Monday, December 22, 2008

About Us

Tintic Lane Preschool is where a child can have fun and learn at the same time. We will have your child ready with all they need to know before entering kindergarten and more!

Pre-K classes are held Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The morning session is from 9-11 and the afternoon session is from 11:30-1:30. Tuition is $65.

3yr classes are held Tuesday and Thursday. The morning session is from 9-10:30 and the afternoon session is from 11-12:30. Tuition is $45.

Our daily routine includes: pledge of allegiance, calendar and weather, show and tell, special leader, alphabet and phonics, numbers and counting, science and art, story and music time.We have weekly themes that include: apples, police safety, fire safety, seasons, weather, families, good health, five senses, Martin Luther King, nursery rhymes, friends, manners, dinosaurs, reptiles, ocean animals, insects, birds, jungle and farm animals, flowers and all the fun holidays.

3 Year Olds

These children must be completely toilet trained.

Curriculum: For 3 years old we limit our presentation to upper case letters and we purposely associate these symbols to literature and vocabulary through stories and hands-on social activities. Each week students practice letter recognition on paper by making a block letter collage and exploring through multi sensory activities, such as letter pillows and object bags. The Writing activities begin by tracing letters and numbers and progressing to paper and crayons at the child’s pace. Literacy songs, games and hands on learning centers increase the child’s attention span and individual learning skills.Our academic goals are to help these children begin to pattern, sort and classify colors, numbers and shapes. During the year they practice recognizing and understanding numbers 1-10. Projects are simple and fun and will get harder as the year progresses. They will be using clay, painting, and other art forms.

Communication: Parents and student attend an orientation with the teacher. They will see the class room and the child will get their first home work assignment. Each month a calendar will be sent home that will show what we will be doing for the month.

Pre-K

Reading: We start with both upper and lowercase letters. They begin tracing letters and progress to paper and pencils. During the year they will practice writing their names as well as individual letters. Starting in September each week the children will practice recognition and writing letters on paper to go in their alphabet book.

Math: During the year students will practice writing, recognizing and understanding the numbers 1-20. Each day during circle time the children work at the calendar to build patterning and sequencing skills as well as reinforcing counting to 30. Children are given the opportunity to learn through many mediums such as painting gluing, collages and other arts forms. The projects are new to them and more complex than presented the previous year.

Communication: Parents and student attend an orientation with the teacher. They will see the class room and the child will get their first home work assignment. Each month a calendar will be sent home that will show what we will be doing for the month.