Reading Readiness

Building vocabulary; associating ideas and logical sequence; visual and auditory discrimination of letters; rhyming words; storytelling; comprehension skills; memory; similarities and differences; motor control

Number Readiness

Recognizing and writing numerals; basic math vocabulary; shapes; number ideas 1-10; matching and sets; following patterns; simple measurements; money

Music

Singing children’s nursery songs; finger plays

Games & Play

Performing dramatizations; finger painting; riddles

Stories & Poems

Hearing selected children’s stories and poems; finger plays

Discussion

Talking about seasons, national heroes, farm animals, the circus, senses, growth and change, community helpers, and the United States

Activities

Modeling with clay; gluing; making musical instruments; splatter painting; baking; braiding; folding (all interconnected with the concepts being taught in other subjects)