1. Enterprise Early Education Center
First Class Pre-K
Enterprise Early Education Center

2. Questions your family may have
What are the most important skills my child needs to have to be ready for kindergarten?
How do the teachers find out what my child knows and can do?
How can I find out about my child’s progress?
What can I do at home to help my child gain the skills and knowledge to be ready to succeed in school and in life?

3. What are the most important skills my child needs to have to be ready for school?
The Alabama Office of School Readiness defines school readiness as a condition whereby children enter school with:
• an enthusiasm for learning,
• an ability to function in a social setting,
• age-appropriate communication and problem solving skills,
• age-appropriate physical and emotional skills, and optimal health.

4. Objectives for Development & Learning
Social–Emotional
Physical
Language
Cognitive
Literacy
Mathematics, Science and Technology
Social Studies, The Arts, English Language Acquisition

5. Schedule of a Typical Day
8:00-8:15 Arrival
8:15-8:35 Whole Group
8:35-8:55 Small Group
8:55-9:15 Read Aloud
9:15-9: Large Group
9:30-9: Music and Movement
9:45-10:20 Gross Motor
10:20-10:40 Read Aloud
10:40-10:45 Wash Hands
10:45-11: Lunch
11:20-12:30 Centers
12:30-12: Bathroom/Clean-up Centers
12:40-1: Gross Motor
1:00-2: Rest
2:00-2: Snack and Dismissal

6. How do the teachers find out what my child knows and can do?
In our program, we use a system of ongoing assessment called GOLD.
GOLD is an authentic, ongoing, and observation-based assessment system. This means we observe your child during regular, everyday activities; document what we see and hear by taking notes, collecting samples of your child’s drawings and writing attempts, or taking photos, audio recordings, or video clips;
We will exchange information with you to gain a more complete picture of what your child knows and can do and use the information to plan experiences that support your child’s learning and meet individual needs.

7. GOLD objectives GOLD Objectives Birth to 1 year 1 to 2 years
Preschool 3 years
PreK 4 Class
Kindergarten
GOLD objectives

8. How do the teachers find out what my child knows and can do?
During mealtimes with a group of 4-year-olds, we always sit and talk with the children. We note when a child is able to engage in conversations of at least three exchanges (Objective 10a, “Engages in conversations”), and when the child regularly seeks to play with one or two other children (Objective 2d, “Makes friends”).
When we read books to the children, we observe to find out whether children are able to respond to questions about the story (Objective 18a, “Interacts during read-alouds and book conversations”) and whether children are able to retell a familiar story using pictures as cues (Objective 18c, “Retells stories”).
In the Toys and Games area, we might observe a child stringing colored beads in a simple repeated pattern, such as red, blue, red, blue (Objective 23, “Demonstrates knowledge of patterns”) and then accurately counting the beads and announcing, “I have 18 beads on my necklace” (Objective 20a, “Counts”).

9. 15a-Notices and discriminates rhyme
15 a- Level 6, Decides whether 2 words rhyme
map/cap- yes, map/mat- yes, mat/cat-yes, cat/cop- yes,no, cot/tub- no, tub/tap-no, cap/tap-yes, tub/tin-yes/no, tin/pin- yes /9 correct
15a- Level 8, generates a group of rhyming words when given a word
top-rop,gop,nop

10. 19 a-Writes name

11. How can I find out about my child’s progress?
We will set up two official family conferences (November and May) so we can meet with you and review your child’s accomplishments and progress. We will provide you with a report that highlights what your child is able to do in different areas of development and learning. The conference is an opportunity for us to share our observations, look over samples of your child’s work, and hear what you are observing about your child’s progress. We will plan together how we can support your child’s development and learning at home and at school.
We will also meet and communicate on as needed basis.

12. What can I do at home to help my child gain the skills and knowledge to be ready to succeed in school and in life?
Read with your child as much as possible, ask them to tell you about the story, stop and ask questions, discuss the pictures, have them retell the story to you.
Rhyme with your child, alliteration, clap out syllables of words- the focus of PreK is on the sounds more than letters
Engage in conversations with your child daily, keep prompting them with questions to explain their thoughts, discuss their emotions with them and encourage conflict-resolution.
Help them practice counting up to 5 objects at home, use objects at home to make patterns with your child, identify shapes of objects at home
Help them practice writing their name
Help them with identifying letters (the goal is to recognize by the end of the year, but we will exceed that if your child is ready)
Predictable Routines/Chores

13. How to help at home... Early bedtimes
Predictable schedule, keep them informed of events and what is happening that day and the following days
LIMIT SCREEN TIME
Let them play outside
Let them open their own snacks, drinks, dress themselves, drink from a regular cup
Help them with holding a pencil, use playdough, hole puncher, tweezers to gain strength in their hands

14. Questions you may have
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