3 Year Old Preschool

The 3 Year Old Preschool program for three to four year olds is a readiness program which enriches motor, auditory, visual, and comprehension skills. The curriculum engages the child developing awareness in the emotional and aesthetic as well as the intellectual dimensions of learning. The program is designed to create strategies that promote the children to think critically and creatively in all aspects of the educational domain (socially, intellectually, spiritually, physically, and emotionally).

Our 3 Year Old Preschool class meets Monday through Friday from 8:15am to 1:15pm and ALL children must be fully potty trained to attend.

Please select from the following for more information:

• Curriculum

  PRACTICAL SKILLS | LANGUAGE ARTS | MATH | SCIENCE | RELIGION | SPANISH | ART | MUSIC

• The Year at a Glance
• Preschool Family Handbook

Practical Skills

• Follow directions
• Listen attentively
• Play well with others
• Learn to share with others
• Learn proper hygiene
• Use appropriate language
• Take care of materials and property
• Obey school and safety rules
• Use art materials correctly

• Identify first name in written form
• Begins to print some letters in first name/writes first name
• Identifies uppercase letters A – Z
• Begins to learn days of the week and months of the year
• Recites the Pledge of Allegiance
• Identifies eight basic colors (red, white, blue, black, purple, pink, yellow, and orange)
• Listens to stories attentively

• Introduce numbers 1 – 10
• Count 1 – 10
• Identify five basic shapes:  circle, square, rectangle, triangle, and oval
• Understand concept of longer, shorter, bigger, and smaller
• Understand concept of first and last
• Begin to arrange numbers 1 – 10 in sequential order

Natural science enables children to understand themselves, others, the world in which they live, and their Creator. Observation and discovery is a meaningful experience for young children.

• Examine daily weather conditions and predict changes
• Explain the Earth experiences seasonal changes
• Examine planting materials
• Observe the growth of plans, seeds, bulbs, cuttings
• Discover color changes observed in autumn
• Compare habitats and food of animals
• Experimentation

• Learn the meaning of friendship
• Learn to become a good "disciple"
• Develop empathy and kindness towards others

• Expresses ideas/theories/emotions through art
• Develop fine motor skills (using paintbrushes, pencils, crayons, scissors, gluing)
• Learn to use paint and painting tools correctly
• Develop eye/hand coordination
• Making new discoveries using various art materials

The music program is designed to instill and promote joy and appreciation of music as well as feelings of joy and praise to God.

• Learn to actively listen to music
• Experiment with movement by encouraging freedom while moving rhythmically
• Differentiate between high and low notes, and soft and loud notes
• Differentiate between songs with and without accompaniment
• Learn finger plays and rhymes
• Learn songs of praise and thanksgiving to God

In the Fall, we learn about growing, from piglets on a farm to sunflowers, apples, pears, and pumpkins.  We also learn how they are growing, and how we grow and become self-reliant too.  We take a trip to the Apple Orchard and Pumpkin Patch and enjoy cooking and crafting with these gifts from nature.  Squirrels, raccoons, bats, and owls will be decorating your homes, and facts about them will fill your car and dinner table with conversation.

In the Winter, we go outside every day, so we’ll learn about the changing temperatures, how rain turns into snow, and what different creatures do in the winter.  We find different treasures outside - pinecones, feathers, and holly branches and check them out under magnifying glasses.  We produce our own version of The Nutcracker, build The Great Wall of China, and write, illustrate and publish our Boo-Boo Books. We learn all about Advent and Christmas and make our own Baby Jesus to put in our homes. We learn that Christmas is a time to give, so our giving tree is decorated with hats and mittens for children who need our help.

In the Spring, we learn about Australia and construct our very own Great Barrier Reef, swim with sharks, sing opera, and have a walk-about. We learn about Africa and have our own African Safari, complete with a homemade airplane.  We also learn about New Life at Easter time by planting seeds, learning about all the adorable spring animals. We prepare a Mother’s Day Tea and a Father’s Field Day that you will never forget. Your precious gifts made by their hands will be happy reminders of these special times shared.