Curriculum Meeting PreK3 and PreK4 Holy Trinity Episcopal School September 22 nd at 8:00 AM Nancy Bryan and Nici Esch

Overview of Academics Weather Seasons Apples 5 senses Months of the year Holidays

Fun Activities Author’s Box Show and Tell Field Trips Mailbox Center Name of the Day

Reading Pre reading skills are the skills children need BEFORE they can learn to read. Many of these skills are learned naturally, during the course of a normal childhood and nursery environment. Talking and reading to your child will assist in developing these essential skills. Pre-reading Skills Matching – children learn to match shapes, patterns, letters and finally, words Rhyming Letter skills – Identifying letters learning what sounds the letters can make Direction – print goes from left to right Motor Sills – Since reading and writing are best taught together, pencil control is important

Reading Concepts of print – this really means “how we look at books” Language Skills Listening to stories Speaking Hearing Reading Groups Poetry Notebooks

Writing Using drawings to stand for writing Scribbling, but intends it as writing Using letters – like symbols Using random letters or letter strings Using inventive spelling Daily journals

Math Counting by tens to 100 Use one–to-one correspondence to count objects Recognize and write numbers 0-20 Puts together puzzles Begin size comparisons Begin to categorize time Classification

Social Development Cooperate with others in a joint activity Identify and follow class rules Participate in classroom jobs and contribute to the classroom community

Most Important! Children have fun and love learning…