Curriculum Guide for 3 year classes

Cognitive

  • Identifying colors
  • Identifying shapes
  • Counting to 20
  • Identifying numbers 1-10
  • Sorting
  • Classifying
  • Calendar-days, months, years, seasons
  • Weather

Language and Listening

  • Recognizing name
  • Identifying uppercase letters
  • Memorization
  • Learning through songs
  • Telling stories
  • Attending to stories
  • Phonic awareness
  • Following directions
  • Able to tell name, age, gender

Fine Motor

  • Correct pencil grip
  • Cutting with correct scissor grip
  • Writing letters, drawing shapes
  • Tracing
  • Coloring within the lines
  • Painting
  • Gluing
  • Puzzles
  • Pegboards
  • Drawing
  • Stringing beads
  • “Play-Doh” activities

Gross Motor

  • Walking in a straight line
  • Jumping
  • Climbing
  • Running
  • Throwing and catching ball

Social and Personal

  • Sharing
  • Respecting others’ feelings
  • Manners
  • Helping clean room and put away toys
  • Responsible for personal belongings
  • Responsible for bathroom needs
  • Listening
  • Following rules
  • Displaying self-control

1st SEMESTER

September

  • Letters A, B, C
  • Numbers 1 & 2
  • Colors red, yellow, brown
  • Cutting

October

  • Colors black, orange, white
  • Letters D, E, F
  • Numbers 3, 4
  • Cutting
  • Triangles

November

  • Letter G, H, I
  • Cutting
  • Fall Season
  • Colors orange, yellow, red
  • Number 5

December

  • Letters J, K
  • Colors red & green
  • Cutting
  • Winter Season

*Museum animal

*Weekly Reader

*Music M-F

*Holidays

Handwriting Without Tears

We are excited about our curriculum for our 3-year-olds, called “Handwriting Without Tears.” The program has developmentally appropriate materials and activities that help children to play, build, color, and learn while developing important skills, such as: language proficiency, fine and gross motor control, shapes, colors, letter and number recognition, etc. We feel this approach will allow your child’s confidence to grow, making learning fun as we build on skills learned each week. We will introduce a new letter each week, as follows:

September
Ll
Ff / October
Ee
Hh
Tt / November
Ii
Q
Uu
Gg / December
Cc
Oo / January
Qq
Gg
Ss
Jj / February
Dd
Pp
Bb
Rr / March
Kk
Aa
Mm / April
Nn
Vv
Xx / May
Yy
Zz

The workbook’s pages cannot be torn out so we will not be able to send your child’s work home each week. We invite you to drop by to check your child’s progress anytime. We look forward to a full year of learning and fun!

An additional weekly part of our curriculum is our Weekly Reader. We typically discuss the subject matter and complete the work page on Fridays. We may not always complete the work page when other activities intervene. You may wish to discuss this page with your child as “homework.”