Curriculum Goals for Kindergarten-Prep.
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:
Knows first & last name, age, gender, birthday, and phone number.
Speaks clearly so people other than their own family and friends can understand them.
Feeds themselves neatly using a fork or a spoon.
Cleans up messes, food, and toys.
Uses the restroom without help, flushes the toilet, wipes themselves, and remembers to wash hands & face.
Is comfortable being away from parent or caregiver and is confident with teacher & peers.
Understands that in school, it is important to listen to the teacher.
Carries belongings to and from school and puts them in their proper place.
Knows classroom routine and schedule.
Able to get their own lunchbox, set out food, and open lunch items.
Knows to eat healthy food first and to sit while eating.
Able to throw trash in the garbage can.
Social Skills:
Understands other people have rights and feelings just as they do and are not as egocentric.
Uses words effectively to express needs, feelings, and thoughts in a socially acceptable way.
Asks questions, hold a conversation, and makes eye contact when talking with teacher & others.
Sits quietly for at least 10 minutes.
Plays with a toy, concentrate on a task and listens to stories.
Keeps occupied with toys & manipulatives and socialize with peers without help.
Plays peacefully with other children, shares, listen to peers and uses conflict resolution.
Follow 2-3 step directions and follows class work with teacher.
Beginning to understand concept of games (winning/losing) and being able to play & follow rules of the game.
Beginning to facilitate games with peers, making rules for the games, & communicating the idea of game.
Able to stay on their mat calmly and quietly.
Knows the difference between happy, sad, and mad.
Says please and thank you.
Respects others treat other with kindness and uses manners.
Academic Skills:
Reading/Writing
Holds a pencil, crayon, marker, & paint brush, and knows how to use scissors correctly.
Recognizes the colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, black, brown, grey, & white.
Can write first name and recognize the letters in it.
Writing or tracing last name and learning the letters in it.
Knows alphabet phonics and vowel sounds.
Looks at a picture and can tell you what is happening in it, or make up a story about it.
Can read and write simple sight words.
Begins reading small reading books.
Mastering letter recognition.
Beginning to show logic and reasoning.
Math
Able to count at least to 30, but always encourage them to count higher.
Mastering numbers recognition, 1-30.
Recognizes 8+ shapes.
Creates patterns.
Can understand the concepts of number, size, & position. Beginning to learn about time.
Can arrange items or pictures into small, medium, and large.
Beginning to understand sequencing.
Can arranges items or pictures into big, bigger, and biggest, small, smaller, smallest, etc.
Understands ordinal numbers (1st - 5th)
Learning about money
Can add simple math problems using numbers or items (1-10)
Introduction to measurement.
Understands the concept of morning, afternoon, and night.
Language Development:
Uses language effectively to express wants and needs.
Can speak in sentences using 6 words or more.
Can recognize letters and familiar words.
Uses rhyming words.
Gaining more phonemic awareness.
Is asking a lot of questions with detail.
Enjoys sharing information with adults and other children.
Tells stories and can explain what is happening.
Motor Development:
Gaining control over large motor skills by walking a straight line, walking backwards, running, skipping, hoping on one foot, jumping, throwing and catching a ball, & climbing.
Able to line up and follow the leader in a line.
Gaining control over small motor skills by cutting a straight line, printing name with a pencil, thread small beads on a string, form recognizable shapes out of modeling clay, etc.
Learning how to tie, button, snap, zip, and buckle different items.
Hold the pencil properly and write firmly without help.
Science:
Exploring different areas of discovery in physical, biological, and environmental sciences.
Experimenting in different areas of discovery in physical, biological, and environmental sciences.
Process and think about the world around them.
Questions asked, observations made, and conclusions discovered about various topics and experiments.
Reasoning, problem-solving, & teamwork.
Spiritual Development:
Listens to Bible truths & responds to questions relating to Bible truth
Recalls and retells Bible truth.
Able to act out the Bible truth.
Remembers key people from Bible.
Sings Bible songs relating to Bible truth.
Memorizes Bible Verse each week.
Knows God is the creator of all things.
Prays before meals, during circle time, and for friends.
Knows Jesus is God’s son and God loves us so much He sent His son to die for our sins.
Knows that just as God loves us, we need to show love to one another through our words and actions.