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Redeemer Home > Children & Youth > Parish Day School > Course Offerings: Three Year Olds (5 Days)
 Children entering the three year old classes must turn three by September 1, 2011
Five Day Threes – meet all five mornings from 9:00 to 11:45 am. 2 teachers for 16 students.
Curriculum
Our goal is to provide a unit-based curriculum to support and stimulate the child's social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development. Units are enriched by learning experiences in the following areas:
1. Circle Time: read-aloud stories, poems, schedule of the day, discuss weather, seasonal changes, shapes and colors, nursery rhymes, songs, finger plays, name and letter recognition, group discussions, discussions of special events, i.e. birthdays, birth of baby, sisters and brothers
2. Language Arts: books, stories, poems, finger plays, flannel board stories, listening skills, opportunities for verbal response to literature, dramatic play, following directions, name recognition, and some letter recognition; a nursery rhyme is presented each month
3. Math: counting objects from 1 to 10, number recognition, matching, sorting, classifying, shapes, measurements, and flannel board math activities
4. Science: seasons, discussion of weather changes, senses, textures, plants, animals, magnifying glass, magnets, water play, floating, sinking, and cooking
5. Music: songs, following directions to action songs, singing, rhythm, listening discrimination (loud, soft, high, low), introduction to instruments, listening to different types of music and music class outside of classroom
6. Art: crayons, play dough, sewing cards, easel painting, watercolors, chalk, glue, and collage materials, creative process is encouraged - not product, weekly art class outside of home room, small motor skills developed through manipulation of art materials
7. Physical Education: encourage outdoor play for large muscle development as well as social interaction (running, climbing, swinging, biking) games, nature walks, sandbox activities, physical education class for group movement and games
8. Social and emotional: introducing socialization skills such as: adjustment to school routine, learning to handle transitions smoothly, following directions, sitting and listening quietly at story time, asking questions, taking turns, teaching respect for other's feelings and property (including school's), expressing needs and feelings appropriately (words not actions), problem solving, learning to handle frustration and disappointment, and taking care of one's own personal needs (washing hands, toileting, putting on coats, smocks, etc...) to be more self-sufficient
9. Cognitive: to stimulate intellectual growth be encouraging oral and listening skills, to articulate and verbalize their ideas and needs and to encourage independent expression
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