Preschool Academics

My faith is why I teach. I believe God gives everyone gifts. Working with children is one of mine. — Mrs. Fletcher

Religion
Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Music/Art
P.E.
Special

• Awareness of a loving, caring, trustworthy God
• Awareness of God’s presence in ourselves, others and the world around us
• Appreciation of self as a gift from God
• Respect for others
• Prayer as a way of communicating with God
• Bible stories
• Christian values
• Fruits of the Spirit
• Meaning of Christmas
• Meaning of Easter
• Giving to others as Christ has given to us
• Taking care of the world God gave us
• Memorizing scripture through song

• Listening skills
• Finger plays
• Singing
• Sequencing/ left to right
• Pretending/ role playing
• Retelling stories
• Predicting events
• Speaking in front of a group
• Original story telling
• Memory/ Comprehension
• Imagination
• Answering questions
• Problem solving
• Logical thinking
• Early Writing skills
• Letter recognition
• Letter sounds 
• Sign language

• Calendar/ Days of the week
• Sorting
• Counting
• Classifying
• Sequencing
• Shape recognition
• Graphing
• Predicting
• Manipulating objects
• One-to-one correspondence
• Patterning
• Problem solving
• Number recognition

• Seasons/ Weather
• Health/ Hygiene/ safety
• Nutrition
• Dinosaurs/ fossils
• Farm animals
• Environment
• Five senses
• Body parts
• Plants and seeds
• Life Cycles
• Shadows
• Space exploration
• Ocean life
• Experiments
• Liquids/ solids/ gas
• Magnets

• Awareness of self and others
• Home/ family/ neighborhood
• Community helpers
• World community/ Continents
• Holiday concepts
• Cultural differences
• Transportation
• Disability awareness
• Rural/ Urban differences
• Past Presidents
• Christopher Columbus
• Martin Luther King
• Elections
• School family
• Church family

• Express emotions through music
• Cooperative music games
• Dance to music
• Tell stories with music
• Play instruments
• Loud and soft
• Fast and slow rhythms
• Clay/ play dough
• Painting/ drawing/ coloring
• Collage making
• Textures
• Pride in individual accomplishments
• Creativity
• Moods expressed through Art
• Marching Band
• Various Artists and their techniques

• Gross motor skills: Gain confidence, Running with control of direction and speed, Skipping, Climbing, Jumping over objects, Hopping on 1 and 2 feet, Bouncing a ball, Catching a ball, Balancing on a beam, Throwing with intended direction, Cooperative playing
• Fine motor skills: Coordinate eye/ hand movement, Puzzles, Small muscle use of scissors, Lacing, Stringing beads, Building with blocks, Use writing tools, Buttoning, Snapping, Pouring, Zipping

• Teddy Bear Picnic
• Pumpkin Patch Fieldtrip 
• Harvest Party/ Thanksgiving Play
• Operation Christmas Child
• Jesus’ Birthday Party/ Christmas Program
• Preschool Fitness Olympics
• Pancakes in PJ’s Party
• Community Fieldtrip
• Valentine Party
• Fire Station visit 
• All School Art Show
• Stone Soup canned food drive
• Mother’s Day Tea Party
• Grandparents Day
• Children’s Museum Fieldtrip
• End of the year Zoo Trip or Bowling party