Standards and Alignments

Our preschool curriculum is a research-based curriculum designed for ages ranging from birth to five years old. We approach learning through a balance of play and teacher engagement to create well-rounded learners. It is designed to create a positive learning atmosphere that will foster a child’s curiosity and engage their interests. We understand that every child learns and develops at their own rate. It includes age-appropriate learning and skill development with weekly lesson plans and daily activities that focus on core learning concepts, including: The Learning Approach, Mathematics, Social-Emotional Development, Language and Literacy, Science, Physical Development, Creative Arts, and Social Studies.

Goals and Standards

Learning Approach

Curiosity

Goal: Child demonstrates interest in exploring and learning about their environment, people, and materials

Engagement

Goal: Child demonstrates focused attention on tasks or activities

Creativity

Goal: Child demonstrates imagination and individuality when playing and engaging.

Social Emotional

Self-Awareness

Goal: Child demonstrates confidence in their own identity, as individuals and in relation to others.

Emotional Expression

Goal: Child demonstrates understanding of their own emotions and the emotions of others.

Social Understanding

Goal: Child demonstrates awareness of the wants and needs of others and their role in different social groups.

Adult Relationships

Goal: Child demonstrates ability to establish close relationships with familiar adults.

Peer Relationships

Goal: Child demonstrates ability to establish close relationships with their peers.

Language & Literacy

Alphabet Knowledge

Goal: Child demonstrates an understanding of the letters of the alphabet and their qualities.

Phonological Awareness

Goal: Child demonstrates understanding of the sounds that make up letters and words.

Emergent Writing

Goal: Child demonstrates early writing skills as a means of communication.

Emergent Reading & Comprehension

Goal: Child demonstrates emerging understanding of printed text.

Receptive Language

Goal: Child demonstrates an understanding of spoken language and communication.

Expressive Language

Goal: Child is able to communicate their needs, thoughts, and feelings using words and gestures.

Vocabulary

Goal: Child demonstrates an emerging understanding of words and their meanings.

Mathematics

Number Knowledge

Goal: Child demonstrates basic understanding of numbers, separate from quantity.

Counting

Goal: Child demonstrates an ability to use 1:1 correspondence accurately.

Number Operations

Goal: Child demonstrates emerging understanding of the processes involved with solve simple math problems.

Geometry

Goal: Child demonstrates ability to recognize shapes and their qualities.

Measuring

Goal: Child demonstrates an understanding of an item’s measurable qualities (size, length, weight, etc.)

Patterning

Goal: Child demonstrates understanding of varying patterns and can repeat a sequence or create their own.

Sorting

Goal: Child demonstrates ability to compare and sort items into groups according to observable properties.

Number Sense

Goal: Child demonstrates basic understanding of numbers and their quantities.

Spatial Awareness

Goal: Child demonstrates an awareness of an object’s shape and how it fits into the space around them.

Scientific Inquiry

Critical Thinking

Goal: Child demonstrates a basic ability to problem solve and begins forming conclusions.

Physical Science

Goal: Child demonstrates an emerging understanding of non-living items.

Life Science

Goal: Child demonstrates an emerging understanding of living organisms.

Earth & Space Science

Goal: Child demonstrates an emerging understanding and interest in the earth and space.

Technology

Goal: Child demonstrates an emerging ability to use technology appropriately.

Observation & Discovery

Goal: Child demonstrates a basic ability to use their five senses for observation and discovery.

Physical Development

Health

Goal: Child responds to routines that support a healthy lifestyle.

Safety

Goal: Child demonstrates an emerging understanding of safety skills and their role.

Nutrition

Goal: Child demonstrates an emerging understanding of healthy food choices.

Gross Motor

Goal: Child demonstrates ability to use and control their large muscles.

Fine Motor

Goal: Child demonstrates ability to use and control their small muscles.

Social Studies

Geography

Goal: Child demonstrates basic understanding of geography through awareness of location.

Economics

Goal: Child demonstrates an emerging understanding of basic economics and negotiation.

Community

Goal: Child demonstrates an emerging understanding of their role in the community.

Sense of Time

Goal: Child demonstrates an emerging understanding of past, present, and future and changes over time.

Creative Arts

Visual Art

Goal: Child demonstrates an interest in developing artistic skills using various mediums.

Music

Goal: Child demonstrates self-expression and creativity through the exploration of musical techniques.

Drama

Goal: Child demonstrates self-expression and creativity through the exploration of dramatic play.

Dance