This ongoing class will expose learners to both academic and social preschool skills. Instruction will be hands-on and engaging with the teacher facilitating lessons with modeling and demonstrations. Teacher created songs, stories and finger plays will be used often as a teaching strategy. Using the features of zoom, listening and speaking will be encouraged among learners. The class will be interactive and lively with the learners and teacher actively engaged. 

Multi-sensory activities will be used daily as learners are introduced to academic concepts. These activities will include using dough, using blocks, building with interlocking bricks and other hands-on materials. Printouts will seldom be used in class and materials are easily found around the house. 

Each class will begin with a welcome song and time to share. We then move to the content for the day:
Tuesday: Alphabet/print awareness/reading
Wednesday: Writing/sensory activity
Thursday: Science/math
Each class will end with a wrap up and good-bye song. The routine of class will be consistent so learners are able to gain confidence and independence in activities. Please note that social skills and time to engage in movement will be included in each class. Learning targets will repeat often to allow for repetition and scaffolding. 

The class will be structured as teacher facilitated and interactive. Learners will be engaged in games, discussions, songs and hands-on activities. My teaching style is relaxed and inclusive. I encourage learner participation and questions. The classroom is 'ours' not 'mine'. Learners will have many opportunities to interact with me and their classmates each day.

Fall 2024 Learning Targets:

Week of September 16, 2024
I can listen and respond to a teacher created story.
I can use dough to create a design.
I can observe the parts of a plant. 

Week of September 23, 2024
I can repeat the English alphabet.
I can use a writing tool to create a drawing.
I can look for colors in my home.

Week of September 30, 2024
I can identify pictures on the pages of a book.
I can engage in a alphabet movement song.
I can count from 1-10.

Week of October 7, 2024
I can repeat the first letter of my first name.
I can build the first letter of my first name with blocks.
I can tell about the weather where I live. 

Week of October 14, 2024
I can engage in a finger play song. 
I can use crayons to draw a simple picture.
I can find shapes in my home. 

Week of October 21, 2024
I can practice the sounds of the English alphabet.
I can create letters in a shallow tray of salt.
I can tell if something is alive.

Additional learning targets will be updated as time progresses.