Instruction for Inquisitive Minds

At Pitter-Patter Child Care Inc., we utilize a curriculum that features age-appropriate learning. Our curriculum is based on several local school districts because we strive in having our preschoolers kindergarten ready by the time they make that exciting leap into elementary school. Your child also has the opportunity to interact with other kids, which promotes better social skills. We work on improving their communication skills with teachers and the other children to help develop stronger social skills. Our preschool classrooms provide progress reports twice a year to show the growth of our preschools throughout the school year.

Preschool Program

Our preschool kids range from three to five years old. Since children learn from personal interaction and talking about their experiences, we provide an environment that promotes active learning. Active learning occurs when the following is incorporated into daily routines: materials for each child, manipulation of those materials, choice by the child of what to do with the materials, words chosen and used by the child, and support by teachers or peers that helps the child think about his or her actions.

Our first preschool classroom focuses on tracing as an important role in the writing development of children.

We have a yearly curriculum that allows our teachers and students to get creative with their art skills!

Outside play time is just as important as worksheets and circle time! Kids learn best from play!

Preschool Program Highlights:

Children will learn to recognize their name and, eventually, write and verbally spell their own name and their friends' names, too. The ability to print depends on muscle control, skill in recognizing symbols, and/or the ability to note the placement of lines in a symbol. As one child may develop the coordination of throwing a ball or riding a bike first, another may begin to manipulate a pencil and begin to print. We help children develop both their large motor skills and their fine motor skills.

We offer a print-rich setting that surrounds children with letters, numbers, and printed words that are an integral part of pre-school life. Kids are fascinated by these symbols of lines and circles that form words and their names. Our three-to-four year olds are introduced to simple worksheets such as tracing the letter A for Apple, whereas our four and five year olds trace and write the letter A and the word Apple. Our Jolly Phonics program not only focuses on recognizing the letter but also being able to know what letter sound it makes as well.

Our biggest goal for the preschool classrooms is that they are ready to take that big step into kindergarten! Being able to write their first and last names and properly use scissors is just as important as independently dressing themselves and their communication skills with teachers and other children. Learning to follow directions as a whole group and an individual is also a big part of the skills teachers help develop within our preschool program.

Having fun is how kids learn best and we have LOTS of FUN!!!

Goals for our preschoolers before they go to Kindergarten include:

- To learn and recognize the alphabet, uppercase and lowercase

- Master writing their first and last name without help

- To learn their birthdate

- To understand beginning phonic sounds

- To learn self-discipline, following directions as a group and as an individual

- To be able to follow verbal directions on worksheets and art

- To learn the concepts of the calendar; days of the week, months of the year, and the four seasons

- To be able to use scissors and glue with limited supervision

- To improve their communications skills with teachers and the other children, developing social skills

- To gain more independence when dressing themselves, i.e. shoes, jackets, clothes when needed

Our preschoolers love group games outside.

Preschool imaginations run wild outside on the playground!

Hands on learning is always fun, even more when it's messy!