Innovators - Kinder Prep - ages 4-5
Class meets Monday-Thursday 12:30-3:30 $300/mo
*Must be potty trained and independent in the bathroom
*Will accept mid year enrollment only if child turned 4 by August
Our Innovators class uses an accelerated curriculum. It is helpful if your child previously attended an entry level preschool program that focused on fine/gross motor skills as well as rudimentary academics, however that is not mandatory. Before considering enrollment, please keep in mind that because we utilize an accelerated curriculum, our students will experience an above average level of rigor compared to most pre-k programs. It is important for parents of new prospective students to understand that while we do review basic classroom behavior, the students in our pre-k class are held to a higher level of expectation regarding behavior and accountability. This includes respect for the classroom and its contents, their teachers and peers and the ability to exhibit positive behavior with minimal redirection. These attributes are demonstrated daily by the Prodigy teachers as well as taught and discussed through positive conversation and awareness. It is also important that these expectations for behavior are mirrored at home.
Our pre-k program focuses highly on Language Arts (ZooPhonics) and Mathematics (Various). We will touch on these subjects every day we meet. Because we do focus on reading and writing, there are periods of time your child will be asked to sit in a chair and practice directional worksheets, write in journals, learn spelling words and focus on a lesson through completion. Otherwise, many of our lessons, particularly our centers, are very hands on and interactive, which allow for the students to move around. Additionally, we do many lessons in science involving messy, loud and fun experiments where the students are encouraged to expand and explore their thoughts and questions. Other areas of focus include art, music, fine/gross motor functions, social/cognitive behavior and emotional/self regulation. Depending on the weather, we allow for outside playtime EVERY DAY!
Below is a basic look at the focus of our pre-k curriculum:
Foundation: ZooPhonics
•Phonemic Awareness
◦Sounds of each letter with letter recognition
◦Vowels both long and short
◦Sounding out two and three letter words
◦Reading short sentences
◦Letter Recognition both upper and lower case
◦Recognizing and using correct case in spelling
◦Using capitals
•Spelling and Grammar
◦Sight words
◦2, 3 and four letter words
◦Ex.: go, and, cat, four, ect.
•Handwriting
◦Spacing
◦Writing correctly on a line
◦Forming letters correctly and efficiently
•Literature
◦Poems, rhymes, stories, songs and drama
•Mathematics
◦Classifications, Positions and Patterns
◦Quantity , Counting one to one and Number recognition
◦Geometry, Shapes 2D/3D, Spatial Reasoning
◦Time and Money
◦Size and Measurement
◦Simple Addition and Subtraction
◦Greater Numbers and Skip Counting
•Social and Behavioral
◦Sitting in a chair correctly for a given time period
◦Following one and two step directions and instructions
◦Character Traits and their meaning
◦Conversation
◦Social cues in a class setting
◦Behavior and Conflict Resolution
◦Self Awareness
◦Empathy
◦Self Control
◦Accountability and responsibility
◦Meditation
◦Acts of Kindness
