Little Leapers

Child Care

Preschool Curriculum

Language

Oral communication:
By the end of Preschool children will:

• Communicate needs to peers and adults
• Listen and respond to others in a variety of contexts
• Follow simple directions and respond appropriately to familiar questions
• Ask questions and express feelings
• Use language to connect new experiences with what they already know
• Listen and respond orally to language patterns in stories and poems
• Use gestures, tone of voice, and other non-verbal means to communicate more effectively

Reading:
By the end of Preschool children will:

• Listen to stories, poems and non-fiction materials for enjoyment and information
• Respond appropriately to a variety of materials read aloud to them
• Identify most of the letters of the alphabet
• Recognize their name in print

Writing:
By the end of Preschool children will:

• Print their own name

Mathematics

Number sense and numeration:
By the end of Preschool children will:

• Sort and classify objects into sets according to specific characteristics
• Count orally to 10
• Recognize numerals from 1 to 10

Measurements:
By the end of Preschool children will:

• Order two object according to size

Spatial sense and geometry:
By the end of Preschool children will:

• Identify basic shapes

Patterning:
By the end of Preschool children will:

• Identify simple patterns
• Extend simple patterns using a variety of materials or actions

Personal and Social Development

Self-awareness and self-reliance:
By the end of Preschool children will:

• Express their own thoughts and share experiences
• Adapt readily to new situations
• Demonstrate self-reliance
• Attempt new tasks willingly
• Demonstrate self-control by following class room rules and routines in different contexts in school.

Health and Physical activity:
By the end of preschool children will:

• Name body parts
• Identify nutritious foods
• Select clothing appropriate for the weather
• Practice appropriate personal hygiene
• Identify safe and unsafe situations, materials, and equipment
• Demonstrate understanding that adults make most decisions regarding safety rules, and seek
  assistance when needed
• Participate willingly in creative movement, dance, and other daily physical activities
• Use different types of equipment and materials with ease
• Demonstrate special awareness

Social Relationships:
By the end of Preschool children will:

• Act and talk in appropriate ways with peers and adults during activity periods
• Demonstrate consideration for others by helping them
• Identify feelings and emotions and express them in acceptable ways
• Use a variety of simple strategies to solve social problems

Awareness of Surroundings:
By the end of Preschool children will:

• Express their feelings of wonder and curiosity about the world
• Describe different kinds of weather
• Recognize special places and buildings within their community
• Identify some events that occur every year
• Identify people who help others in the community

The Arts

Creative Activity:
By the end of Preschool children will:

• Use pictures, sculptures and collages to represent ideas
• Mix paint to create new colours
• Show skill in cutting, pasting and painting
• use familiar materials in new ways

Knowledge of Elements and Forms:
By the end of Preschool children will:

• recall and repeat familiar songs and rhymes
• name different movements they can do