Curriculum Goals for Early 3 year olds.
Empowering Futures Through Thoughtful Education
At Hearts and Hands Preschool, our curriculum is designed with a singular goal:
To empower young minds for a future of success and fulfillment. We go beyond traditional education, fostering a love for learning, building character, and instilling a sense of curiosity. With a blend of academic excellence, creative exploration, and values-driven teachings, our curriculum is a roadmap for the holistic development of each child.
Basics:
Responds to being called by their first name.
They begin to speak enough so that people other than their family and friends can understand them.
Feeds themselves using a fork or a spoon, can eat finger food successfully, and drinks from a standard cup.
Progressing in potty training and asking the teacher to go when the urge arises.
Knows how to flush the toilet, learn to wipe themselves, and wash hands & face.
They carry some of their things to and from school and properly put them away.
Being comfortable being away from parent or caregiver.
Being comfortable at school with the teacher and other children.
Learning at school means listening to the teacher.
Learning to throw garbage away in garbage cans.
Learning to dress & undress themselves.
Can take off and put on socks & shoes.
Learning how to fix their bedding mat for naps.
Social Skills:
Beginning to understand that other people have rights and feelings and not to be egocentric.
Can sit quietly for at least 5 minutes.
Plays with a toy, concentrates on a task, listens to a story, and plays with others.
Plays peacefully with other children, learning how to take turns and share.
Learning how to use their words effectively.
Learning how to stay on their mat calmly and quietly.
Knows the difference between happy, sad, & mad.
Academic Skills :
Uses crayons, pencils, markers, glue, paint, and scissors appropriately.
Able to count at least to 10, but always encouraged to count higher.
Introduction to letters and beginning to recognize letters.
Introduction to Numbers 1-10.
Beginning to recognize the colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, black, brown, grey, & white.
Beginning to recognize their first name written.
Looks at a picture and can identify what it is, i.e., animals, shapes, colors, etc.
Beginning to recognize the difference between letters and numbers.
Language Development:
Beginning to use language effectively to express wants and needs.
Uses, please, and thank you.
Can speak in sentences using up to 5 words.
Can recognize familiar sounds.
Ask a lot of questions.
Enjoys sharing information and telling stories.
Motor Development:
Gaining control over large motor skills by walking, running, climbing, balancing, and hoping.
Learning to form a line, hold rings, & follow the leader.
Developing more significant development over small motor skills by ripping paper, controlling a spoon or fork, feeding themselves, beginning to color, & picking up objects.
Able to hold small objects and manipulate them.
Beginning to trace shapes, letters, lines, numbers, etc., with a pencil.
Learning how to control & manipulate a pencil, crayon, marker, paintbrush, etc.
Science:
Explore different areas of discovery in physical, biological, and environmental sciences.
Experiment in different areas of discovery in physical, biological, and environmental sciences.
Process and think about the world around them.
Questions asked, observations made, & conclusions discovered about various topics and experiments.
Spiritual Development:
Listens to Bible truths in story format.
Listens to and learns to sing Bible songs.
Learns God is the creator of all things.
Prays before meals, during circle time, and for friends.
Learning about God’s love for us and learning that Jesus is His son.
Shows love to one another by giving hugs, showing empathy, and using kind words.
Beginning to remember key people from the Bible.
