Pre-K Curriculum

Kindergarten Readiness

Our ECLC program strives to give children a balanced program that is specifically tailored to the individual child. Every learning experience is designed to meet one or more of the child’s four areas of development; social and emotional, cognitive, physical and cultural. The lessons taught and reinforced at the JCC’s ECLC are carefully designed to give your child the tools needed to succeed in school. Your child will make life-long friendships, develop attitudes and values that will allow them to approach learning with delight and enthusiasm, and develop a healthy, positive self-concept.

On a daily basis, children approach learning as an adventure. When your Pre-K child learns the letter “M,” he will travel to the land of “Mr. Munching Mouth,” and do such adventurous things as: stringing macaroni necklaces (to strengthen fine motor skills), experience magnets in the science center, and go on a classroom search for items that begin with the letter “M.” The children might also have a math lesson about size and measurement and cruise around the room with a 12-inch length of rope measuring furniture.

For handwriting, the JCC uses the Handwriting Without Tears method. This method appeals to all styles of learning: visual, auditory, tactile and kinesthetic. During the first few weeks of school the children work with wood pieces as they identify big curve, little curves, big lines, and little lines. It is amazing to see children working together in a group, learning to follow steps in a process, as they make letters in a structured way.

Language Arts
Building Language for Literacy
Handwriting Without Tears
Listening comprehension
Creative journal writing
Book making
Poetry and shared literacy
Fine motor development
Auditory/visual discrimination and memory
Oral expression and vocabulary
Phonological awareness

Mathematics
Math Their Way
Precomputational
Counting, sorting, classifying
Geometric shapes
Patterns and graphs
Estimation and comparison
Problem solving
Simple addition and subtraction
Spatial positions
Number recognition 1-20
Money identification
Temporal ordering

Science
Health, nutrition, hygiene
Seasons, weather, wind, air
Senses and the human body
Space
Ecology and recycling
Property of matter
Live science
Dinosaurs

Social Studies
All about me
American history
Anti-bias awareness and diversity
Florida
Children around the world
Gross Motor Development:
Physical education specialist
Balance, coordination, laterality
Body and spatial awareness

Art
Expanded mediums
Collages and sculpture
Brush and stroke techniques
Textures and printing
Creative expression

Social & Emotional Development
Table manners
Polite conversation
Proper introduction
Addressing adults
Friendships, cooperation, sharing
Empathy and respect
Self-expression and feelings
Independence and self-help skills

Music
Music specialist
Musical movement and rhythms
Dancing and singing
Instrument instruction/identification
Introduction to reading music

Creative Drama
Role playing
Dramatic play area
Puppet shows

Life Skills
Human Rights curriculum, Project Protect
Personal safety
Field trip safety

Computer
Computer specialist
Computer manipulation
Keyboard skills
Printing
Challenging software

Judaic Studies
Judaic specialist
Celebration of Jewish holidays
Israel - Homeland
Kabbalat Shabbat (a musical celebration on Friday mornings) and Havdalah (on Monday mornings)
Folk and Bible stories
Hebrew language and blessings
Values
Foreign Language: Hebrew & Spanish