Saturday, May 19th

Daily Schedule

A Day At St Thomas Preschool and Kindergarten

St. Thomas Preschool and Kindergarten has four program levels-(2 years olds) Early Explorers, (3 yearolds)  preschool, (4 year olds) pre-kindergarten,  and kindergarten.  Children are grouped in classes on the basis of age and development level.  Our goal is to insure  that the programs are developmentally appropriate and based on staff/child ratios are limited to ensure program quality. School philosophy assures that programs are developmentally appropriate and are based on the needs, potential, and interests of the children.  The school curriculum assures that program goals and objectives are introduced and explored in each classroom in a manner that challenges each child to his/her next developmental objective.

Early Explorers

Preschool Schedule

7:30am – 9:00am Early Care
9:00am – 12:00pm Preschool – this includes circle time,  inside and outside choice times, snack, worship as a community once a week, and a daily pray time. There is usually a secular theme and a religious theme that the children study during this time for example: the solar system and the story of creation.
12:00pm –12:30pm Lunch
12:30pm – 2:30pm Nap
12:30pm – 2:00pm Playground and Enrichment Programs
2:00pm – 5:00 pm Extended Care – This includes circle time, inside and outside choices, snack, and games.

 

Pre-Kindergarten

Teaching pre-k presents challenges that are unique in many ways. As children enter school, they come with varying degrees of readiness, and their parents come with varied expectations of what will be accomplished in a year. That is why we have designed a program that is developmentally appropriate for the students in our classrooms.

7:30am – 9:00am Pre Care
9:00am – 12:00pm Pre–K this includes circle time,  inside and outside choice times, snack, weekly community prayer, and daily pray time. There is usually a secular theme and a religious theme that the children study during this time for example: the solar system and the story of creation.
12:00pm –12:30pm Lunch
12:30pm – 2:00pm Circle time, large motor, fine motor, Handwriting Without Tears, and enrichments.
2:00pm – 5:00 pm Extended Care – this includes circle times, inside and outside choices, snack, and games.

Afternoon Extended Child Care

The afternoon extended child care program runs from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.   During the extended care program, your child will get more one-one interaction with the teachers and meet new friends from the other classrooms. Children may be enrolled for all or part of the afternoon on the days that they are scheduled to attend.  Children staying for lunch need to bring their own lunch, which will be refrigerated.

Extended Enrichments- After 2:00

Tuesday:  Little Kritters Soccer

Wednesday: Ceceila Whitby Studio Piano

Thursday: Black Belt 4 Life Karate

Sample Kindergarten Schedule

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9:00-9:10 am Morning Routine: Wash hands, sign in and put bags away.SSS-PO1,2 9:00-9:10 am Morning Routine: Wash hands, sign in and put bags away.SSS-PO1,2 9:00-9:10 am Morning Routine: Wash hands, sign in and put bags away.SSS-PO1,2 9:00-9:10 am Morning Routine: Wash hands, sign in and put bags away.SSS-PO1,2 9:00-9:10 am Morning Routine: Wash hands, sign in and put bags away.SSS-PO1,2
9:10-9:30 Circle Time: Students will review calendar, days of the week, months, and date.  Students will pick helpers, take attendance,  and do pledge of allegiance in Spanish and EnglishSSS-PO1,2 9:10-9:30 Circle Time: Students will review calendar, days of the week, months, and date.  Students will pick helpers, take attendance,  and do pledge of allegiance in Spanish and EnglishSSS-PO1,2 9:10-9:30 Circle Time: Students will review calendar, days of the week, months, and date.  Students will pick helpers, take attendance,  and do pledge of allegiance in Spanish and EnglishSSS-PO1,2 9:10-9:30 Circle Time: Students will review calendar, days of the week, months, and date.  Students will pick helpers, take attendance,  and do pledge of allegiance in Spanish and EnglishSSS-PO1,2 9:10-9:30 Circle Time: Students will review calendar, days of the week, months, and date.  Students will pick helpers, take attendance,  and do pledge of allegiance in Spanish and EnglishSSS-PO1,2
9:20-10:00amLiteracy and Language: We will read “Fall is here” in class and go over simple sentences on chart board.Centers-practice writing letter lL words- lion, ladybug, leaves, light, lamb and so on.sight words:of, A, here, my, the lego boards, play dough letter Ll, 9:20-10:00amLiteracy and Language: Center-We will read “The Leaf blew in.”  We will go over the sequence of the book in class. We will write a simple sentence “If I were a leaf…I would fly to… and draw a picture.Centers-vocabulary words on dry erase boards, legos sight words, journals the letter Ll in class and Leaf story. 9:20-10:00am Community Prayer@9:30amLanguage/Literacy: Centers--we will work on sight words with legos, Letter Ll words on dry erase boards, and matching game upper and lower case. 9:20-10:00amLiteracy and Language Literacy and Language: We will read the Fall Basket” and use the sentence stripes. We will work on word family-ug in class.Centers: 1-word family sort 2-We will do legos on sight here, A, my, the, of 3-journals. 9:20-10:00amLiteracy and Language: Review all centers, reading groups, finish any literacy projects in class.Review-term syllables, blending sounds, zoo phonics during circle time.
10:00 10:30 Snack: Clean up, wash their hands, and snack helper set the tables. 10:00 10:30 Snack: Clean up, wash their hands, and snack helper set the tables. 10:00 10:30 Snack: Clean up, wash their hands, and snack helper set the tables. 10:00 10:30 Snack: Clean up, wash their hands, and snack helper set the tables. 10:00 10:30 Snack: Clean up, wash their hands, and snack helper set the tables.
10:30-11:00am Outside-different centers will be open for the children to choose to play out. Playground equipment open.-walking backwards5PA-R1 PO123 10:30-11:00am Outside-different centers will be open for the children to choose to play out. Playground equipment open.-Head, shoulder, knees and toes5PA-R1 PO123 10:30-11:00am Outside-different centers will be open for the children to choose to play out. Playground equipment open.-musical hoops5PA-R1 PO123 10:30-11:00am Outside-different centers will be open for the children to choose to play out. Playground equipment open.-laps skipping(3)5PA-R1 PO123 10:30-11:00am Outside-different centers will be open for the children to choose to play out. Playground equipment open.-laps(3)hopping, walking backwards, running5PA-R1 PO123
Math- Review different measuring tools in class(rulers, scale, clocks, timer, calendar,  tiles, cubes, hands, feet, measuring cups and spoons. centers- work sheet, intro-patterns Halloween, matching game.Science-we will make observations on our leaf branch experiment. Math-Measurement worksheet using tiles and learning about what is an inch on a ruler.-How many inches? We will measure different items in class from fall basket.Centers-we will be learning about roll record sheet, measuring sheet, pattern using Halloween characters, matching game number and quantity. Science: We will read “Fall is here” and make a list of facts about Autumn and Fall.Chart-What do you know about Fall?Math: We will work on our Leaf books in class.  We will be labeling them and taking some measurement.Vocabulary words: leaves, pumpkin, acorns, tree, squirrel, crow, scarecrow Science-Water table-We will be experimenting with floating objects.  We will learn vocabulary words lighter, heavier, and equal to.-We will see what objects float, make predictions on which ones will not float.   Discuss why the items float or not. Math- We will work on patterns today with fall pictures, candy corns, and play a Fall matching game.-We will be sorting leaves by attributes in class.  We will see what shape, color, texture and so on.
12:00-12:10 Clean up-Clean up centers, wash hands, and snack helper set up lunch tables. 12:00-12:10 Clean up-Clean up centers, wash hands, and snack helper set up lunch tables. 12:00-12:10 Clean up-Clean up centers, wash hands, and snack helper set up lunch tables. 12:00-12:10 Clean up-Clean up centers, wash hands, and snack helper set up lunch tables. 12:00-12:10 Clean up-Clean up centers, wash hands, and snack helper set up lunch tables.
12:00-12:30 Lunch 12:00-12:30 Lunch 12:00-12:30 Lunch 12:00-12:30 Lunch 12:00-12:30 Lunch
12:30-1:00pm Outside-Sandbox 12:30-1:00pm Outside-Sandbox 12:30-1:00pm Outside-Sandbox 12:30-1:00pm Outside-Sandbox 12:30-1:00pm Outside-Sandbox
1:001:10 clean up-clean up outside and put bikes away. 1:001:10 clean up-clean up outside and put bikes away. 1:001:10 clean up-clean up outside and put bikes away. 1:001:10 clean up-clean up outside and put bikes away. 1:001:10 clean up-clean up outside and put bikes away.
1:10-1:20pm Circle time/rest period: introduce enrichments for the afternoon. 1:10-1:20pm Circle time/rest period: introduce enrichments for the afternoon. 1:10-1:20pm Circle time/rest period: introduce enrichments for the afternoon. 1:10-1:20pm Circle time/rest period: introduce enrichments for the afternoon. 1:10-1:20pm Circle time/rest period: introduce enrichments for the afternoon.
1:20-1:50pm Religion: We will Ten Commandments in class. We will discuss why God gave them the rules and his hope for the people. 1:20-1:50pmArt-We will be making hand wreaths using brown, yellow, red, and orange paper. 1:20-1:50pm PE- Multicultural  games 1:20-1:50pmComputersWe will work on PBS kids today for counting. 1:20-1:50pmShow/Share-children play the 20 question game in class.  The students brings in a brown bag with 3 clues on it and we guess the item inside.
1:50-2:00 Clean up/circle time: get book bags, put up the chairs, and sing the good bye song. 1:50-2:00 Clean up/circle time: get book bags, put up the chairs, and sing the good bye song. 1:50-2:00 Clean up/circle time: get book bags, put up the chairs, and sing the good bye song. 1:50-2:00 Clean up/circle time: get book bags, put up the chairs, and sing the good bye song. 1:50-2:00 Clean up/circle time: get book bags, put up the chairs, and sing the good bye song.