Core Knowledge

Our preschool uses a program called the Core Knowledge Pre­school Program. This program is specifically designed to provide your child with the solid foundation he or she will need for later learning in kindergarten and beyond. The Core Knowledge Preschool Program is based on scientific research about how young children learn, as well as research into the best preschool practices around the world.

Movement and Coordination

  • Physical Attention and Relaxation         
  • Gross Motor Skills
  • Eye-Hand and Eye-Foot Coordination Group Games
  • Creative Movement and Expression


Autonomy and Social Skills

  • Sense of Self and Personal   
  • Responsibility
  • Working in a Group Setting


Work Habits

  • Memory Skills
  • Following Directions
  • Task Persistence and Completion


Language

  • Oral Language
  • Nursery Rhymes, Poems, Fingerplays, and Songs
  • Children's Literature: Read Alouds and Storytelling
  • Emerging Literacy Skills


Mathematics

  • Patterns and Classification
  • Geometry
  • Measurement
  • Numbers and Number Sense
  • Addition and Subtraction with  
  • Concrete Objects
  • Money


Orientation in Time

  • Vocabulary
  • Measures of Time
  • Passage of Time (Past, Present, and Future)


Orientation in Space

  • Vocabulary
  • Actual and Represented Space Simple Maps
  • Basic Geographical Concepts


Science

  • Human Characteristics, Needs, and Development
  • Animal Characteristics, Needs, and Development
  • Plant Characteristics, Needs, and Growth
  • Physical Elements (Water, Air, Light)
  • Tools


Music

  • Attention to Differences in Sound Imitate and Produce Sounds
  • Listen and Sing
  • Listen and Move


Visual Arts

  • Attention to Visual Detail
  • Creating Art (Printing, Painting, Drawing, Collage, Sculpture)  
  • Looking at and Talking about Art