Faith Formation:

• Learning fundamental Catholic prayers and the sign of the cross
• Daily morning prayer and at mealtimes
• Weekly lessons based on stories from the Bible

Social & Emotional Learning:

• Focus on sharing and taking turns
• Learning to work in a group setting with small- and large-group activities
• Making choices
• Learning how to recognize and respect the thoughts and feelings of others
• Following directions
• Use words to express feelings, resolve conflicts and communicate needs
• Helping in the classroom with weekly jobs

Language Development:

• Following two-step directions
• Using words to express feelings and solve problems
• Introduce and practice manners

School-Readiness Skills:

• Learning daily school routines
• Practice putting on coats and shoes
• Hanging up coats, backpacks and putting folders away
• Eating snack/lunch independently and cleaning up afterward
• Learning to take care of personal needs like washing hands and cleaning nose

Pre-Reading Skills:

• Participate in story-time activities
• Recognizing and writing name
• Introduction to writing letters and letter sounds

Cognitive Skills:

• Identifying basic numbers, colors and shapes
• Hands-on science and cooking activities
• Exploring math concepts: one-to-one correspondence, pattern recognition and counting
• Learning opposites

Fine Motor Skills:

• Use play dough to strengthen fingers
• String beads
• Painting with paintbrushes
• Learn to hold pencils, crayons and markers with a proper grip
• Begin using scissors

Large Motor Skills:

• Jumping, dancing and running on the playground
• Gym time with instructor
• Parachute play
• Bounce, kick, throw and catch balls at gym and recess

Faith Formation:

• Learning fundamental Catholic prayers and the sign of the cross
• Prayers at snack and lunchtimes
• Daily prayer and religious activities
• Relating Bible teachings to real life
• Prepare students to attend weekly Mass with students in grades kindergarten through eight

Social & Emotional Learning:

• Identifying emotions
• Encourage empathy
• Learning to work in a group setting with small- and large-group activities
• Communicating wants and needs in an appropriate way
• Using verbal communication and maintaining eye contact
• Helping in the classroom with weekly jobs

Language Development:

• Encourage questions and answers
• Speaking in front of a group through show and tell, student of the week and special events
• Practice using manners
• Encourage social interaction and conversations
• Singing songs

School-Readiness Skills:

• Following directions
• Understanding and completing classroom routines
• Showing respect to teachers and other students by following directions when outside the classroom
• Using listening skills to complete tasks
• Take care of personal belongings
• Eating snacks and lunch independently
• Cleaning area after eating and playing

Pre-Reading Skills:

• Identifying upper- and lowercase letters
• Identifying letter sounds
• Recognizing letter sounds and how they relate to words
• Understanding text and its uses
• Identifying parts of a story
• Sequencing events in a story
• Identifying and creating rhyming words

Cognitive Skills:

• Identifying numbers 1-100
• Identifying same and opposites
• Drawing conclusions
• Hands-on science and cooking activities
• Exploring math concepts: estimating, comparing shapes and sizes, creating and identifying patterns, and counting to 100

Fine Motor Skills:

• Hold pencils, crayons and markers with a proper grip
• Uses scissors to cut straight, jagged and curved lines
• Use play dough to strengthen fingers
• Using buttons, zippers and snaps

Large Motor Skills:

• Jumping, dancing and running on the playground
• Jumping on both feet and one foot at a time
• Gym time with instructor
• Parachute play
• Bounce, kick, throw and catch balls at gym and recess
• Using hula hoops