Schedule
Here is an outline of the typical 3-hour day at Young Stars Preschool. Each day, your child will work to master new skills in a variety of ways – by playing with other children, leading Circle Time, through technology, and through different centers.
Arrival
Free Choice/Book Time – 30 minutes
- This is a time set aside for kids to work on socialization skills and emotional development. Children will communicate and play with others and explore a love for books with friends.
Circle/Calendar Time – 25 minutes
- During this time we will be going over what our day will look like and what the goals are for the day. Kids will have a chance to take turns leading the meeting by going over the calendar and the weather. We will also greet each other with a song, poem, chant, or dance during this time. Along with this, I incorporate math skills using our 100’s chart.
Literacy Centers – 45 minutes
- We will work on alphabet activities, sight words, handwriting skills, vocabulary skills, reading to each other, listening to the teacher read or listening to a book on CD, playing learning games and adding in technology with ABC Mouse and many other Ipad apps.
- Kids will work on math, logical thinking, and problem solving. They will work on counting, colors, shapes, scissor skills, adding/subtracting, and some STEM activities will be included. Occasionally technology, such as iPad time, may be included during this time to work on apps that incorporate problem solving skills.
- We will include social studies skills during this time by adding it into the books we read and discussions we have.
Snack/Story Time – 15 minutes
- This is a time when the kids get to relax, have an USDA approved snack, and listen to a book read by the teacher. Comprehension and parts of a book are our focus skill during snack.
Group Literacy – 10 minutes
- Focusing on a letter or a sight word this ten minutes is spent with a book, poem, chant, dry erase boards, alphabet charts, and more. We work as a whole group and all is led by the teacher.
Art – 15 minutes
- This will usually incorporate the main skill/letter worked on during literacy centers. It may also include free paint/drawing time to increase creative thinking. Students will be encouraged to express themselves during this time and add their own special skills to their projects.
Group Math – 10 minutes
- Working on a specific number for the day, we we learn how to tally, create tens frames, use a number line, count money, use place value, and write our numbers.
Share Time/Greatness Circle – 10 minutes
- Our days will always end on a positive note. Kids will take turns sharing stories, show and tell items, answering questions, talking about their day, and telling others their about their greatnesses.
- During this time kids will be doing an exercise lead by the teacher, dancing to a Just Dance video, singing songs, playing instruments, or may go outside and have some free time to play with outdoor toys and run around.
Dismissal
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North Dakota Pre-K Content Standards
Young Stars Preschool’s schedule and curriculum follows these North Dakota Pre-K standards.
- Health and physical development
- Social and emotional development
- Approaches to learning and play
- Arts and creative thinking
- Language and literacy
- Social studies
- Math and logical thinking
- Science and problem solving
Preschool Skills
While attending Young Stars Preschool, your child will work to master the following skills.
- Write first and last name
- Know phone number and address
- Recite birthday
- Patterns, colors, scissor skills, and shapes
- Writing letters, matching uppercase and lowercase letters, identifying upper and lowercase letters
- Count to twenty, write numbers one through ten, count objects
- Rhyme words
- Read a book with a parent/teacher
- Use comparative words (ex. big/small)
- Identify position/direction words
- Put pictures together to tell a story
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
– Nelson Mandela