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The Versatile and Navigator classrooms. Where active learning is encouraged. School readiness skills are key to successful learning.
In our 4–5-Year-Old Program, students are challenged in a caring and loving environment that prepares them intellectually, physically, artistically, emotionally, and socially for kindergarten.
Our theme-based approach to the emergent curriculum helps preschool students build skills in numbers, letters, colors, shapes, writing, spelling, math, science, counting, language development, phonics, reading, and computer use. At the end of each month, students are observed, tested, and assessed to determine their level of development, which is documented for periodic parent conferences. The center provides an Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) for small groups of students experiencing early learning difficulties.
Our prekindergarten curriculum focuses on fundamental skill development that fosters self-awareness, independence, and positive social skills to increase children’s ability to participate in a group setting. This takes place in a warm, safe, supportive environment with a balance of structured activities and free play indoors and outdoors. Children are introduced to art through hands-on, open-ended crafts designed to allow for exploration and creativity.
Accordion Content
Book knowledge & appreciation
Listening & understanding
Speaking & communicating
Letter and word recognition
Rhyming words
Letters & sounds/identifying sounds made by letters
Following multiple-step directions
Reciting the alphabet
Identifying uppercase letters in random order
Identifying lowercase letters in random order
Matching capital and lowercase letters
Matching alphabet to pictures
Identifying characters in stories
Identifying setting in stories
Learning to retell a story
Identifying problem/solution in a story
Reading color words/sight words/people words/object words
Learning to read Level 1–2 storybooks
WRITING
Early writing from left to right
Writing uppercase and lowercase letters
Writing their own name
Drawing pictures to illustrate a particular story
Leaving spaces between words
Writing a telephone number
Writing words with 2–5 letters independently
Introduction to punctuation in sentences
MATH & COUNTING
Rote counting and recognizing numbers 1–100
Identifying numbers in random order
Counting objects 1–50
Writing numbers 1–20
Counting by 5s and 10s to 100
Identifying patterns
Before, after & same number
Sequencing
One-to-one correspondence
Measurement/more and fewer/introduction to addition and subtraction
SOCIAL STUDIES
Cultural diversity
People and where they live
Important people, past and present
Good citizenship and government
Community helpers
PERSONAL, SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Self-concept
Self-control
Initiative and curiosity
Cooperation
Social relationships
Appropriate table manners
Knowledge of families and communities
Approaches to listening and learning
Approaches to good behavior and interaction with others
Reasoning and social problem-solving
LIFE SCIENCE
Parts of the body
Five senses
Insects
Plants, animals, and fish
Under the sea
EARTH SCIENCE
About the weather
Nature’s wonders
Studying our planets/solar system
Environmental issues
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Studying non-living things
INQUIRY
Float and sink
Color classification and mixing
CREATIVE ARTS
Music
Art
Movement
Dramatic play
Painting
Creativity
Pretend & role play
Expression & representation
Understanding & appreciation of the arts
SELF-HELP SKILLS
Personal hygiene, brushing teeth, proper handwashing procedures & bathroom safety
Getting dressed & tying shoelaces
Cleaning up our own area
Setting the table
Toilet training
FINE MOTORS
Coloring within lines & drawing different shapes
Technique in holding pencils, crayons and chalks
Printing letters & numbers
Cutting on lines with scissors
Threading beads & lacing
Properly putting buttons on and zippering clothes
GROSS MOTORS
Jumping
Running
Hopping
Climbing
Sliding
Balancing
Seesawing
Soccer, basketball, and baseball
7:00–7:45 Arrival/Greet Parents & Children Warmly/Quiet Play
7:45–8:00 Cleanup/Wash Hands & Prepare for Breakfast
8:00–9:00 Breakfast Is Served (Parents, Please Be On Time)
9:00–9:30 Classroom Circle Time: Children sit on the carpet, and teachers lead the following activities:
(1) Name Recognition, (2) Show & Tell (Fridays only), (3) Special News, (4) The Weather, (5) Today’s Helpers, (6) The Calendar, (7) Rhymes & Songs, (8) Class Rules, (9) Introduce the Letter, Number, Color & Shape for the Day
9:30–10:00 Structured Learning Activities
Reading/Writing/Social Studies to coincide with the theme of the month
10:00–10:30 AM Snack (Please Serve Water with All Snacks)
10:30–11:00 Outdoor Gross Motor Skill Activities
11:00–11:30 Primary Care/Stories & Books
11:30–12:00 STEM/Spanish/Manipulatives
12:00–12:30 Lunch
12:30–12:45 Hygiene Care
12:45–1:00 Prepare for Nap/Quiet Music a Must
1:00–2:45 Rest Period
2:45–3:00 Primary Care
3:00–3:30 PM Snack
3:30–4:00 Puppets/Stories/Rhymes & Songs (teacher-directed activities based on the story of the week)
4:00–5:00 Art & Craft Project (based on the theme of the month)
5:00–6:00 Outdoor Play if Weather Permits (otherwise Games & Manipulatives)
6:00–6:30 Get Ready to Go Home
Sunrise Early Learning Center is open from 7:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, and is closed only on federal holidays. The center operates throughout the year.
Children arrive as early as 7:00 a.m. every morning and are greeted enthusiastically upon arrival. A typical day at Sunrise includes:
Arrival
Breakfast
Assembly (Entire School & Staff) every Friday at 9:00 a.m.
Individual Classroom Circle Time (With Class Teacher)
Planned Structured Learning Activities For The Day
Students Visit Our Educational Development Room: Library | Montessori Program | Computers
Music Taught By Our Music Teacher
Lunch
Recess
Nap Time
Puppets/Stories & Songs
Art
Outdoor Play (weather permitting)
Manipulative Games
Release Time
