Little Saints Daily Schedule

 

TYPICAL SCHEDULE

Extended care is available for drop off in the preschool area beginning at 7:00 AM until class start time at 9:00 AM. 

Morning sessions (9:00-12:00)

  • Check-In (name recognition, weather)
  • Room Exploration as classmates arrive, Playdough, Shaving Cream, Sensory Table, Large & Small Building Blocks, Games, Easel
  • Group Time – Prayer, Weather, Calendar, Book and Bible Verse, Songs and Fingerplays, Alphabet Activities, Preschool Game Day, (Concentration on Math and Reading)
  • Guided Center Time – Art Activity, Journaling, Inventive Spelling, Games and Puzzles, Science
  • Clean-up
  • Restroom, Wash hands, Prayer and Snack
  • Large Muscle (Outdoor and Gymnasium)
  • Free Choice Time
  • Clean-up
  • Closing Group (Birthdays, Show & Tell, Seeds Magazine, Shining Spirit, Prayer and Red Folders)
  • Gather things, Closing Prayer & Song

Students will also attend music class with our school’s music teacher, have PE with the school’s PE teacher,  and visit the library each week to choose a book to bring home. STEM students will use school technology and work with supplies from our STEM Lab.

Afternoons – For Full day sessions (12:00-3:00)

  • Lunch – hot lunch option available
  • Nap or rest time (offered only for students staying for the full day programs)
  • Group time – academics, art, extensions of projects worked on earlier in the day.
  • Projects with more pre-reading and math skills
  • Large Muscle (Outdoor and Gymnasium)
  • Station or Free Choice Time
  • Clean-up

The extended care program will take place in the preschool area beginning at 3:00 PM.  

  • Snack
  • Freeplay

Parent pick up between 3:00-5:00 PM

Preschool Program Plan

Children enrolled in our preschool programs are supervised by the preschool teachers and preschool aides at all times.

Curriculum – Throughout the year, through thematic instruction children will be learning: 

Spiritual

  • Begin to understand Christian beliefs
  • How to pray
  • To know Jesus
  • Scripture stories and lessons
  • Songs of worship and praise

Intellectual

  • Introduction to religion, art, science, numbers, shapes, colors, sizes, letters
  • Communication skills – following directions, increase attention span
  • About family, friends, and the environment

Physical

  • Develop gross and fine motor skills
  • Develop eye-hand coordination
  • Increase strength and coordination

Emotional/Social

  • Develop a high level of self-esteem
  • Express and recognize emotions
  • Build confidence, independence and responsibility
  • Develop friendships
  • Sharing and taking turns
  • Consider the feelings of others
  • Expand environment beyond home
  • Adjust to group situations