Prekindergarten Full Curriculum | 2x Week | Weekly Circle Time

This is an engaging and interactive full year PreKindergarten class. Taught by a licensed and experienced Pre-K teacher. As a teacher, I understand the value of participation in academics and socialization. Therefore, I provide frequent opportunities for my learners to actively participate in lessons. I do this by presenting material through digital games, books, calendar time, directed drawings and songs! Learners will have ample time to build relationships with each other through frequent opportunities to share. 

Quick overview of what we will cover: Recognizing letters and sounds, colors, animals, holidays, shapes, recognizing numbers and sequence, skip counting, rhyming, simple sight words, introduction to reading simple books, social skills, patterns, days of the week, months of the year, letter and number formation, basic writing skills 

Math: Many math skills will be taught through Calendar time. We will cover counting, number recognition and formation, skip counting, patterns etc.  

Social Studies: Social/Emotional: Show and Tell, occasional themed Weeks (apples, skeletons, arctic animals etc) , costume days, social stories.

Reading:  We will begin by practicing the basics. For example, learners work on recognizing letters, letters in their name, letter sounds, letter formation and sight words. As the year progresses, we will move onto reading a book by ‘reading’ the picture to reading simple sight word books. 

Writing: Skills will be built from the very beginning and progress as the year goes on. We will start with the basics of how to draw a person, to letter and number formation and end with drawing out a story sequence. Many learners are often able to label their drawings by the end of the year.

Science: Topics will be taught through themes. Themes include but are not limited to apples, pumpkins, skeletons, nocturnal animals, oviparous animals, float/sink, butterflies etc. We will also conduct simple experiments! 

Social/Emotional: Topics will be taught on occasion. Learners will be given opportunities to share their drawings or art work with their peers. They will also have opportunities to share through Show and Tell.

This class is 36 weeks long not counting school breaks. This class follows a typical school calendar in regards to time off from school. We will have the week off for major holidays and the day off for other holidays.  Please see below for a sample of what the first 4 weeks will look like.

Sample Month:
August- We will cover an uppercase letter a day, counting with one to one correspondence, days of the week, summer season, All About Me, how to read a calendar, AB patterns, how to draw a person etc. We also occasionally work on crafts together as a class. 

Week 1: 
Writing: We will learn how to hold a pencil, use a helping hand to write and draw straight lines.
Reading: Begins the second week.
Math: How to set up/read a calendar and days of the week.
Science: Summer Season and intro to Seasons

Week 2:
Reading: Recognizing ‘L’ and  ‘O’. Play a digital game.
Writing: Drawing circles. Letter formation of ‘L’ and  ‘O’.
Math: Calendar-We can label the numbers we say with numerals
Science: What kinds of clothing do people wear in the summer?
Social Studies: All About Me

Week 3:
Reading: Recognizing ‘M’, ‘H’ and ‘A’
Writing: Drawing a person. Letter formation of ‘M’, ‘H’ and ‘A’
Science: What kinds of activities do people do in the summer?
Social Studies: Drawing a person. 

Week 4:
Reading: Recognizing ‘C’, ‘G’ and ‘D’
Writing: Letter formation of ‘C’, ‘G’ and ‘D’
Science: Summer Themed Craft
Social Studies: Drawing a person. I can draw myself. 

This class does not require homework but it is highly recommended that learners practice letter formation, letter recognition, number recognition and rote counting outside of class. Printable worksheets will be provided on occasion for learners to practice skills learned in class. Towards the end of the school year, learners will be able to print sight word books to practice their beginning reading skills. 

By the end of the year, learners will have built a strong foundation for kindergarten!