Experienced, qualified teachers present a curriculum designed to improve social skills, enhance cognitive and kindergarten readiness skills and encourage creative development. St. Paul’s Preschool applies a balanced approach which includes both teacher directed and child initiated learning with an emphasis on understanding and responding to children’s learning styles and building on their strengths and interests. A young child’s cognitive skills are strengthened by engaging in a wide range of hands-on activities, enhancing their ability to reason, problem solve and understand concepts. Language and literacy:

• Activities to encourage listening, comprehension and expressive language skills
• Letter knowledge
• Phonological awareness
• Rhymes
• Chants
• Early writing
• Book knowledge
• Print awareness
• Vocabulary development

Math:

• Activities, games and puzzles to build children’s understanding of numbers
• Number sense
• Operations
• Graphs
• Patterns
• Geometry
• Measurement
• Structure

Science:

• Science activities encourage questions, observations, hypotheses and analysis
• Age appropriate science activities
• Methods
• Hypothesis
• Observations
• Discovery

Fine Arts:

• Activities to promote exploration
• Art
• Music
• Movement
• Dramatic play

Social and emotional:

• Strengthen socialization skills
• Share
• Contribute
• Compromise
• Be respectful of others
• Problem-solve
• Gain a sense of self
• Explore
• Play with her peers
• Complete tasks independently
• Build confidence

Motor Skills:

• Opportunities to improve Gross and Fine motor skill development and build their hand-eye coordination and balance
• Run
• Climb
• Ride bikes
• Play active games
• Threading beads
• Cutting with scissors
• Writing and drawing
• Manipulate tools and materials
• Daily living skills

Mission Statement:

To prepare preschool children for kindergarten

by providing for physical, social, intellectual and creative growth,

in a safe, loving Christian environment.