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