PRE-K Curriculum
The rubber begins to meet the road by the time your child enters our Pre-K program. By this point, your child is a leader at Creative Corner School. They are getting ready to transition to either our Kindergarten Prep program or move onto elementary school and this transition year can cause some hesitation and anxiety. We recognize this and we work hard to make your child feel comfortable and safe and get ready to spread their wings. Our teachers want your child to be successful and challenged at the same time. Our Pre-K STEAM curriculum is designed to work with different developmental levels and learning styles and reinforce all that they’ve learned in preschool and all that they need to know as they move on. Like our preschool program, our Pre-K program is based on the Massachusetts Department of Education’s Preschool Learning Experiences. Our frameworks are designed to help your child flourish on all levels.
Based on six strands of guided learning, our curriculum is multi-dimensional and all learning is highly interrelated:
English Language Arts: Pre-Kindergarten provides a language rich environment so your child will continue to expand his growing vocabulary. Children develop literacy comprehension by listening to and reading books, and writing on their own. Children are encouraged to write and talk about books as they read them. Class sing-alongs are great fun and help review lessons.
Mathematics: In Pre-K, our children develop a deeper comprehension of numbers, conception of size and spatial awareness. For example, how many inches tall are we? How long are our arms? Our students learn math skills in a fun and hands-on way.
History and Social Sciences: Students are encouraged to ask questions and explore the world around them. Our curriculum covers topics such as the different landscapes, seasons, and plants and animals. Students may be asked to discuss how humans and animals interact. Students will brainstorm and learn about how seeing eye dogs help the blind or how we often feed wild birds because we enjoy their company and beauty.
Science and Technology: How does the world around us work? We learn through experimentation. Your child will be exposed to many concepts such as floating vs. sinking, estimating and working with blocks and towers.
Health Education: It is important to take care of ourselves! This means eating right had having a blast running around and playing fun games. Your child will learn about the importance of nutrition and to value a healthy lifestyle.
Creative Arts: Teachers emphasize the joy of creativity; art is focused on process rather than product. Your child’s teacher will often use the phrase “Tell me about the painting” and encourage your child to express what he has created. Maybe he wasn’t trying to make anything at all, maybe he was practicing mixing colors or enjoying the process without a vision of an end product.
We continue to provide a fun learning environment for this last year of school. By the time your child graduates from Creative Corner School they are equipped with the academic and social skills to help them succeed in kindergarten. Pre-Kindergarten teachers are in touch with parents daily and you will always feel part of your child’s school day. Every week families are given a newsletter that informs parents of their child’s weekly curriculum and all activities. In addition, teachers use the Pearson Learning Assessment to keep track of your child’s developmental progress and to give you an accurate account of your child’s development so there are no surprises before they graduate.