St. Stephen-St. Edward Pre-Kindergarten Program
                       
Starting Pre-Kindergarten is a major milestone for your child and for you. Our goal is to emphasize social and emotional development and to expand children’s knowledge of their environment and to begin academic skills.  Pre-Kindergarten introduces your child to structured activities, to learning cooperation and interaction with peers while exploring a new environment.
 
Pre-Kindergarten is based on an atmosphere of play.  We enrich and nurture young children’s growth and development through engaging lessons, center based learning and technology.  New concepts are presented in a variety of fun and child friendly approaches.  Stories, flannel board, puppets, action poems, movement activities, songs and teacher/student interactions are part of a daily lesson.  The activities and lessons that help prepare your child for Kindergarten and school success include:

• Letters
• Numbers 1-20
• Colors
• Basic Shapes
• Calendar Activities  (days of the week and months of the year)
• Weather Observations
• Pre-reading Activities  (rhymes, sequencing, opposites and retelling stories)
• Religion (prayers, bible stories and attending mass)
• Seasonal Activities
• Fine Motor Development (pre-writing, name writing, cutting with scissors, buttoning, snapping and zippering)
• Large Motor Development (climbing, running, ball throwing, skipping, swinging and hopping)                                     

Musical Performances for Parents

• Christmas Concert 

Field Trips

• Fall Apple Picking
• Fall Pumpkin Picking
• Spring Visit to the Farm

Celebrations

• Halloween Parade
• Thanksgiving Feast
• Mothers’ Day Tea
• PreK-4 Graduation

Participation in “Big School” Activities

• Breakfast with Santa
• Pep Rally

Progress Reports

• February & June
• Parent Conferences as Requested

Enrichment 

• Spanish
• Gym
• Monthly Mass
• Before/After Care