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Preschool Curriculum Night

Preschool Curriculum Night. Here is an overview of our components and how we foster all aspects of your child’s learning throughout the day. 10/23/12. Good Morning Paco. Mrs. Styslinger Mrs. Svenda Mrs. Oliveri.

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Preschool Curriculum Night

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  1. Preschool Curriculum Night Here is an overview of our components and how we foster all aspects of your child’s learning throughout the day. 10/23/12

  2. Good Morning Paco Mrs. Styslinger Mrs. Svenda Mrs. Oliveri

  3. Please visit the LWC website and hover over “About Us” and click on Pictures and Videos. Click on the link for “Paco for Parents” to view a Parent video of Paco. Good Morning Paco is where the children discover the topic of the day, we go along with our Monthly Units and introduce new concepts which are re-iterated throughout the day. You children learns turn taking, patience, social skills and behavior skills as well as academic skills during this component.

  4. Repeat after Me Mrs. Robertson Mrs. Bauer Mrs. Tomaini

  5. Activities • Children act out finger plays, sing songs, and chant rhymes. • Children learn vocabulary and use vocabulary related to lessons being taught. • Children learn phonemic awareness while rhyming, moving and dancing.

  6. Importance of Rhyme While learning to read is difficult and challenging for most children, rhyme can help make the task both easier and more fun, teach important language skills, and teach language patterns and structure. These benefits are important reasons to make rhyme a part of your child’s early childhood.

  7. Are you ready to RHYME? 1 2 3 repeat after me We know how to make words rhyme Watch us do it all the time 1 2 3 repeat after me

  8. Rake the Leaves • I like to rake the leaves into a great big hump • Then I stand back a bit • Bend my knees and jump

  9. Rhyming is FUN!

  10. Let’s Move! Miss Napolitano Mrs. Kurdyla Miss Buono

  11. Let’s Move in Our Curriculum Our schedule allows for two 30 minute periods allotted for gross motor activities. During these periods, teachers provide students with various theme related gross motor activities. Children are also provided with time to explore gross motor activities independently

  12. Benefits of Gross Motor Activity Increases confidence and improves self-esteem. Improves school attendance and enhances academic performance. Relieves stress and frustration. Helps improve motor coordination. Improves memory and brain function.

  13. Benefits of Gross Motor Activity Increases ability to concentrate. Provides children with opportunities to interact with others. Enhances social and emotional skills. Improves the quantity and quality of sleep.

  14. DiscoveryZones Mrs. Atkinson Mrs. Long Ms. Diodato Mrs. Schaffner Mrs. Chavez Mrs. Tedeschi

  15. All zones the children visit foster their learning of the Monthly Unit and develop all of their academic and social/emotional skills. • Art Zone • Kitchen Zone • Blocks Zone • Sand and Water Zone • Science and Math Zone • Writing Zone • Table Toy Zone • Library Zone

  16. Munch & CrunchLunch Mr. Migliaccio Mrs. Lichtenau

  17. Promote Social Development Self Help Skills Manners Nutrition Hygiene

  18. Role of Children Open/pour from own containers Set table Help adults serve class Clean up mishaps

  19. Role of Teacher Foster interpersonal development Model polite manners and conversations Teach children to say “please” and “thank you” Engage in meaningful conversations Reinforce healthy snacks

  20. Home/School Connection • Cross cultural experience through exposure to ethnic foods • Reinforce math concepts with food and table setting • 1-1 correspondence • Counting • More/Less • Addition/Subtraction

  21. Role of Parent Send in healthy snacks Encourage healthy choices at home

  22. Whoo’sReading? Ms. O’Grady Mrs. Callaghan Mrs. Bell Mrs. Ronan

  23. During Whoo’s Reading the children engage in story reading and telling. • They are asked questions related to the story to promote comprehension and recall skills. • We re-read books to further their comprehension and memory.

  24. Remember, Recall, Retell 10-20 minutes Mrs. Tomaino Mrs. Fasano Mrs. Sulzbach

  25. This is the time of day, we reinforce the theme-related vocabulary and concepts by using games, charts and the retelling of stories.

  26. We want to engage the children in an active review of what they have done today and leave them with a positive feeling about what they have learned.

  27. Remember, Recall, Retell uses all areas of learning to summarize what we have experienced in our day. • We can reinforce the letter of the week, • We can use math skills to graph or compare, • We can use science skills to observe or predict, • We can use our social studies skills to reinforce thematic concepts.

  28. Just Ask Me Home-school connection Keeps families informed! Encourages family involvement Parents are teachers too! Set aside a special time together “What’s In Your Backpack?” Mrs. Trainor Mrs. Donley Mrs. Wagner

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