Program Benefits
PROGRAM BENEFITS
Professional Staff
Language-based learning environment
Developmentally appropriate activities
Transition to kindergarten
“Building Blocks” curriculum
Access to gymnasium for motor skills
Library visits - story time
Read Across America - Big Buddy Program
Celebrity Readers
PBIS
Basic concept development
Motor activities
Peer modeling
Social Skills
“Snack Drinks” provided
WHERE IS DEEP?
Programs are held in a space designed specifically for preschool education located at Gilbert H. Hood Middle School.
SAMPLE SCHEDULE
School Day Schedule
AM: 8:30-11:00
PM: 12:20-2:50
THREE YEAR OLDS
Focuses on:
Language/Early Literacy
Color identification
Answering questions
Make story predictions
Uses 4-5 word sentences
Follow directions
Vocabulary Development
Math Skills
Matching
Object Classifications
Understanding concepts
Rote counts to 5
One-one correspondence
Calendar concepts
Schedules
Fine Motor/Gross Motor
Using scissors/cutting
Drawing shapes
Movement
Drawings
Uses crayons, pencils,
markers, paints
Social Skills
Cooperative play
Participates in groups
Transition
Turn taking
Classroom Schedule:
Room Exploration and Table Top activities
Circle-Greeting, movement, songs, story
Snack
Whole group activity
Guided Centers
Movement
Whole group end of the day activity
Goodbye/Dismissal
FOUR YEAR OLDS
Focuses on:
Language/Early Literacy
Phonological awareness
Print and Alphabet
Vocabulary
Literacy text
Informational text
Cognitive
Colors
Same/Different
Problem solving
Counting /Numbers
Sense of time
Math
Sorts objects
Rote counts to 10
Numbers and Operations
First and last
Patterns
Vocabulary
Geometry
Measurement
Fine Motor/Gross Motor
Cuts a straight line
Can copy familiar words
Throws and kicks balls
Bounces balls
Moves forward and backward with agility
Hops two feet
Social skills
Takes Turns
Makes Choices
Cooperates with other peers
inventive in fantasy play
Manages belongings
Classroom Schedule:
Table Top Activities - puzzles, white boards, play dough, etc.
Big Group - attendance, pledge, calendar, story, songs
Work Stations
Bathroom and Snack
Motor Time
Mini-Group Time - handwriting, games, free choice
Journal
Departure