The Pre-Kindergarten curriculum is based on the knowledge of content and how young children develop and learn. The learning environment fosters the spiritual, social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development of all children, and provides challenges for children to learn according to their individual growth patterns.
FAITH DEVELOPMENT The student will:
Understand that The Bible is a special book about God
Illustrate a basic understanding of Church
Know and understand basic Catholic principles
Know and participate in the Catholic tradition of prayer
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT The student will:
Demonstrate basic loco-motor skills
Control small muscles in hands
Coordinate eye-hand movements
Use tools for writing and drawing
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT The student will:
Show ability to adjust to new situations
Demonstrate appropriate trust in adults
Recognize own feelings and manage them
Stand up for rights
Demonstrate self-direction and independence
Take responsibility for own well-being
Respect and care for the environment and materials
Follow classroom rules
Play well with other children
Recognize the feelings of others and respond appropriately
Share and respect the rights of others
Use thinking skills to resolve conflicts
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT The student will:
Observe objects and events with curiosity
Approach problems flexibly
Show persistence in approaching tasks
Explore cause and effect
Apply knowledge or experience to a new context
Classify objects
Compare, contrast, and measure
Arrange objects in a series
Recognize and create patterns
Show awareness of position in space
Use one-to-one correspondence
Use numbers and counting
Take on pretend roles and situations
Make believe with objects
Make and interpret representations
Hear and discriminate sounds of language
Express self using words and sentences
Understand and ask questions
Actively participate in conversation
Enjoy and value reading
Demonstrate an understanding of print concepts
Demonstrate knowledge of the alphabet
Use emerging reading skills to make meaning
Comprehend meaning from books
Understand the purpose of writing
Write letters and numbers
Express ideas through music an art
All curriculum goals are taken from The Foundations for Young Children, Indiana Academic Standards, and The Archdiocese of Indianapolis Preschool Curriculum Guide.