Learning Objectives - 4K
Goals for Children in a Preschool Group
• To help them to learn about God, His Son, Jesus, and all of God’s creation
• To help them develop a good self-image, a wholesome attitude towards their bodies, and a good startoward reaching their potential
• To provide opportunities for them to develop their whole personalities through first-hand experiences in social relationshipa, physical development of large and small muscles, find acceptable outlets for their emotions, and stimulating experiences which encourage them to think, analyze problems, and arrive at different possible solutions, and hearing and learning God’s Word
• To encourage them to express themselves through materials, movement, and language by providingample time and adequate opportunities
• To stimulate language development through hearing and using language
• To develop an awareness of their five senses
• To encourage independence
• To give them a thirst for and to increase their knowledge by asking questions and exploring theirenvironment
• To help them develop a sense of curiosity through providing ample first-hand learning
• To give them some basic experiences which will assist in and encourage future learning
• To provide healthy experiences with other children of the same age and to help them develop positiveattitudes towards others
• To meet their needs as individuals and as a group
• To encourage them to develop a positive attitude toward teachers, school, and learning
• To build a good relationship between the home and the school
Spiritual Objectives
In each age group, our goal is to help children learn more about God. Throughout your child’s years at Spring Valley Baptist Preschool, we want them to know that the Bible is God's Word, to know that Jesus is God's Son, and to know that God hears them when they pray. We will teach each child that Jesus loves them and that He wants to be their friend forever. Each class learns age-appropriate Bible verses and learns stories of the Bible. 4K children learn the books of the Bible and learn a Bible verse for each letter of the alphabet. We are so thankful for the opportunity to share the love of Jesus with each child.
Class Objectives
The following is a list of objectives for our 1K classes. All of these will be introduced to your child in acreative learning environment. Your child will be encouraged to learn at his or her own pace and should not feelpressured. Our curriculum offers hands-on experience, learning through fun, games, art, and music.
Academic:
• Identifies written first and last name
• Writes first name
• Recognizes and names some upper- and lower-case letters
• Uses prior knowledge, story title, and pictures to make predictions about the content of the story
• Tells a familiar story in correct order
• Makes real-world connection between stories and real-life experiences
• Identifies and produces rhyming words
• Identifies numbers 1-20
• Matches numerals to sets of objects with the same number, 0-10
• Describes sets as having more, less, or equal
• Counts at least ten objects using one-to-one correspondence
• Sorts and classifies objects using one or more characteristics
• Creates and extends simple patterns
• Identifies 10 basic colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, white, black) and 6 basicshapes (square, circle, triangle, rectangle, diamond, oval)
• Recites days of the week and names four seasons
• Recites address and identifies birthday
• Identifies directional terms (left/right, up/down, on/off, in/out)
• Identifies simple opposites (big/little, light/dark, hard/soft)
• Recognizes cause and effect relationships
• Recites simple Bible verses
• Is familiar with simple Bible stories
Motor Skills:
• Sses scissors and glue correctly with adult guidance
• Holds pencil correctly with adult guidance
• Hops and runs
• Runs and stops suddenly
• Balances on one foot
• Throws and catches a ball
Social Skills:
Children will participate in learning activities that promote the development of personalindependence and responsible behavior. Skills emphasized will include:
• Sharing
• Taking turns
• Playing cooperatively
• Helpings others (being a helper)
• Using manners (please, thank you, yes sir/no sir, and yes ma’am/no ma’am)
• Listening to and following multi-step directions with adult support
• Putting their book bags and personal items in their designated spots and/or on their hooks
• Using the restroom unassisted
