Curriculum
Spiritual Development
- Develop a love of God, self, and others
- Learn simple prayers and spiritual songs
- Participate in short, spontaneous prayer experiences
- Learn Catholic values through Bible stories, discussion, and plays
- Develop an understanding of liturgical seasons and celebrations
Social & Emotional Development
- Learn to share, take turns, use good manners, and clean up
- Follow directions
- Recognize feelings of self and others
- Express emotions in appropriate ways
Physical Development
- Develop large motor skills including balance, strength, and coordination
- Develop small motor skills including coloring, tracing, gluing, painting, stringing, cutting, lacing, assembling puzzles, and forming shapes, numerals, and letters
Intellectual Development
- Develop speaking, listening, and thinking skills
- Increase vocabulary and comprehension skills
- Develop pre-reading skills:
- Print awareness
- Likeness/difference
- Rhyming words
- Letter names/sounds
- Develop pre-math skills:
- Counting
- Sorting
- Patterning
- One-to-one correspondence
- Identification of shapes and numerals
Music & Art
- Learn songs, rhymes, and fingerplays
- Participate in dance and creative movement
- Play rhythm instruments
- Use a wide variety of materials to encourage creative self-expression
