Our Preschool is an active place for children 3 to 4 years old. This Christian preschool class develops the whole child, preparing them for our Pre-Kindergarten Class.

Language Arts

• Recognizing upper and lower case alphabet
• Recognizing their names
• Understanding the calendar, knowing months of the year & days of the week
• Identifying and naming colors
• Identifying and naming basic and complex shapes
• Developing vocabulary, listening skills, and attention span
• Developing the ability to translate personal thoughts, recall events, and articulate them into sentences in front of a group

Social-emotional Development

• Developing a positive self-image and creativity
• Learning to interact, share, and cooperate with a peer group
• Learning to identify feelings in oneself and others

Mathematics

• Recognition and count numbers 1 – 30
• Developing basic math concepts such as patterns, sorting, classifying simple addition and subtractions
• Learning to recognize and compare, shapes, sizes and quantities

Art & Crafts

• Learning self expression through working with art materials
• Express feeling and ideas
• Develop creativity and imagination
• Foster an appreciation for various art forms

Music

• Developing a sense of rhythm and auditory memory
• Sequence used in instruments and song
• The ability to explore cause and effect

Science / Social Studies

• Developing the curiosity necessary to wonder why, what, when, where, and how, through hands-on projects
• Developing an awareness of the world around them
• Learning Seasons, Safety, Community Service, Transportation, Mammals, Insects, Amphibians and Dinosaurs

Fine Motor Development

• Fostering hand/eye coordination and pre-writing skills (through experiences with using crayons, chalk, brushes, tearing, pasting, stringing, molding, etc.)
• Increasing skills connected with daily practical experiences (such as dressing, buttoning, hanging coats, eating with a spoon or fork)
• Developing small muscle control (through manipulative play, interlocking blocks, finger plays, puzzles, etc.)

Gross Motor Development

• Fostering the ability to run, gallop, jump, hop, skip and throw by participation in individual/group games and activities
• Developing balance, coordination, and self-expression by involvement in musical exercises, games and outside play

3 & 4 Year Old Goals

• Sit “crisscross applesauce” during circle time (attention span)
• Recognize their written name
• Trace their name
• Grip/hold a pencil and crayon in the correct manner
• Cut straight lines and basic shapes
• Recognize upper and lower case letters and the sound that each letter makes
• Learn the months, the seasons, days of the week, 8 basic colors, and 9 basic shapes
• Count from 1-20
• Basic math concepts: patterns, sorting and sequencing, classifying, simple addition and subtraction
• Developing balance, coordination and self expression by involvement in music, games, and outside play
• Develop creativity and imagination through arts and crafts
• Interact with one another in a kind and loving manner through cooperation, sharing, and problem solving
• To have an awareness of the character of God and stories in the Bible

Contact Santa Clara Christian School today at (408) 246-5423 to enroll your child in our Preschool Program!