At Anthony Wayne Preschool and Daycare, we believe that kids thrive using a variety of ways to learn. We give the teachers flexibility to plan their lessons using a variety of curriculum that best meets the needs of the students in class. We teach age appropriate curricular goals using the following curriculum throughout the year: Handwriting without Tears and Get Set for School

Once a week, we have Church Chatter. We take the kids to the sanctuary and have a bible lesson. We utilize the curriculum Play-n-Worship and Room to Grow for our weekly time together. 

​While we do have a mixed age classroom, each lesson is crafted to meet age appropriate standards for each child.  We utilize the curriculum Get Set for School for our academic standards. The curriculum allows us to create an individualized education plan by customizing each lesson to meet the students needs and abilities. Below you will find the standards that each age group is working on throughout the year. 

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3/4 Years-Old 
​Curriculum Goals

Language Arts

• Identifies letters in own name
• Recognizes and names most letters
• Imitates proper handling of books
• Tells about pictures on a page using a mix of simple phrases and sentences
• Points to words in book while telling a story
• Points to letter when asked
• Identifies and describes characters in a story
• Draws approximation of shapes of objects in communicate
• Imitates specific writing strokes to make a picture
• Copies a vertical line
• Copies a horizontal line
• Copies a circle

Creative Art

• Begins to draw representations of people and objects
• Begins to use mature finger grasp with thumb and first two fingers

​Cognitive Skills/Math

• Uses whole numbers up to 5 to describe objects and experiences
• Identifies when a number of objects is “less”
• Matches numerals to sets, zero to three
• Shows beginning interest in numerals and counting
• Puts pairs together
• Makes a collection larger by adding items when asked
• Makes collections of items smaller by taking items away when asked
• Orders 3 objects by size
• Completes logical patterns by two attributes (color and size)
• Identifies simple shapes and sizes
• Communicates with location words

​Science and Nature Study

• Identities types of plants (flower, tree, etc.)
• Identifies things as living or non-living based on their characteristics
• Explores concepts of water
• Explores concepts of light
• Explores concept of air

Social Studies

• Demonstrates independence
• States full name
• States birth date
• Takes turns with games and materials with prompts
• Puts belongings in proper place
• Communicates when something does not belong or should not happen
• Responsible for personal items
• Asks for help
• Works through distractions
• Recognizes that there may be different rules in different places and follows appropriate set of rules, with assistance

 
Self Help/Life Skills

• Spoons food from a container to own plate
• Washes and dries hand completely
• Uses tissues to clean nose
• Washes and dries face
• Manages own clothing for toileting
• Uses toilet paper

​Motor Skills

• Runs with increasing speed and skill
• Jumps up with both feet
• Skips
• Combines motor skills to use some sport equipment
• Walks on tiptoes
• Walks backwards and sideways
• Catch large ball close to body
• Throws, catches and kicks objects
• Kicks ball by lifting foot
• Isolates one or two fingers
• Opens and closes scissors

​Music and Movement

• Controls vigorous body movements
• Remember the words to an often-repeated song
• Hums or move to the rhythm of recorded music
• Participates in group music experiences
• Develops body awareness
• Develops rhythm and tempo

4/5 Years-Old 
Curriculum Goals

Language Arts

• Identifies words that sound alike
• Identifies words that rhyme
• Identifies initial sound of a word with the letter
• Recognizes and names all capital letters in random order
• Recognizes and names all lower case letters in random order
• Imitates proper handling of books
• Tells about pictures on a page using a mix of simple phrases and simple sentences
• Points to words in book while telling story
• Talks about characters and settings
• Tells simple stories from picture books
• Answers simple questions about characters, plot, outcome of story read aloud
• Draws pictures and scribbles to generate and express ideas
• Tells a story for someone else to write
• Approximates writing strings of letters
• Writes a known letter or approximation of letter
• Follows related two-step directions
• Expands the thought or idea expressed by another person
• Uses progressive verbs (ing)
• Uses regular past tense verbs (ed)
• Uses some positional words such as “in front of”, Behind” and “next to”

Creative Arts

• Begins to control scribbles
• Sculpts clay/dough into object
• Makes a body with lines coming out of the bottom and sides of a circle

​Cognitive Skills/Math

• Identifies the next number in a series of numbers
• Uses numbers to compare
• Identifies “first” and “last”
• Uses drawings to represent quantity and numbers
• Counts a number of objects up to 10
• Counts to 20 from memory
• Differentiates numerals from letters
• Matches a numeral to a set, three to five
• States telephone number
• Makes a set of objects smaller or large
• Uses concepts of morning, afternoon, night, today, tomorrow
• Uses concepts of today, yesterday, and tomorrow
• Matches opposites
• Identifies geometric shapes
• Copies simple patterns with numbers and shapes
• Identifies patterns
• Sequences by size, three items, in different order
• Uses propositions- Inside, outside, between, above, below

​Science and Nature Study

• Investigates new materials and displays
• Classifies animals (insect, fish, reptiles, birds, mammals)
• Describes characteristics of plants, animals and people
• Uses tools such as magnifying glass, marble run, gear set, balance scale, measuring cups and spoons and sorting trays for investigation

 
Social Studies

• Demonstrates independence
• Shares and takes turns with others when assisted
• Contributes to group task
• Recognizes others’ feelings
• States full name
• States birth date
• Identifies and labels own feelings
• Takes turns with games and materials with prompts
• Maintains a conversational exchange
• Waits patiently for short time, knowing that he/she will get a turn
• Cleans up area when finished
• Uses trial and error to manipulate objects
• Maintains attention at large or small group teacher-directed activities for at least 15 minutes
• Cooperates to assume roles and act out imaginative episodes, may include common social roles (e.g., mom, dad, teacher, student)
• Uses words to indicate direction/position and size, not always accurately (Geography)
• Recognizes and describes roles within home
• Identifies his/her roles in family structure

​Self-Help/Life Skills

• Unfastens and fastens fasteners, button, snaps, zippers
• Puts on coat, jacket, hat, and mittens or gloves
• Washes and dries hands completely
• Uses tissue to clean nose
• Washes and dries face
• Asks for help with personal care when needed

Motor Skills

• Hops
• Skips
• Gallops
• Combines motor skills to see some sport equipment
• Stands and hops on one foot for a few seconds
• Throws large bean bags or ball with some accuracy
• Kicks ball forward
• Throws, catches and kicks objects with control
• Kicks ball by lifting foot
• Throws at a target
• Catches smaller ball with hands
• Uses scissors to cut on a line
• Folds and tears paper
• Opens and closes scissors with one hand

Music and Movement

• Participates in group music experiences
• Coordinates movements with words
• Develops body awareness
• Develops rhythm and tempo
• Dances interpretively to music
• Coordinates group support of individual