4 YEAR OLD CURRICULUM
St. Matthew's 4 year old program's teacher is certified in Early Childhood Education specializing in Pre-K. Our goal is to ensure that your child will recieve a magnet level education while maintaining a warm, loving, age appropriate environment, allowing you full access to your child's education daily. We will be targeting the following areas:
Mathematical Concepts:
Naming shapes
Copying patterns
Extending patterns
Counting objects to 20 (frontwards and backwards)
Joining and separating sets of objects
Knowledge of ordinal positions
Logical operations
Language:
Naming body parts
Stating function of body parts
Stating personal information
Knowledge of position words
Storytelling in sequence
Labeling objects
Knowledge of opposites
Memory:
Recalling digits
Recalling names
Following directions (3 & 4 parts)
Naming letters
Identifying sounds and letters
Blending constant vowels and constant words
Auditory:
Identifying same and different
Segmenting sentences
Segmenting compound words
Rhyming
Visual:
Matching same/different
Finding hidden patterns
Identifying colors
Print Concepts:
How to use books correctly
Differentiating print from pictures, letters, and numerals
Identifying components of written communication
Writing and drawing concepts
Fine Motor:
Tracing
Cutting
Gross Motor:
Physical education weekly
The curriculum will incorporate learning to read daily through the use of:
Phonemic awareness
Alphabetical principal
Accuracy and fluency with text
Vocabulary
Comprehension

