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Preschool Curriculum
Creative Frontiers Pre-School Program is dedicated to the development of the whole child. Our curriculum is comprehensive and is not limited to the achievement of narrowly defined skills or to the development in social, physical, emotional, cognitive, and creative development.
Your child's rich learning environment will be orchestrated by offering a variety of engaging activities that are directly aimed at providing hands-on experiences in all areas of your child's development. We strive to maintain a healthy balance between teacher-directed activities and children making their own choices.
Our daily routine will offer opportunities for your child to make choices and decisions and the framework to initiate their own activities within a carefully planned, theme-oriented environment. These choice oriented activities will foster independence, self-esteem, and creativity. Your child will also experience teacher directed activities which foster positive interactions between adults and children that extend and strengthen the children's cognitive skills
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Positive Discipline
At Creative Frontiers we use a positive approach to discipline where problem solving skills are reinforced daily and individual differences in children are equally respected.
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Theme Teaching
All activities planned are focused around a central theme for the week. By relating activities in this way we are able to facilitate children's generalization of knowledge and skills from one experience to the next. Theme teaching also provides children access to the topic in ways that best suit their individual learning styles. Weekly Lesson Plans are available for parents to take home and review. Each lesson plan will illustrate to you how each theme will incorporate math, language, dramatic play, music, fine and gross motor skills, science, and art skills into the curriculum.
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Preschool Goals
Social-Emotional Development
- To develop positive self-concept.
- To appropriately experience both negative and positive feelings.
- To separate from family without serious emotional distress.
- To develop independent behaviors.
- To participate alone and with a group in a variety of experiences.
To name members and relationships of family.
- To ask for assistance when experiencing difficulty with tasks or relationships.
- To develop acceptable attention-getting behaviors.
- To respect one's own property and that of others.
- To respect individual differences.
- To develop cooperative behaviors for interactions with others.
- To recognize and respect the feelings and needs of others.
- To develop basic understanding of the history, celebrations, art, music, and other aspects of various cultures.
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Cognitive Development
- To point at familiar objects and body parts.
- To name familiar objects and body parts.
- To recognize basic shapes and primary colors.
- To follow sample directions.
- To ask questions.
- To classify objects according to common attributes.
- To compare and contrast objects in the environment.
- To predict the outcome of events and experiments.
- To recognize simple patterns.
- To develop observation.
- To develop basic concepts of space, time, and number.
- To recall and describe.
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Language Development
- To use verbal expression, rather than gestures.
- To develop vocabulary.
- To speak clearly and develop articulation skills.
- To speak in complete sentences.
- To relate experiences.
- To formulate questions.
- To answer (respond to) questions from others.
- To repeat familiar nursery rhymes, songs, and jokes.
- To listen to stories.
- To retell stories in own words.
- To recognize familiar sounds.
- To participate in writing activities.
- To express ideas, feelings, and experiences through stories and drawings.
- To associate spoken and written language.
- In Duckies and Froggies introduction to zoo-phonics animal picture card recognition.
- In Pre-K begin sound and picture practice with zoo-phonics.
- Recognition of D'Nealian handwriting in Duckies and Froggies.
- In Pre-K begin writing skills through tracing of D'Nealian alphabet.
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Physical Development
- To exhibit age-appropriate balance and coordination skills.
- To safely utilize outdoor equipment for climbing, riding, and swinging.
- To participate in a range of outdoor and indoor physical activities for fine and gross motor skills.
- To follow music/drum beat during movement exercises.
- To build with various materials (blocks, boxes, etc).
- To acquire skills for writing, cutting, and eating.
- To handle books comfortably and carefully.
- To comfortably experiment with clay, finger-paint, sand, and other media.
- To participate in a regular program of exercise and physical activity.
- To utilize manipulative toys for nesting, stacking, insertion, matching, and grouping.
- To handle materials and animals gently.
- To develop confidence in fine and gross motor skill abilities.
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Daily Preschool Program
Circle Time
Circle Time starts off our day in the morning, and 'restarts' our day after nap as well. We use this time to introduce the theme, select jobs for the day, share thoughts and ideas, sing songs, listen to stories, participate in games, etc. Children sharpen their listening skills as well as their participation and cooperation skills at Circle Time.
Small Group Time
Small Group Time is offered to the children to provide the essential individual attention each child needs. Teachers will provide activities with either a math or language focus. Children will be encouraged to work together as well as individually depending on the activity.
Center Time
During Center Time, children are given the opportunity to choose between three themed-related activities. Activities include but are not limited to: science experiments, manipulatives, dramatic play, block construction, reading and math readiness. Center Time offers an opportunity to develop a child's decision making skills. Children also sharpen their prioritizing skills by deciding which center they would like to participate in first, second, etc.
Share Time
Each child will have a share day where they will bring in a special item to share. Share Time gives each child their own special time to share something that is important to them. Share Time helps to develop language skills such as questioning, answering, describing, and group speaking.
Specialty Programs
Dance, Gymnastics, Library, and Swimming.
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