Teachers:  Mrs. Elizabeth Castrejon and Mrs. Ana Lily Gonzalez
Principal:  Tina Struve
We believe that a child's first formal schooling experience must be filled with exploration and fun activities which promote curiosity in a young mind.  Egremont creates a safe, warm, and caring atmosphere for the Prechool students within a spacious classroom and a beautifully fenced playground area.  Here, each child is monitored closely and encouraged to develop according to his / her own readiness.

Our preschool classroom starts as early as two years and nine months (or two years and six months -must be fully potty trained), but it is considered our "3-year-old classroom." 

Students engage in active activities that teach various subjects and participate in exploration and play through teacher-led instruction. We purposely plan each activity that encourages creativity, curiosity, and learning. We aim to deliver an age-appropriate yet challenging curriculum.  Our preschool classroom is a place full of wonder, laughter, and love. We aim to develop each preschooler to be a model citizen that enjoys coming to school every day. We love partnering with our parents to provide the best experience to each child.

​Welcome to Preschool!

Curriculum Overview

Curriculum Scope & Sequence by Themes for Preschool:

September Themes: I am Special, My Family, My Friends, My School, My Neighborhood, Using Good Manners, Class Rules
Color: Blue Shape: Circle Letters: Mm, Dd, Ff, Aa

October Themes: Harvest Happenings, fall on the farm, fall in the city, Fire Prevention Week, Community Helpers, Pumpkins & Halloween
Color: Orange Shape: Square Letters: Tt, Hh, Nn

November Themes: Early Explorers, Pilgrims, Mayflower, Scarecrows, Thanksgiving
Color: Brown & Black Shape: Triangle Letters: Pp, Bb, Gg

December Themes: Holidays, Bears, Family Traditions & Celebrations
Color: Red Shape: Rectangle Letters: Ss, Ee, and letter review

January Themes: Wonders of Winter, Animals that Live in the Cold, Eskimos, Alphabet Soup
Color: White Shape: Star Letters: Ww, Jj, Rr, Ii

February Themes: Famous Americans, Dental Health & Heart Health, Valentine's Day, Post Office
Color: Pink Shape: Heart Letters: Ll, Vv, Cc

March Themes: March Winds, Wonders of Spring, Dr. Seuss's Birthday, St Patrick's Day
Color: Green Shape: Octagon Letters: Kk, Oo, Qq, Yy

April Themes: Spring, Easter, Baby Animals, Gardens & Picnics
Color: Yellow Shape: Oval Letters: Uu, Zz, Xx

May Themes: May Day, Zoo Animals, Mother's Day, Ladybugs, How Things Grow
Color: Purple Shape: Shape Review Letters: Letter Review

June Themes: Oceans & Water Fun, Ocean Life, Boats, Father's Day, American Heroes
Practice fine motor skills and Review
Classroom Learning Goals:
Adapted from the National Institute for Early Education Research

MATH/SCIENCE
NUMBER AND NUMERICAL OPERATIONS
Learning Objectives:
  •    Know number sequence up to ten and recognize number patterns beyond ten
  •    Understand numbers and their relationship to the quantity
  •    Use counting strategies accurately to find the quantity and solve problems
  •  Identify and write numerals and associate numerals with quantities
  •  Compare quantities to determine more than, less than, and equal
  •  Identify new quantities when adding to or taking away from sets of objects

CLASSIFICATION AND ALGEBRAIC THINKING
Learning Objectives:
  •    Sort objects by one or more attributes and describe
  •  Organize objects by variations in attributes
  •  Identify patterns in the environment
  •  Identify, copy, and extend simple to complex patterns

GEOMETRY AND MEASUREMENT
Learning Objectives:
  • Recognize and name common and irregular shapes and identify them by their attributes​
  • Compare and contrast attributes of two- and three-dimensional shapes
  • Use knowledge of shapes to solve problems
  • Compare and contrast various measurement attributes
  • Order and compare objects by one or more measurable attributes
  • Use standard or nonstandard measurement attributes to measure and compare

SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
Learning Objectives:
  • Participate in investigations to form hypotheses, gather observations, draw conclusions, and form generalizations
  • Describe and support predictions
  • Observe and discuss similarities and differences among objects and materials, including cause and effect
  • Collect, describe, and record information through a variety of means
  • Use senses and tools (including technology) to gather information, investigate, observe, and record processes, relationships, and natural phenomena

SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL/SOCIAL STUDIES
SELF-REGULATION
Learning Objectives:
  • Use appropriate communication skills to express needs, wants, and feelings without aggression
  • Develop independence in a range of activities, including classroom and health routines and tasks
  • Use and accept negotiation, compromise, and discussion to resolve conflicts
  • Demonstrate empathy and caring for others

PLAY
Learning Objectives:
  • Make independent decisions about tasks to engage in and materials to use in the classroom
  • Participate in a variety of classroom activities and tasks and use a variety of materials
  • Engage in a variety of tasks and activities
  • Join in play with others and invite others to play
  • Assume and negotiate roles in play with others
  • Engage in cooperative group play
  • The standards listed below are often observed through children's dramatic play:
    • Identify a variety of jobs and the work associated with them
    • Demonstrate an understanding of the family structure

LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
ORAL LANGUAGE
Learning Objectives:
  • Understand and use increasingly complex and varied vocabulary and sentence structure
  • Participate in conversations with peers and adults
  • Stay on topic in conversations
  • Respond to questions from peers or adults
  • Ask questions to get information, seek help, or clarify
  • Retell stories

PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS
Learning Objectives:
  • Recognize separable and repeating sounds in spoken language
  • Play with alliterative language
  • Makeup and chant rhymes
  • Discriminate syllables in words
  • Move to different patterns of beat and rhythm in music
  • Participate in repeating rhymes and chants
  • Identifies letter-sound correspondences

PRINT AWARENESS
Learning Objectives:
  • Recognize letters as a special category of visual graphics and understand that letters form words
  • Identify letters, especially those in own name, family names, and environmental print
  • Identify print such as classmates' names or signs and symbols in the environment
  • Understand that print carries meaning
  • Identifies and names alphabet letters

WRITING
Learning Objectives:
  • Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing (scribbles, approximation of letters, or known letters) to communicate ideas
  • Recognize that writing is a form of communication for a variety of purposes
  • Writes name
  • Introduction to writing letters (uppercase & lowercase)
  • Introduction to writing numbers 1-10

THE ARTS AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Learning Objectives:
  • Develop gross motor control and balance
  • Develop fine motor control
  • Develop hand strength and eye-hand coordination
  • Develop motor coordination and control of the body
  • Participate in music activities
  • Uses varying materials and techniques to make art creations
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