Academic

We use Zoo-phonics to teach literacy through animal representation of each letter using visual, sound, and motion cues. We implement Number Corner, a district-adopted, skill-building program that revolves around the classroom calendar, providing daily practice as well as continual encounters with broader mathematical concepts.

Through these programs, children will learn to engage with books, recognize colors, shapes and letters, count objects, recognize their name, write their name (older children), increase their vocabulary and develop their language skills.

Preschool Curriculum - Academic

Academic Activities Include:

  • Zoo-phonics developmental program

  • Number Corner math program

  • Ready to Advance literacy program (3/4/5 year olds)

  • Writing Without Tears (4/5 year olds)

  • Reading & writing

  • Science

  • Sharing time

  • Repetition

  • Vocabulary building

  • Nursery rhymes

  • Using language when speaking to others

social skills

Children will learn to express empathy, relate to peers, be curious and eager to learn, express their needs and wants, and engage in play.

Activities that support Social Skills include:

  • Social-Emotional curriculum

  • Books and stories

  • Modeling

  • Organized games

  • Playtime

Self-regulation

Preschool Curriculum - Self-Regulation

Children will learn to control impulses, follow directions, pay attention, solve problems, play cooperatively, have awareness of their body, participate in circle time and handle frustrations.

Self-Regulation Activities Include:

  • Discussions - small and large group

  • Social-Emotional curriculum

  • Reading Books

  • Modeling

  • Role playing

  • Encouragement

  • Team games

self-care

Children will learn to perform basic self-help and self-care skills such as washing hands & healthy habits, independence, and snack/lunch time routines.

Activities that support Self-care are:

  • Reading Books

  • Signing Songs

  • Realia (real-life practice)

  • Discussions

  • Modeling

  • Practice

motor skills

Motor skills can be broken down into two main categories: Fine Motor Skills (gripping a pencil, cutting with scissors, coloring, writing their name when older, etc.) and Gross Motor Skills (general coordination and strength, ball throwing, catching & kicking, running, jumping, skipping & hopping, peddling trikes, etc). At Love to Learn, we encourage children to practice both.

Preschool Curriculum - Motor Skills

Activities that build Fine Motor Skills include:

  • Playing with clay and play dough

  • Using crayons, markers, pencils & chalk

  • Painting - with fingers & with brushes

  • Using small manipulatives - scissors, puzzles, etc.

  • Using tactile materials - shaving cream, sand, etc.

Activities that build Gross Motor Skills include:

  • Riding trikes, scooters, wagons, etc.

  • Hula hoops

  • Playground play

  • Movement & dance

  • Running, skipping, hopping relays and games