Welcome to the Hemingway Pre-Kindergarten

Creating a World of Play: What Children Are Learning

Our preschool program provides opportunities for each child to grow emotionally, physically, intellectually, and socially. Each day , children will engage in a variety of learning activities. Intentionally organized learning experiences are  planned to build self-esteem, challenge children's thinking and reasoning skills, encourage healthy relationships with peers and staff, and explore various curriculum topics. Children will spend time in self-directed learning centers that include blocks, dramatic play, math and manipulatives, art, discovery, computers, sand and water table (sensory), and literacy centers.

Blocks

• Spatial Relationships
• Shape, Color, Size Discrimination
• Cooperation
• Balance and Hand-Eye Coordination
• Organization and Sequential Skills
• Problem Solving, Design, and Construction Skills
• Quantity and Number Concepts

Dramatic Play

• Conflict Resolution (Bringing the Adult World down to size)
• Verbal Skills and Language Development
• Cooperation
• Individual Expression and Creativity
• Making Choices and Plans
• Understanding and Expressing Feelings

Games, Puzzles, and Table Toys

• Perseverance and Self-Control
• Math Skills: Sequencing, Classifying, Estimating, Counting, Comparing, Sorting, Patterns and Shapes
• Visual Discrimination Skills
• Hand-Eye Coordination
• Fine Motor Skills
• Tactile Discrimination
• Distance and Directionality

 

Discovery

• Observation and Discovery
• Learning and Testing New Concepts
• Drawing Conclusions and Making Predictions
• Understanding Change and the Natural World
• Cause and Effect
• Identifying Living and Non-living Things

 

Sand and Water Table

• Sensory Exploration and Discovery
• Measurement
• Problem Solving Skills
• Cause and Effect
• Properties of Matter
• Conservation of Matter