Academic Curriculum

Our Benchmark to Success

Infants: 6 weeks – 12 months

Language Arts

  • Listen to sounds and readings, music
  • Introduced to names
  • Familiarization with verbal communication and following simple directions
  • Introduction to basic Vocabulary
  • Introduction to story Time

Mathematics

  • Introduction to spatial movement
  • Introduced to two and three-dimensional shapes, toys, objects
  • Introduction to Math Manipulatives
  • Introduction to counting to 3

Sciences

  • Introduction to the five senses
  • Introduction to the weather/ four seasons
  • Familiarization with animals
  • Familiarization with light & sounds

Music & Fine Arts

  • Spatial alert and awareness
  • Create sounds with basic percussion instruments
  • Singing games
  • Familiarization with various sounds
  • Introduction to colors and painting

Personal & Social Development

  • Acquire habits of sleeping, feeding, diaper changing, playing, listening, and other adaptive skills
  • Introduced to peer presence and development of social and emotional skills
  • Expression of different emotions
  • Introduction to self-help skills

Physical

  • Develop gross motor and adaptive skills­ eating, sitting up, crawling, standing
  • Develop fine motor skills (reaching to toys, hold bottle, etc.)
  • Movement exploration and development of muscle skills
  • Following verbal directions

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Young Toddler: 12 months – 24 months

Language Arts

  • Introduction to story time and listening skills
  • Introduction to alphabet letters and sounds
  • Use basic vocabulary and expand it
  • Receptive language skills- Identify main body parts and common objects
  • Expressive language skills- Familiarization with verbal communication and following directions
  • Expressive language skills- Repeat phrases and use twoor three words combination

Mathematics

  • Introduction to Basic Shapes
  • Foundations of counting
  • Identify and create patterns and sequences
  • Complete puzzles
  • Introduction to math manipulatives
  • Introduction to counting to 5
  • Compare and contrast size, quantity,  and other categories
  • Sorting and matching by similar/different attributes

Sciences

  • Introduction to the five senses
  • Introduction to the weather/seasons
  • Familiarized with animals, vegetation, basic geometric shapes
  • Awareness, identificationand operation of motion (wheeled objects, sliding items, etc.)
  • Introduction to STEAM through hands on experiments
  • Introduction to life cycles
  • Introduced to colors through painting and fine arts  

Music & Fine Arts

  • Experience fine arts using a variety of paintbrushes
  • Introduction to different textures and painting techniques
  • Use crayons, markers, and other accessories
  • Introduced to shapes, colors, and playdough
  • Familiarization with various sounds through singing games
  • Introduction to percussion instruments

Personal & Social Development

  • Engage in play and communication with peers
  • Awareness of personal space and social needs
  • Development of social skills (i.e., sharing, play in order, etc.)
  • Enhance attention through circle time and activities span
  • Understand and follow one to two steps directions
  • Expression of different emotions
  • Familiarization with adults
  • Introduction to self-help skills
  • Participate in guided learning centers and group activities

Physical

  • Develop gross motor adaptive skills such as walk, climb, slide, push wheeled toys
  • Develop fine motor skills, scribble, paint, playdough, etc.
  • Coordination of body and mind when play, line up, sit, dance etc.

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Toddler: 2 years – 3 years

Language Arts

  • Describe pictures & objects
  • Practice answering questions
  • Retell portions of stories
  • Describe pictures & objects
  • Learn to ask and answer questions
  • Active participation in circle time
  • Identify alphabet letters – uppercase
  • Identify letter sounds
  • Expressive language- verbally communicate in full sentences
  • Introduction to writing own name
  • Introduction to tracing and writing sight words
  • Identification of book’s structure and book’s characteristics: front, back, spine, author, illustrator.

Mathematics

  • Identify and trace geometric shapes
  • Counting to 50
  • Identify and trace numbers to 20, 50
  • Understanding concepts of quantity and measurements
  • Introduction to sorting, matching, compare and contrast by similar or different attributes
  • Enhance patterns and sequencing identification and understanding
  • Develop basic addition skills
  • Recognize sizes small/medium/large
  • Learn to measure using given measuring tools and objects
  • Draw basic shapes

Sciences

  • Identify colors
  • Use accessories and manipulatives to create and investigate
  • Familiarized with the weather and calendar
  • Conduct STEAM experiments – hands-on experience
  • Introduction to ecosystems
  • Introduction to scientific methods
  • Learn to observe local weather conditions over time

Music & Fine Arts

  • Create rhythmic patterns using a variety of percussion instruments
  • Use scissors, glue, playdough, clay, and other materials for creative
  • Identify primary and secondary colors
  • Explore fine arts using different texture, materials, and painting
  • Introduction to creative drawing
  • Use fundamental skills to create art
  • Introduction to rhythms and beats using nursery rhymes
  • Create movements through music

Personal & Social Development

  • Follow complex instructions (three steps instructions)
  • Learn the importance of sharing and taking turns and practice these principles daily
  • Develop full selfhelp skills to “potty” (toilet learning)
  • Promote individual and shared group activities through centers, circle time, outdoors activities and more

Physical

  • Develop gross motor adaptive skills such as climb, slide, hop,dance, ride a tricycle, etc.
  • Develop fine motor skills, draw, paint, clap hands, pinch (tweezers), etc.

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Preschool: 3 years – 4 years

Language Arts

  • Sequence parts of stories
  • Identify printed alphabet
  • Write letters, sight words

Mathematics

  • Identify and write numbers
  • Draw basic two-dimensional shapes
  • Measure using a ruler
  • Add and subtract with manipulatives

Sciences

  • Investigate the five senses
  • Name the main parts of plants, animals, human
  • Experiment with seed planting and growth

Music & Fine Arts

  • Experience fine arts using paintbrushes, clay, and recycled materials
  • Roleplay (pretend play)
  • Sing songs, dance

Personal & Social Development

  • Display self­control and a positive attitude
  • Collaborate with peers
  • Increase attention span
  • Engage in group activities

Physical

  • Develop gross motor skills, ride a tricycle, use balls, dance, etc.
  • Fine motor skills­ use Lego blocks, magnet blocks, paint, draw, etc.

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Pre-Kindergarten: 4 years – 5 years

Language Arts

  • Engage in group discussions
  • Identify main ideas
  • Match voice with prints, first steps of reading

Mathematics

  • Count forward to 100
  • Identify and draw two-dimensional shapes
  • Measure using a ruler
  • Add and subtract to 10
  • Recognize and count coins

Sciences

  • Investigate patterns of everyday life
  • Describe and measure size and weight
  • Identify elements of architecture and engineering

Music & Fine Arts

  • Use different painting styles (modern, abstract, pointillism, etc.)
  • Build 3D shapes
  • Use a large selection

Personal & Social Development

  • Demonstrate responsibility
  • Collaborate with peers
  • Transition well between activities and schedules

Physical

  • Develop gross motor adaptive skills,­ ride a tricycle, use a hula hoop, trampoline, play ball, run, dance
  • Fine motor skills­ play with puzzles, board games, etc.

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Kindergarten: 5 years – 6 years

Language Arts

  • Engage in group discussions
  • Compare & contrast ideas
  • Spell and write sight words
  • Written expression of sentences
  • Read sight words and grade level books

Mathematics

  • Add and subtract one­digit numbers
  • Use graphs to describe data
  • Sequence shapes, series, objects
  • Compare length, time, weight, the capacity of objects

Sciences

  • State experiment hypothesis and analyze results
  • Identify concepts of history and culture
  • Identify elements of engineering

Music & Fine Arts

  • Introduced to various musical instruments
  • Use different painting styles (i.e. abstract, pointillism, etc.)
  • Perform in large school events

Personal & Social Development

  • Respect self and others
  • Collaborate with peers
  • Demonstrate organizational skills
  • Exhibit motivation and efforts

Physical

  • Develop gross motor skills, ride bicycle, jump ropes, play ball, run, dance
  • Fine motor skills­ create art projects, etc.

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Preschool Report Cards

Academic Standards & Social Development Performance

Young Toddler

12 months – 18 months

Toddler

2-years – 3-years

Preschool

3-years – 4-years

Pre-Kindergarten

4-years – 5-years

Kindergarten

5-years – 6-years

Curriculum

Infants: 6 weeks – 12 months

Language Arts

  • Listen to sounds and readings, music
  • Introduced to names
  • Familiarization with verbal communication and following simple directions
  • Introduction to basic Vocabulary
  • Introduction to story Time

Mathematics

  • Introduction to spatial movement
  • Introduced to two and three-dimensional shapes, toys, objects
  • Introduction to Math Manipulatives
  • Introduction to counting to 3

Sciences

  • Introduction to the five senses
  • Introduction to the weather/ four seasons
  • Familiarization with animals
  • Familiarization with light & sounds

Music & Fine Arts

  • Spatial alert and awareness
  • Create sounds with basic percussion instruments
  • Singing games
  • Familiarization with various sounds
  • Introduction to colors and painting

Personal & Social Development

  • Acquire habits of sleeping, feeding, diaper changing, playing, listening, and other adaptive skills
  • Introduced to peer presence and development of social and emotional skills
  • Expression of different emotions
  • Introduction to self-help skills

Physical

  • Develop gross motor and adaptive skills­ eating, sitting up, crawling, standing
  • Develop fine motor skills (reaching to toys, hold bottle, etc.)
  • Movement exploration and development of muscle skills
  • Following verbal directions

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Young Toddler: 12 - 24 months

Language Arts

  • Introduction to story time and listening skills
  • Introduction to alphabet letters and sounds
  • Use basic vocabulary and expand it
  • Receptive language skills- Identify main body parts and common objects
  • Expressive language skills- Familiarization with verbal communication and following directions
  • Expressive language skills- Repeat phrases and use twoor three words combination

Mathematics

  • Introduction to Basic Shapes
  • Foundations of counting
  • Identify and create patterns and sequences
  • Complete puzzles
  • Introduction to math manipulatives
  • Introduction to counting to 5
  • Compare and contrast size, quantity,  and other categories
  • Sorting and matching by similar/different attributes

Sciences

  • Introduction to the five senses
  • Introduction to the weather/seasons
  • Familiarized with animals, vegetation, basic geometric shapes
  • Awareness, identificationand operation of motion (wheeled objects, sliding items, etc.)
  • Introduction to STEAM through hands on experiments
  • Introduction to life cycles
  • Introduced to colors through painting and fine arts  

Music & Fine Arts

  • Experience fine arts using a variety of paintbrushes
  • Introduction to different textures and painting techniques
  • Use crayons, markers, and other accessories
  • Introduced to shapes, colors, and playdough
  • Familiarization with various sounds through singing games
  • Introduction to percussion instruments

Personal & Social Development

  • Engage in play and communication with peers
  • Awareness of personal space and social needs
  • Development of social skills (i.e., sharing, play in order, etc.)
  • Enhance attention through circle time and activities span
  • Understand and follow one to two steps directions
  • Expression of different emotions
  • Familiarization with adults
  • Introduction to self-help skills
  • Participate in guided learning centers and group activities

Physical

  • Develop gross motor adaptive skills such as walk, climb, slide, push wheeled toys
  • Develop fine motor skills, scribble, paint, playdough, etc.
  • Coordination of body and mind when play, line up, sit, dance etc.

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Toddler: 2 – 3 years

Language Arts

  • Describe pictures & objects
  • Practice answering questions
  • Retell portions of stories
  • Describe pictures & objects
  • Learn to ask and answer questions
  • Active participation in circle time
  • Identify alphabet letters – uppercase
  • Identify letter sounds
  • Expressive language- verbally communicate in full sentences
  • Introduction to writing own name
  • Introduction to tracing and writing sight words
  • Identification of book’s structure and book’s characteristics: front, back, spine, author, illustrator.

Mathematics

  • Identify and trace geometric shapes
  • Counting to 50
  • Identify and trace numbers to 20, 50
  • Understanding concepts of quantity and measurements
  • Introduction to sorting, matching, compare and contrast by similar or different attributes
  • Enhance patterns and sequencing identification and understanding
  • Develop basic addition skills
  • Recognize sizes small/medium/large
  • Learn to measure using given measuring tools and objects
  • Draw basic shapes

Sciences

  • Identify colors
  • Use accessories and manipulatives to create and investigate
  • Familiarized with the weather and calendar
  • Conduct STEAM experiments – hands-on experience
  • Introduction to ecosystems
  • Introduction to scientific methods
  • Learn to observe local weather conditions over time

Music & Fine Arts

  • Create rhythmic patterns using a variety of percussion instruments
  • Use scissors, glue, playdough, clay, and other materials for creative
  • Identify primary and secondary colors
  • Explore fine arts using different texture, materials, and painting
  • Introduction to creative drawing
  • Use fundamental skills to create art
  • Introduction to rhythms and beats using nursery rhymes
  • Create movements through music

Personal & Social Development

  • Follow complex instructions (three steps instructions)
  • Learn the importance of sharing and taking turns and practice these principles daily
  • Develop full selfhelp skills to “potty” (toilet learning)
  • Promote individual and shared group activities through centers, circle time, outdoors activities and more

Physical

  • Develop gross motor adaptive skills such as climb, slide, hop,dance, ride a tricycle, etc.
  • Develop fine motor skills, draw, paint, clap hands, pinch (tweezers), etc.

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Preschool: 3 – 4 years

Language Arts

  • Sequence parts of stories
  • Identify printed alphabet
  • Write letters, sight words

Mathematics

  • Identify and write numbers
  • Draw basic two-dimensional shapes
  • Measure using a ruler
  • Add and subtract with manipulatives

Sciences

  • Investigate the five senses
  • Name the main parts of plants, animals, human
  • Experiment with seed planting and growth

Music & Fine Arts

  • Experience fine arts using paintbrushes, clay, and recycled materials
  • Roleplay (pretend play)
  • Sing songs, dance

Personal & Social Development

  • Display self­control and a positive attitude
  • Collaborate with peers
  • Increase attention span
  • Engage in group activities

Physical

  • Develop gross motor skills, ride a tricycle, use balls, dance, etc.
  • Fine motor skills­ use Lego blocks, magnet blocks, paint, draw, etc.

Click for Lesson Plans

Pre-Kindergarten: 4 – 5 years

Language Arts

  • Engage in group discussions
  • Identify main ideas
  • Match voice with prints, first steps of reading

Mathematics

  • Count forward to 100
  • Identify and draw two-dimensional shapes
  • Measure using a ruler
  • Add and subtract to 10
  • Recognize and count coins

Sciences

  • Investigate patterns of everyday life
  • Describe and measure size and weight
  • Identify elements of architecture and engineering

Music & Fine Arts

  • Use different painting styles (modern, abstract, pointillism, etc.)
  • Build 3D shapes
  • Use a large selection of

Personal & Social Development

  • Demonstrate responsibility
  • Collaborate with peers
  • Transition well between activities and schedules

Physical

  • Develop gross motor adaptive skills,­ ride a tricycle, use a hula hoop, trampoline, play ball, run, dance
  • Fine motor skills­ play with puzzles, board games, etc.

Click for Lesson Plans

Kindergarten: 5 – 6 years

Language Arts

  • Engage in group discussions
  • Compare & contrast ideas
  • Spell and write sight words
  • Written expression of sentences
  • Read sight words and grade level books

Mathematics

  • Add and subtract one­digit numbers
  • Use graphs to describe data
  • Sequence shapes, series, objects
  • Compare length, time, weight, the capacity of objects

Sciences

  • State experiment hypothesis and analyze results
  • Identify concepts of history and culture
  • Identify elements of engineering

Music & Fine Arts

  • Introduced to various musical instruments
  • Use different painting styles (i.e. abstract, pointillism, etc.)
  • Perform in large school events

Personal & Social Development

  • Respect self and others
  • Collaborate with peers
  • Demonstrate organizational skills
  • Exhibit motivation and efforts

Physical

  • Develop gross motor skills, ride bicycle, jump ropes, play ball, run, dance
  • Fine motor skills­ create art projects, etc.

Click Here for Updated Lesson Plans

Preschool
Report Cards

Academic Standards & Social Development Performance

Young Toddler

12 months – 18 months

Toddler

2-years – 3-years

Preschool

3-years – 4-years

Pre-Kindergarten

4-years – 5-years

Kindergarten

5-years – 6-years

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