Preschool

(2-3K and 4-5k)

2-3k Preschool

All children over the age of one will participate in this curriculum as part of our morning meeting routine (see the schedule to the right). After our morning meeting, all kids will participate in the activities to go along with our teaching for the day. These include, STEM Activities, Interest-Led Investigations, Nature Study, Kitchen Classroom

Morning Meeting Routine:

Good Morning Song
- Greet every child by name
Picture or Music Study
Story or Poems
- See "Read-Together Activities"
Math Song
Kindness Lesson
Group Game or Activity

S.T.E.M. Activities

Playful activities designed to introduce the concepts (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) in a hands-on way.

Interest-Led Investigations

Allowing children to follow their curiosity with tools to pursue further learning.

Nature Study and Nature Notebook

A critical part of the daily curriculum includes regular time spent outside. Children will create nature notebooks to draw their attention to the outdoor world around them, develop familiarly with local spaces, and make connections between events in nature.

Picture Study

We will dissect famous artwork and pull out processes to guide our child-led artwork. For example, when looking at "Stary Night" we might mix blue and yellow paint, fingerpaint, play with shapes, mix colors with black and white, etc.

Music Study

We will dance with scarfs, use kid-friendly instruments to play around, interact by singing and dancing to music. Sometimes this is formally taught, other times, it is played in the background while playing or eating.

Kitchen Classroom

Typically the kitchen classroom is inspired by the letter of the week (for example when learning about letter "B" we might eat bananas, blueberries, or bell peppers, we might also make banana bread, biscuits, or brownies). The kitchen classroom is also a great place to teach culture.

Read-Together Activities

I use activities to help children engage with and process their own experience of the book we read together. (See examples of read-together activities below)

Make a painting of your favorite character or part of the story

Make puppets or masks from the story for dramatic play

Make a cooking project based on the story

Act out the story together

4-5k Preschool

Children over the age of three will engage with this curriculum after naptime. If younger kids wake up early, they are welcome to join our learning activities; however, I teach at a "no-child-left-behind" pace for the children over the ages of three. (I will continue my pacing regardless if the younger children are meeting checkpoints or not.)

Wisconsin Model Early Standards (WMELS)

I align our daily activities, play-based learning, and developmental observations with the Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards (WMELS)—Wisconsin’s statewide early learning framework that supports whole-child development through clear, age-appropriate goals. We focus on the five WMELS areas: Health & Physical Development, Social & Emotional Development, Language Development & Communication, Approaches to Learning, and Cognition & General Knowledge. In our weekly rhythm, we work on Health, Language, and Cognition every day, and we alternate Social & Emotional Development and Approaches to Learning every other day to ensure children get consistent, well-rounded support.