A preschool program can help to nurture a young child’s thirst for learning at the early age of only 3 years. During the preschool age, children really start developing skills which a learned in problem-solving. Three-year-olds are beginning to understand their own creativity and how it may be used in completing tasks. Additionally, they begin to use logical thinking to differentiate between group and singular objects.
During the New York preschool program at Ivy Prep Early Learning Academy, your 3 years old can continue to develop learning strategies that he or she can utilize in PreKindergarten and beyond!
Preschool Program Curriculum at Ivy Prep
3-4-year-olds can benefit from the M.A.S.T.E.R.S. curriculum we utilize in all of our preschool classrooms. This acronym stands for Making Academic Strides Towards Ensuring Readiness & Success because it’s meant to prepare children for their future in grade school.
The curriculum is designed for our teachers to assess and document what each child has learned. These observations are the foundation of lesson planning which allows your child to progress naturally on their developmental path.
Typically, age is used as a general guideline when assessing a child’s skills. The problem with using this guideline is that it does not allow for the variability of the skills, talents, and interests a child has.
At Ivy Prep Early Learning Academy, we embrace each child’s individuality, which is why activities in this curriculum contain multiple goals that relate to different developmental areas. These areas include:
-Cognitive and General Knowledge -Social and Emotional Development -Language, Communication, and Literacy -Approaches to Learning -Physical Well Being, Health, and Motor Development
Tracking Your Child’s Development
Along with tracking the above, we will also track to make sure your child is developing socially, cognitively, physically, and verbally with his/her age group.
Social development is tracked by making sure your child:
Communicates with adults about recent activities
Shows enthusiasm for the company of other children
Makes and maintains a friendship with at least one other child
Takes turns during play with peers
Communicates with other children to solve problems
Approaches other children positively
Seeks out other children to play with
Follows familiar routines
Begins to transition between activities
Asks simple questions
Your child’s communicative development will be tracked by making sure he/she:
Asks “w” questions
Asks others for information
Seeks and takes pleasure in new skills and experiences
Asks to join in play
Selects new activities during play time
Wants to favorite activities over and over again
Focuses on tasks of interest to him/her
Seeks assistance when encountering a problem
Expresses ideas through art, construction, movement, or music
Responds appropriately to a request
Identifies all body parts
Uses new vocabulary in everyday experiences
Uses three to four-word sentences with noun and verb
Uses adjectives in phrases
Follows multi-step directions
Beings to recall parts of a story
Requests to hear familiar stories
Predicts what will happen next
Changes intonation and tone to communicate meaning
Speaks clearly enough to be understood
Follows nonverbal directions
Participates and creates songs, rhymes, and games that play with sounds of language
Recites all letters of the alphabet
Knows the first and last page of a book
Uses pictures to predict a story
Expresses the title of a favorite book
Begins to write name
A child’s physical health is measured by how he or she:
Walks runs, navigates obstacles and corners
Climbs on play equipment
Hops forward on one foot without losing balance
Eats with utensils
Stacks, sorts, and strings, items
Copies shapes and geometric designs
Begins to use a pincer grasp
Demonstrates awareness of own body in space
Participates in different physical activities
Finally, a three-year old’s cognitive development is tracked according to how a child:
Expresses beginning understanding of cause and effect
Shows understanding of same and different
Generalizes ideas based on past experiences
Applies new information or vocabulary to an activity
Tries several methods to solve a problem before asking for assistance
Draws or scribbles and explains what the drawing is
3-4-year-olds can benefit from the M.A.S.T.E.R.S. curriculum we utilize in all of our preschool classrooms. This acronym stands for Making Academic Strides Towards Ensuring Readiness & Success because it’s meant to prepare children for their future in grade school.
