Pre-K & Jr. Kindergarten Programs
Pre-Kindergarten (4 year olds)
The Pre-Kindergarten program engages your child for every scenario of their upcoming journey into school, and enables the confidence needed for success. Our program masters all points of development both personally and academically. Your child will develop a more mature attention span as they expand their cognitive, social, and physical growth.
Your child will:
* Develop social, emotional and personal development for positive self worth and creativity
* Master Zoo Phonics letters & sounds, and the recognition of sight words
* Learn numerals 1-100 and addition & subtraction concepts through sorting, and tangible objects
* Participate in science activities that encourage awareness of the surrounding world and harbor the curiosity to ask the Who?, Where?, What?, How?, When?, and Why? of life
* Successfully interact, share, and cooperate with peers through free choice, directed play, and curriculum
* Continue fine and gross motor development through daily activities that cater to each child’s individual needs, abilities, and potential
* SPARKS Physical Education Program
Your child will:
* Develop social, emotional and personal development for positive self worth and creativity
* Master Zoo Phonics letters & sounds, and the recognition of sight words
* Learn numerals 1-100 and addition & subtraction concepts through sorting, and tangible objects
* Participate in science activities that encourage awareness of the surrounding world and harbor the curiosity to ask the Who?, Where?, What?, How?, When?, and Why? of life
* Successfully interact, share, and cooperate with peers through free choice, directed play, and curriculum
* Continue fine and gross motor development through daily activities that cater to each child’s individual needs, abilities, and potential
* SPARKS Physical Education Program
Jr. Kindergarten (5 Year Olds)
The Jr. Kindergarten program will provide children the opportunity to explore, observe, and experiment. The environment encourages preschoolers to ask questions, make conclusions, and develop independence. Large, small, and individual activities will stimulate a child’s cognitive, social, emotional, and physical growth. In our program, we work to meet the developmental needs of the children as individuals while they develop skills and require new challenges throughout the year that prepare them for continued educational success.
Developmental Objectives For Kindergarten Readiness:
Cognitive Growth
* Develop a positive attitude towards learning by discovery and risk taking, and learn how to be successful and complete tasks even after making mistakes
* Enhance learning skills by exploring, investigating and asking questions
* Expand logical thinking skills through patterning, similarities and differences, sequencing, and identifying solutions
* Enhance verbal communication skills in using words to explain ideas and feelings, participate in group discussion, and use Word Time
* To acquire beginning written communication skills by recognizing and writing one’s own name, create recognizable drawings, and write both upper and lower case letters of the alphabet
Social / Emotional / Physical Growth
* Experience self esteem by identifying one’s self and increasing independence
* Demonstrate pro-social behavior through friendships, respect, assistance to others, and willingness to try new activities
* Enhance large motor skills with balance, catching, and throwing
* Refine small motor skills for self-help, writing control, and hand-eye coordination
* Use all senses to increase physical capabilities. Identifying differences in sound, respond to rhythm, and how things are visually alike
Developmental Objectives For Kindergarten Readiness:
Cognitive Growth
* Develop a positive attitude towards learning by discovery and risk taking, and learn how to be successful and complete tasks even after making mistakes
* Enhance learning skills by exploring, investigating and asking questions
* Expand logical thinking skills through patterning, similarities and differences, sequencing, and identifying solutions
* Enhance verbal communication skills in using words to explain ideas and feelings, participate in group discussion, and use Word Time
* To acquire beginning written communication skills by recognizing and writing one’s own name, create recognizable drawings, and write both upper and lower case letters of the alphabet
Social / Emotional / Physical Growth
* Experience self esteem by identifying one’s self and increasing independence
* Demonstrate pro-social behavior through friendships, respect, assistance to others, and willingness to try new activities
* Enhance large motor skills with balance, catching, and throwing
* Refine small motor skills for self-help, writing control, and hand-eye coordination
* Use all senses to increase physical capabilities. Identifying differences in sound, respond to rhythm, and how things are visually alike
