Description
With our Standard Preschool Subscription your child will embark on an exciting journey of discovery. During the first five years of life, children experience rapid brain development, with over 85% of the brain’s growth occurring in this period. Our activity boxes are designed to support your child’s development during these critical years, offering engaging activities that foster important skills for a smoother transition into Kindergarten. We know parents are busy, so we make learning effortless by sending pre-prepared activities with all the supplies you need including monthly printed lesson plan to guide parents to teach their little ones — we make it easy and simple as no printing or searching for extra items required!
The Curriculum
What will my child learn using this curriculum?
First 3 Months: Foundational Skills
Mathematics:
- Color & Texture Recognition: Learning colors and understanding textures.
- Size & Comparison Concepts: Understanding big vs. small, basic sizes.
- Shape Recognition: Identifying basic shapes (rectangles, circles, squares, triangles).
- Sorting & Matching: Categorizing and pairing items based on attributes.
- Number Recognition & Counting Introduction: Recognizing numbers 0-10, counting from 1 to 5.
- Positioning Awareness: Understanding spatial concepts like top, bottom, under.
Literacy:
- Alphabet Mastery: Introduction to letters A-Z, uppercase vs. lowercase.
- Beginning Sounds Awareness: Associating letters with initial sounds.
- Name Awareness: Recognizing their own name.
- Print Awareness: Understanding how print works, letter versus number distinction.
- Rhyming Awareness: Introduction to rhyming and sound patterns.
Other:
- Personal Information: Learning their name, phone number, and address.
- Motor Skill Development: Basic fine motor skills (cutting, coloring, drawing).
4 to 6 Months: Concept Building
Mathematics:
- Size & Length Comparisons: Understanding long vs. short, heavy vs. light.
- Counting Skills Expansion: Counting from 1 to 10, counting objects up to 10.
- Pattern Recognition & Creation: Identifying and continuing patterns.
- Ordinal Number Awareness: Learning positions (1st, 2nd, 3rd).
- Shape Exploration: Introducing 3D shapes (cubes, cylinders, spheres).
Literacy:
- Phonemic Awareness: Introduction to sound blending and early vowel sounds.
- Storytelling & Retelling: Developing the skill of retelling a simple story.
- Name Spelling: Learning how to spell their name.
Other:
- Weather Tracking & Graphing: Introduction to basic graphing concepts through daily weather tracking.
- Motor Skill Improvement: Building on fine and gross motor skills.
7 to 9 Months: Skill Reinforcement & Expansion
Mathematics:
- Basic Arithmetic: Introducing basic addition and subtraction concepts.
- Counting Mastery: Counting from 1 to 25, counting backwards.
- Comparison & Differentiation: Understanding greater than, less than, equal.
- Right vs. Left: Learning directional concepts.
- Time Awareness: Introduction to telling time to the hour.
Literacy:
- Syllable Awareness: Introduction to identifying 1-3 syllables in words.
- Advanced Sound Blending: Strengthening the ability to blend sounds.
- Story Retelling & Comprehension: Deepening comprehension and story-retelling skills.
Other:
- Name & Address Mastery: Reinforcing personal information.
- Motor Skills Refinement: Engaging in more complex fine motor activities (e.g., cutting along lines, better grip with writing tools).
10 – 12 Months: Advanced Skill Development
Mathematics:
- Advanced Arithmetic: Reinforcing addition and subtraction with more complex examples.
- Counting On & Back: Mastery of counting forwards and backwards.
- Number Bonds Understanding: Exploring number bonds and relationships between numbers.
- Advanced Coin & Value Recognition: Deepening understanding of coin values and recognition.
Literacy:
- Advanced Phonemic Awareness: Mastering sound blending and avoiding letter confusion (e.g., d vs. b).
- Syllable Mastery: Strengthening the ability to recognize syllables in words.
- Story Comprehension: Mastery of retelling stories with more complex details.
Other:
- Personal Information Mastery: Finalizing knowledge of phone number, address, and name spelling.
- Advanced Motor Skills: Focus on refining both fine and gross motor skills through more challenging activities (e.g., handwriting, cutting, and drawing with precision).
