centers:  blocks, dramatic play, math,fine motor, library, art/writing, painting, water table, science, IPADs, pocket chart/flipcharts, flannel board/ puppets, legos, dry erase board, magnets, music center, & pretend center

Circle Time

1.   The first circle time will include color/shape/number songs, counting activities, math concepts, question of the day,  poems, theme activities, movement songs, weather, and calendar/schedule.  

2. The second circle time is our literacy circle. This includes a read aloud, letter of the week, letter songs, theme activities, poems, and nursery rhymes.

 Gross motor Activities- Playground, Yoga, 

We will have a speech group once a week.  These sessions work on language skills.  They work on receptive and expressive skills. Our class participates in activities, read aloud, and music activities during speech group. 

Pre-K Curriculum 

• Creative curriculum

• Michael Heggerty’s Phonemic Awareness 

• Eureka Math

• Wonders

• First Steps Social/Emotional Curriculum

• IELDS-Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards

 LINK  Click here to go to learning standards 

• Social/Emotional Skills

• Language Arts

• Mathematics

• Science

• Social Studies

• Physical Development & Health

• The arts

Assessment/Progress Reports/Parent/Teacher Conferences

• ELS- Early Learning Scale is our assessment tool

• Progress Reports Fall, Winter, & Spring

Pre-k has formal progress reports 3 times a year fall, winter, and spring qtrs. 

• Parent/Teacher Conferences

Fall conferences- Every student info. Closer to date

Spring conferences- Students that will attend kindergarten the next school year and new students that did not have one in the fall.  Other students will not have a conference unless you request one due to a concern. 

Tentative possible Field Trips 

September- Braeutigam  Orchard (apple picking), 

                    Fire station (walking field trip)

October- Millstadt Eckert's (pumpkin picking)

February- Healthworks Museum (Dental Health)

March-Museum of Transportation

April- Science Center

Family nights are for parent education and a fun activity  for your child. Siblings may attend.  If you have a younger sibling they must stay with the parent at all times.  

Possible events listed below. 

Dot Kane-Storyteller            Abra Kid Abra- magic & literacy

       Babaloo Music- Musical