St.
Peter
Early Childhood Center
6161 Chambersburg Rd.
Huber Heights, OH 45424
937.237.3526
St. Peter Early Childhood Center Areas of Concentration
Three Year Olds | Four Year Olds | Kindergarten Readiness
Areas of Concentration for 3
Year Old Preschool
- Activities should be theme based and developmentally appropriate
- Theme related activities to promote general awareness of their world
- Avoid worksheet type activities
- Socializing (interaction with other children)
- Cooperative play related to themes: interest centers
- Following two-part directions
- Organizational skills: Clean up, returning items to appropriate places after work or play
- Tearing paper and gluing
- Tracing on straight and curved lines
- Cutting on straight and curved lines
- Managing clothing: zippers, buttons, shoes
- Activities promoting the understanding of position words: top, bottom, in-between, center, over, under, etc.
- Body parts
- Patterns the children repeat: clap hands, stomp fee, touch head, etc.
- Limited exposure to letters, numbers, shapes, colors
- Gross Motor: Walking on balance beam, skipping, hopping
- Lots of
exposure to books.
Areas of Concentration for 4 Year Old Preschool
- Activities should be theme based and developmentally appropriate
- Theme related activities to promote general awareness of their world
- Some worksheet type activities
- Socializing (interaction with other children)
- Cooperative play related to themes: interest centers
- Following two-part directions
- Organizational skills: Clean up, returning items to appropriate places after work or play
- Tracing straight and curved lines
- Cutting on straight and curved lines
- Managing clothing: zippers, buttons, shoes
- Activities promoting the understanding of position words: top, bottom, in-between, center, over, under, etc.
- Body parts
- Patterns the children repeat: clap hands, stomp fee, touch head, etc.
- Counting groups of objects: move items from point A to point B
- Compare and contrast items and groups of items: Which is bigger? Smaller? Longer? Shorter? Which group has more/less?
- Holding a pencil correctly: use pencil grips to encourage correct finger placement. Tearing paper is a good exercise for this.
- Printing names with only the first letter capitalized.
- Lots of repetition to letters, number, colors, shapes
- Introduce the Letter People
- Gross Motor: Walking on balance beam, skipping, hopping
- Encourages creative expression, representation and appreciation for the arts
Areas of Concentration for Kindergarten Readiness
- Activities should be theme based and developmentally appropriate
- Theme related activities to promote general awareness of their world
- Some worksheet type activities
- Socializing (interaction with other children)
- Cooperative play related to themes: interest centers
- Following two-part direction
- Organizational skills: Clean up, returning items to appropriate places after work or play
- Tracing straight and curved lines
- Cutting on straight and curved lines
- Managing clothing: zippers, buttons, shoes
- Activities promoting the understanding of position words: top, bottom, in-between, center, over, under, etc.
- Identifying body parts
- Patterns the children repeat: clap hands, stomp fee, touch head, etc.
- Counting groups of objects: move items from point A to point B
- Compare and contrast items and groups of items: Which is bigger? Smaller? Longer? Shorter? Which group has more/less?
- Holding a pencil correctly: use pencil grips to encourage correct finger placement. Tearing paper is a good exercise for this.
- Printing names with only the first letter capitalized
- Lots of repetition to letters, number, colors, shapes
- Introduce the Letter People
- Gross Motor: Walking on balance beam, skipping, hopping
- Encourages
creative expression, representation and appreciation for the arts