A Glance at UCiC’s Preschool Program

3 year olds and those turning 4 have pre-school classes with the above activities to help them learn colors, shapes and spatial relationships. Their program contains a range of learning experiences to help them gain self-esteem, self-awareness, self-control, and decision making abilities. They also learn about nutrition, health, community helpers and personal safety.

 

Spiritual Development

• Basic Bible stories, songs and concepts

• Monthly character traits and their meanings

• A portion of a Bible verse for each trait

• Applying the traits in school with classmates and teachers

 

Social / Emotional Development

• Group skills as cooperating, sharing, taking turns and negotiating

• Showing Jesus' love and respect to everyone

• Developing self-esteem and learning that each child is special

 

General Cognitive Development

• Recognizing likeness and differences

• Matching colors, sizes and shapes, and then categorizing

• Developing logical thinking skills

• Follow two part directions (such as “Put your toys away and come to the table”)

• Spatial concepts and opposites (such as; up/down, in/out, over/under)

 

Language Development

• Using imagination (storytelling by “reading” a book, puppets, dramatic play)

• Talking clearly in front of a group and sharing personal experiences

• Learning new words in vocabulary and memory games

• Learning songs, finger plays, and rhymes

• Making relevant verbal contributions in small group discussion

• Expression using art materials

 

Numbers Development

• Match and sort objects

• Rote count to ten, then count ten objects

 

Science/Health/Social Studies

• Simple concepts about such themes as: dinosaurs, plants, shadows, healthy habits, animals, community helpers, international customs.

• Learning about holidays