Pre-Kindergarten

Welcome to Pre-Kindergarten!

My priority is to help build a thoughtful and caring learning community that gives children permission to take academic risks, be critical friends, and find joy in the learning process. That includes knowing each child, where they are, and where they could be by when. It includes seeing the value in the leader, the introvert, and the wiggle worm. And it includes feeding their innate drive and curiosity. Teaching is my passion, and children are my love. I am beyond thrilled to be living in Hailey with my husband, three boys, and two pups.

Creating A World of Play:

What we are learning?

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 

Art

• Fine Motor Skills
• Creative Representation
• Color, Shape, and Size Relationships
• Individual Expression
• Understanding Symbols
• Bringing Ideas to Life
• Eye Hand Coordination
• Language Development

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

Computers

• Logic and Reasoning
• Early Reading/Writing Skills
• Hand Eye Coordination
• Experimenting with Technology
• Cause and Effect
• Classification and Mathematical Reasoning

Sand and Water Table

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

Library and Listening Center

• Language Development
• Comprehension
• Sequencing and Story Telling
• Pre-Reading Skills
• Concepts About Print
• Reading for Enjoyment