Our Pre-K program is open to children who are 4 years of age by Sept. 1, 2025
CLASSES: {Monday-Friday} *{Tuesday-Friday}
*Students attending Tues-Fri will be part of a Mon-Fri classroom
Classes are limited to no more than 14 children per class with a lead teacher and an assistant, who is shared between two classes.
Learning is a creative life-long journey. We believe this is a pivotal year in developing a child’s attitude toward school. For the students in our Pre-K program, this journey begins in play and moves toward wonder, discovery and active involvement in hands on experiences which are relevant to them.
This is a year they transition from being passive learners to active learners as they begin to realize that they have some control over what they learn. They do this through participation and asking questions. As students gain confidence, academic skills and self– reliance, we believe they leave our program to head to Kindergarten with a strong foundation on which to build their future.
Our Pre-K curriculum inspires investigation, exploration, and manipulation as well as encouraging creative expression. As children learn by doing, we include many hands on activities in a classroom setting to reinforce that learning can be fun and exciting.
We believe each child is a unique individual with his/her own pace of growth and development. Our smaller class size provides the opportunity for the personal growth of each student’s unique abilities.
Our main goal is to help each student build confidence by providing guided opportunities for many social and emotional successes. We believe this to be an to be important skill for them to learn that will benefit them and make their future educational experiences in larger settings more enjoyable and successful. The intellectual growth of each student is also an essential focus of our program.
Providing daily structured learning times is one of the many ways we strive to ensure our students will be ready to enter kindergarten. Learning to listen and follow directions are two of the primary goals of our Pre-K Program; skills which we consider will be highly beneficial to them in later educational settings. In addition, foundations in language arts, reading readiness and mathematics are laid down through the use of manipulatives, art projects, learning centers, games, worksheets and other fun activities.
Parent/Teacher communication is vital. To ensure parents are informed of their students progress we provide two progress reports. The first is issued toward the beginning of the school year to provide a starting point from which to work. The second is issued in conjunction with our parent/teacher conference, which is scheduled prior to Cobb County K-5 registration.
Reading and Number Readiness:
• Non-sequential Identification of upper and lower case letters
• Introduction to letter-sound association - pre-phonics
• Listening to, discussing, and sequencing stories
• Left to right and top to bottom reading progression
• Visual recognition of numerals, counting and counting activities, associating numerals and objects
• Hearing rhyming words
• Visual perception, eye-hand coordination, and thinking skills worksheets
Writing:
• Development of fine motor skills: print first and last name, trace shapes, draw lines, circles and shapes
• Utilization of standard pencils and grips help reinforce proper finger alignment
Listening Skills:
• Listen to a short story and answer simple questions about the story
• Listen to directions from the teacher and follow a number of directions in order
• Listening to peers and using words to resolve problems
Physical Development:
• Use of manipulative tools – crayons, paint brushes, pencils, glue, clay, chalk and small objects such as counters, and scissors
• Gross motor skills – running, playing games, hopping, throwing and catching
Social Development:
• Cooperate with teacher and others in class
• Demonstrate self-control and respect for authority
• Relate and share individual experiences
• Know address, telephone number, age and birthday, first / last name
Social Studies and Science:
Social studies and science are the backbone of many of our thematic units. Many of our thematic units are planned to specifically target social studies and science topics e.g., space, rain forest, ocean and farm. We believe this is a pivotal year in developing a child’s attitude toward school. Learning is a creative life-long journey. For the students in our Pre-K program, this journey begins in play and moves toward wonder, discovery and active involvement in hands on experiences which are relevant to them. This is a year they transition from being passive learners to active learners as they begin to realize that they have some control over what they learn. They do this through participation and asking questions. As students gain confidence, academic skills and self– reliance, we believe they leave our program to head to Kindergarten with a strong foundation on which to build their future.
