PreK 4 Year Old Program
4 Year Old Montly Themes
Mrs. Thomas is a certified and experienced teacher.
Brighton is committed to the total needs of your preschooler. It is our goal to prepare each child for a successful entry into elementary school. Our four year-old children are offered a challenging, stimulating environment in which to learn and grow.
The 4 and early 5 year old program will be a watered down version of Kindergarten.
We will be learning Saxon Phonics and Saxon Math.
I am an experienced Kindergarten teacher and I know what students need in order to be prepared for Public Kindergarten.
Program Overview
Our 4 Year Old Program focuses on the children's readiness skills at this stage in their development. Through developmentally appropriate, hands-on activities, the children are exposed to the following skills through our daily lesson plans.
- Pre-math
- Pre-reading
- Pre-writing
- Fine Motor Skill
- Small & Large Muscle Development
A Letter of the Week program introduces letter recognition and phonemic awareness. This is done through Learning Centers, Circle Time, Games and Saxon Phonics.
The Curriculum is enriched through our monthly themes which incorporate social studies, science, health and safety, mathematics, and art. A thematically based curriculum lends itself to making connections between concepts, ideas, language development, and vocabulary building.
The children are exposed to good literature during Story Time, and in their Listening/Read-a-long Center. They are also encouraged to read at home.
Guided Reading and small group work:
Upper and lower case letters and sounds, Blending and segmentation, reading skills (speed, comprehension and phrasing), and concepts of print.
Math:
Number recognition, and counting of numbers 1-100, before and after, count by 2's, days of week and months of year, one step story problems, patterning, and interpreting simple graphs.
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When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do. ~Walt Disney ~