Four Year-Old Program

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St. Andrew’s Nursery School has managed to provide our 2 very different children with exactly the early childhood education experience they needed. The staff has truly become like family – providing a safe, caring, and fun place to learn, play, and explore. – Krista Peters

Four Year-Old Program

Our Four Year-Old Program is designed to prepare children who are four by October 1st for Kindergarten. Developing the whole child- intellectually, socially, emotionally and physically- is the basis of our program. The curriculum is play and art based, allowing each child to be an active, engaged learner. Independence is fostered and encouraged. The children must indicate a readiness to benefit from a group experience. Full day and half day classes are available and meet either 4 or 5 days each week. The fifth day is a dedicated STEM day designed to introduce concepts of prediction, reasoning and discovery as well as exploring the natural world of science with an opportunity to take part in multi-sensory experiences and scientific experiments. Children who stay for the whole day enjoy an afternoon filled with enrichment activities promoting the development of positive self-esteem and social growth.

Cognitive Goals:

Recognition of upper case letters and beginning word sounds
Recognition of rhyming words
Shape recognition
Recognition of numbers 0-20
Counting sequentially
One to one correspondence
Recognizing, reading and extending patterns

Social:

Cooperative play – sharing and taking turns
Increased attention spans and listening skills
Following single and multi-step directions
Developing communication skills

Emotional:

Increased sense of independence
Development of a positive self-image (“I can do it myself”)
Gaining a sense of responsibility

Physical:

Increased gross motor skills – running, hopping, jumping, climbing, sliding, balancing and alternating feet on the stairs
Increased fine motor skills – tracing, drawing, cutting, coloring, painting, gluing, zippering, buttoning, and beading
Developing a proper pencil grasp