Pre-K Curriculum: Foundations for the USA Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
PRESCHOOL
Nursery – Pre-Kindergarten (N – K2)
Our Curriculum is designed to facilitate learning through discovery. Students have the opportunity to play and explore the environment provided within the classroom and campus surroundings. Literacy and numeracy concepts are developed within each student in a stress-free environment. Students proceed with their learning within their individual interests and pace. There are no reading level exit requirements to Kindergarten.
PRESCHOOL STANDARDS
Approaches to Learning
How children become involved in learning and acquiring knowledge
• Engagement
• Creativity and Imagination
• Curiosity and Initiative
• Persistence
Physical Development and Health
Children’s physical health and ability to engage in daily activities
• Physical Development
• Physical Fitness
• Health, Safety, and Well Being
Social and Emotional Development
The emotional competence and ability to form positive relationships in the home, school, and larger community
Communication, Language, and Literacy
How children understand, create, and communicate meaning
• Approaches to Communication
• Motivation
• Background Knowledge
• Observation
• Representing
• Vocabulary
• English Language Arts and Literacy
• Reading: Key Ideas and Details Making Connections
• Craft and Structure Phonics and Word Recognition
Cognition and Knowledge of the World
What children need to know and understand about their world and how they apply what they know.
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social Studies
• Technology
• Self Concept and Self Awareness
• Self Regulation
• Relationships with Others
• Accountability
