Preschool Curriculum

The St. Joseph School Preschool curriculum:

Themes: St. Joseph Preschool offers a nurturing, hands on program centered on various themes that are of high interest to children. Subjects include: art, music, science, social studies, language, mathematics and movement. Examples of lessons: friends and how God helps us to be a friend to others, holidays, seasons, health and nutrition, dinosaurs, transportation, nursery rhymes, insects, frogs, and magnets. Religious activities are incorporated into our various themes each day.

Daily Prayer Time: The children pray at meals and each day ends with a prayer. There is time for religious songs and stories, spontaneous prayer, and mini-prayer service.

Family Celebrations: We plan several social gatherings each year. These are wonderful opportunities to get together as a community. They include: Father’s Pumpkin Carving, Thanksgiving Feast, Christmas Social, Family Pizza Night, and the end of the year picnic.

Skills List:

Below is a list of skills preschoolers work on throughout their preschool years. Click to go directly to a section.

Communication

Cognitive Skills

Social/Emotional

Fine/Gross Motor

Self-Help Skills

Spiritual

Communication:

• Follows two-step unrelated directions

• Dictated writing

• Listens to stories and answer questions or retell parts

• Show and Tell

• Articulates speech

• Language charts

• Talks in complete sentences 

• Songs and poems  

• Knows full name and telephone number 

• Left to right progression 

• Asks “wh” questions

• Book making

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• Recognizes own printed name

• Complete 8-10 piece puzzle independently

• Counts to 20

• Geometric shapes (circle, triangle, rectangle, and square)

• Recognizes numbers 1-10

• Matching numbers to sets 0-10

• Sorting and pattern making

• Understands concept of “more” and “less”

• Color recognition

• Understands concept of from largest to smallest

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Social/Emotional:

• Beginning problem-solving skills

• Establishing friendships

• Demonstrates self-control

• Shares

• Participates during group activities

• Takes turns

• Is independent but will seek help when needs it

• Speaks spontaneously

• Follows schedules and classroom rules

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• Cuts, pastes, colors and paints

• Skips, hops, bounces and catches a ball

• Creative movement

• Writes name

• Draws a person

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• Cleans up toys in class, putting them where they belong

• Pour juice during snack time

• Independent in toileting needs; flushes wash and dry hands

• Wipes table after snacks

• Put on coat independently; zip, snap or button

• Pushes chairs under tables

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• Through stories, song, and discussion we foster ideas such as: God’s creation of the whole world and me, God’s love for everyone, and our thankfulness to God.