Pre-Kindergarten A

Morning Prayer:

God Our Father, I Give You Today

All That I Think and Do and Say,

I Work and Laugh and Have Fun and Play

Jesus Be With Me All Through the Day

Grace Before Snack and Lunch:

Thank You God for the Food We Eat

Thank You God for the World So Sweet

Thank You God for the Birds that Sing

Thank You God for Everything!

Sample Schedule for PreK

• Arrival and Morning Routines
• Morning Meeting - Calendar, Weather, Good Morning Songs
• Literacy Block - Fundations, Heggerty Phonics
• PlayRoom - small group centers
• Snack
• Theme/Science/Social Studies 
• Large Group Activity
• Lunch
• Recess
• Small Group Work (Math/Religion) and Table Toys
• Read Aloud/Dismissal Routines

Please note - that Art/Music is on Monday, Gym is Tuesday and Friday.

•  In January, we will begin learning how to write our lowercase letters.  Each week, we will practice 2 letters and sounds.  We will be following Fundations letter formation and will not be in alphabetical order. We will begin with t, b, f,  l, h, k, n, m, i, r, u, p, j. b
• Please continue to reinforce holding the pencil properly and writing letters from “sky line to plane line” or top to bottom.
• We are continuing with our numbers and begin patterns.
• We will celebrate the New Year, Feast of the Epiphany, Winter Weather/Animals, Martin Luther King Jr., and Feast Day of St. Francis de Sales.
• 1/11 - 1/2 day. 
• 1/12, 1/15 - no school.
• 1/19 - Baby Bottle Dress Down Day.

• Continue working on your child’s independence - unpacking and packing their school bag, folder and lunch box, putting their jacket on/off, etc.
• Read with your child every day! Review the letters/sounds of the alphabet.  Ask your child questions about their day and what they’re learning about!  Have them answer you in complete sentences.
• Remind your child to raise their hand and wait their turn.
• Take your child to Mass on Sundays and practice their prayers.
• Reinforce being kind to others and being a good friend.
• Establish and keep morning/evening routines including bedtime.
• Work on fine motor skills such as cutting, gluing, drawing, coloring, using play dough.