Riverhill’s four-year-old pre-kindergarten is a wonderful place for children to discover “the way school is supposed to be.” It is a time of discovery, learning, and helping children develop lifelong skills. The learning environment is a nurturing and loving one where the children feel safe to explore and to become more independent and responsible. Students love to use the wonders of nature and the exploration of our imaginations to have creative learning time. In Pre K4, learning is taken seriously and students are encouraged to “reach out” to the community to make a difference. A LOVE for learning and reading is instilled in the students that they will carry with them throughout their lifetime. Positive experiences teach the children that learning can be fun! Riverhill’s Pre K4 class is fully licensed by the Alabama State Department of Human Resources.
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Curriculum Summary
Address
Phone Number
Button/Tie/Zip
Cut/Glue
Draw
Hold pencil correctly
Recognize and write full name
Recognize colors: red, orange, pink, yellow, blue, green, purple, black, brown, white
Recognize shapes: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, star, diamond
Know days, months, year
Recognize alike/different, big/little, up/down, long/short
Copying patterns
Identify sounds in order
Recognize spaces between words
Left to right orientation
Table of contents
Author/illustrator
Big books
Parts of a book
Comprehension
Sequence stories
Illustrate stories
Write story endings
Predict outcomes
Nursery rhymes
Poems
Retell stories
Write and illustrate Big Books
Recognize upper and lower case letters
Recognize sounds
Matching capital to lower case letters
Blending letters
Rhyming words
Understand words for when things happen: now, later, never, always
Understand words for how things feel: hard, soft, hot, cold, rough, smooth
Understand words for how things move: fast, slow, stop, go
Listen to stories
Recall basic facts
Vowels
Sight words
Color words
Shared guided reading
Word-by-word reading
Space between words
Recognize name in print
Print own name
Draw recognizable figures
Hold pencil correctly
Glue things on paper
Mold with clay
Stack and build with blocks
Put together puzzles
Cut with blunt scissors
Copy a shape and/or letter
Daily journals
Full name
Age
Gender
Full names of parents/siblings
Basic body parts: hands, head, toes, hip, feet, shoulder
Adjust to school
Share and take turns
Follow directions
Play with other children
Take part in group activities
Sit quietly for short periods of time
Pay attention for short periods of time
Follow classroom rules
Respect adults
Develop good work habits
Hop, skip, leap, jump, gallop
Jump rope
Strike
Hand/eye coordination: Tennis, badminton, volleyball
Kick—kickball, soccer
Tumble/balance
Cup stack/Juggle
Run
Dance
Throw/catch/dribble/bat
Obstacle courses
Throwing/catching
Games
Rhythm clapping
Puzzles
Alike/different
Count by 10, 20, 50, to 100
Count by 5s to 100 and 10s to 100
Recognize numbers 1-100
Create patterns
Recognize patterns
Sort by size, color, and shape
Counting the correct number of objects
Understand concepts of more/less, same/different, empty/full, all/none
Number words
Simple addition
Simple subtraction
Write numbers to 100
Graph colors, people, apples, predictions, etc.
Geoboards
Unifix cubes
Coins
Volcanoes
Growing crystals
Metamorphosis of a caterpillar to a butterfly
Pollution
All About Me/I am Special
Body Parts
Johnny Appleseed
Seasons
Community Helpers/Community Service
Five Senses
Christopher Columbus
Real and Make Believe
Fall—Pumpkins
I Am Thankful for—
Turkeys
Pilgrims and Indians
Thanksgiving
Reindeer
Winter/Bears/Hibernation
Penguins/Birds (20 kinds)
Abraham Lincoln
Father’s Day/Mother’s Day
Floating and Sinking
Groundhogs
Thomas Edison
George Washington
Mardi Gras
Dr. Seuss
Alexander Graham Bell
Watermelon
Shamrocks
Spring/Butterflies/Insects
Sea Life/Oceans
Weather
Zoo animals
Farm animals
Transportation
Plants
Pets
Space/Planets
Opposites
Grandparents’ Day
Nutrition/Health
N-S-E-W
Learning states
Flat Stanley
Maps/globes
Recycling
Environment
Holidays
Oceans
Current Events
Insects