The pre-K room at Lakewood Child Care Center is a blend of older 4-year-olds and 5-year-olds who are usually moving to kindergarten the next fall.
In addition to building on the play-based curriculum of the preschool room, the pre-K classroom has readiness opportunities in literacy, math, science, social studies, health and safety, art, and music. Our classrooms use self-directed time in the day to allow children to choose their own activities to explore.
Among the readiness activities, our pre-K classroom works on alphabet and number recognition and awareness; phone number, address, and birthdate memorization; writing, visual and auditory skills; as well as concepts and word usage, such as opposite and rhyming words.
The teachers design the curriculum to spark the children’s recognition of their own achievements and promote their developing attitudes as “learners” using their curiosity, creativity, and initiative.
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Fall Has Begun!
Fall has arrived…and she is a little chilly! We are ready for the leaves to change (we learned all about the leaves losing their chlorophyll!) and how the weather changes (but we would also like some more warm days, too!). We made some apples, leaf pictures and acorns this week. We used leaves with letters…
Fun with Colors & Shapes
Look at all the colors….don’t forget the shapes! This week was all about our colors and shapes. Each day this week, the children along with the staff participated in wearing different colors. On Monday, we wore white….and the children drew a picture using a white crayon on black construction paper. On Tuesday, we wore brown/beige…
It’s a JUNGLE in Here…
Look! It really is a jungle in the Pre-K room! We hung up all the leaves that the boys and girls cut out (lots of scissor practice time!). We will be adding some snakes to the vines and will be on the watch for a possible monkey or two! We have been listening to the…