Penguins
In our Penguins (5's/pre-K) class we ...
- Encourage learning through play and exploration in a warm, age-appropriate setting
- Offer a wealth of storytelling, music and movement opportunities
- Create a variety of art and sensory experiences
- Explore colors, numbers, shapes and letters
- Provide gross- and fine-motor experiences in a rich, challenging environment
- Play indoors and outdoors daily
- Promote confidence and encourage independence through acquisition of self-help skills
- Foster social and language development through cooperative play
- Further develop social skills by providing activities for imaginative play
- Learn to sit through multi-step, teacher-directed activity time
- Practice sharing, taking turns and making independent choices
- Master tools for kindergarten-readiness: scissors, paintbrushes, alphabet and math manipulatives
- Work independently at centers
- Practice sequencing and patterning activities
- Expand work with numbers and math concepts