PK-3
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FAITH FORMATION HIGHLIGHTS
• Seeds, weekly church visits, daily prayer and praise, Bible stories
• Integration of Science and Religion
MAJOR FOCUSES OF PRE-K3
• Language Arts: letter and sound recognition, color, recognizing first and last name when called and first name by sight, storytelling, finger plays, pre-writing (upper and lower case) and introduction to writing first name
• Math: Recognition of numbers 1-10, counting to 20 in English and Spanish, matching and sorting, patterning, identifying shapes and colors (including mixing colors)
• Social Studies: Awareness of ourselves and others, as well as where they live or where they might be from, places around our world such as China, Africa, U.S.A. and, of course, where our Pope resides, Italy, Holiday Celebrations, community helpers
• Social Development and Emotional Development: Expressing feelings, needs and wants, manners, respect for others, taking turns, self-control, listening and participating at group time, Show and Tell once a week
• Science: Nutrition, experiments, nature, 5 senses, weather, seasons, dinosaurs, animals and their habitat, cause and effect
• Art: Coloring, watercolors, chalk, painting, and arts and crafts experienced through the use of a wide variety of mediums
• Fine Motor Skills: Pencil grip, cutting
ENRICHMENT CLASSES OF PRE-K3
• Technology: iPads, Smartboard activities
• Library: Students visit our library once a week for story time
• Spanish: two times a week (taught by Spanish teacher)
• Ballet
• PE 30 minutes
Music 2 times per week
- FIELD TRIPS
• PreK-3 students enjoy in-house field trips such as visits from Firefighters, Dental Hygienists, Doctors, Police Officers, and other community helpers.
SPECIAL EVENTS
• We begin with the Glow Run Fundraiser, the Fall Festival, where students come to school dressed up as their favorite character and bring their favorite book, a Thanksgiving celebration, Christmas Celebration, Field Day, Easter Egg Hunt, to name a few.
CURRICULUM
Frog Street– Reading and Language Arts
Abeka Workbook – Reading Phonics and Math
Seeds Booklets – Religion
Formative assessments: Progress Reports issued in the Fall and Spring. Report cards issued in February and May
Communication with parents through email and ClassDojo
St. Joan of Arc Pre-Kindergarten is designed to provide a happy and secure place where each child will have a variety of experiences. The philosophy for the Pre-Kindergarten-3 Program at St. Joan of Arc is a value-oriented one based on Catholic beliefs. The program integrates prayer, church, service, social skills, and academic knowledge. The child’s learning style and abilities are priorities in this developmentally appropriate curriculum.
St. Joan believes in a child-centered active learning environment for young children. The young child is filled with energy, is curious about life, and is ready to discover and be actively involved in learning. Children should initiate their own learning experiences with supportive adults. Through daily planning and evaluation sessions, adults create the conditions for a child’s active learning and generate strategies to challenge a child’s emerging abilities. The goal is to work with parents in order to provide many and varied opportunities for the child to develop spiritually, physically, socially, emotionally, and cognitively as a total person.
Students entering Pre-Kindergarten 3 must be three years old on or before September 1.