The BCS Pre-K classroom is designed to use weekly/bi-weekly integrated Social Studies and Science themes throughout the school year. Below is a list of monthly themes covered in class:
September:
October:
November:
December:
January:
February:
March:
April:
May:
Pre-K - Goals
I can...
Bible:
Social and Emotional:
Physical (Gross and Fine Motor):
Social Studies:
Math:
Science:
Language Arts:
Adventures
The Pre-K students adventure outside the classroom to explore, investigate, and observe God's world around them. I have listed below a tentative field trip schedule for the Pre-K school year.
Who? Teacher, students, and parents are welcome!
A trip to Mancino's Pizza for our science food unit.
May: A trip to the zoo with 1st and 2nd grade for our science animal unit.
May/June: A trip to Windmill Island for our science weather/wind unit.
Who? Teachers and students.
Sometime in the fall or spring: A trip to Zeeland High School for a Lollipop Concert for our music class.
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September:
- School
- Faces
- Feelings
- Community Helpers
October:
- Safety
- Fall
- Animal Homes
- Food and Nutrition
November:
- Thanksgiving
- Native Americans
December:
- Five Senses
- Christmas
January:
- Winter
- Penguins (Tacky the Penguin Literary Theme)
- Clifford (Literary Theme)
- Solar System
February:
- Our Bodies
- National Symbols
- Friendship
- Fairy Tales
March:
- Mammals
- Birds
- Fish
- Reptiles
- Amphibians
April:
- Spring
- In the Garden
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Literary Theme)
May:
- Clouds
- Rain
- Wind
- Kindergarten
- Memories
Pre-K - Goals
I can...
Bible:
- listen to God's story
- participate in discussions about Bible stories
- talk to God through group and individual prayers
- praise God through songs and actions
- know He is God by demonstrating respect for God's creation
- memorize monthly Bible verses
Social and Emotional:
- try new things
- share materials with others
- take turns
- participate in small and whole group discussions
- listen when other speak
- respect other's space, abilities, and belongings
- follow simple directions
- follow classroom and school rules
- take responsibilities for own actions and belongings
- develop an appropriate attention span
- interact courteously with others
Physical (Gross and Fine Motor):
- hop, skip, gallop, balance, jump, climb
- throw, catch, kick, bounce a ball
- use correct pencil grip and control
- write first name correctly
- form basic shapes (squares, rectangles, circles, ovals, triangles, stars, trapezoids, diamonds)
- hold and use scissors correctly
- build a 10 piece puzzle
- perform independently self-help tasks
Social Studies:
- recite family phone number
- name caregivers and teachers
- explore family and school relationships
- name community helpers and identify their role in the community
- identify a few U.S. holidays
- act out safety rules
Math:
- rote count to 50
- count backwards from 10
- identify numerals 0-10
- classify and sort objects
- identify, create, and extend basic patterns
- identify the penny and nickel
- explore graphs
- explore measurement
- identify and form basic shapes
- compare objects
- identify positions and locations of objects
- add and subtract (with sums and differences 0-5)
Science:
- observe God's word around me
- use basic science tools
- identify the four seasons
- identify animal and plant characteristics
- discover the five senses
- use appropriate hygiene and healthy living skills
Language Arts:
- play with upper and lowercase letters
- identify lowercase letter names
- explore letter sounds
- develop phonological awareness
- identify and use print concepts (left to right progression, text contains meaning)
- play with rhyming words and sounds
- appreciate books
- develop an eagerness to read and write
- speak clearly and use complete sentences
- verbalize and identify feelings
- recall details from stories
- recall details from experiences
- identify characters in stories
Adventures
The Pre-K students adventure outside the classroom to explore, investigate, and observe God's world around them. I have listed below a tentative field trip schedule for the Pre-K school year.
Who? Teacher, students, and parents are welcome!
A trip to Mancino's Pizza for our science food unit.
May: A trip to the zoo with 1st and 2nd grade for our science animal unit.
May/June: A trip to Windmill Island for our science weather/wind unit.
Who? Teachers and students.
Sometime in the fall or spring: A trip to Zeeland High School for a Lollipop Concert for our music class.
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