Little Butterfly's Preschool

Preschool Schedule for Morning Session Students:

8:00 – Arrival / check-in / wash hands

8:00 – 9:00 Transitional Time*

9:00 – 9:15 Clean- up time

9:15 – 9:30 Snack time

9:30-10:00 Outside Play*

10:00 – 10:15 Potty reminders

10:15– 10:45 Planned Curriculum* Calendar and Pledge of Allegiance

10:45 – 11:15 Learning & Story time: ABC’s, Number, Color and Shape of the Month, Plus Sight word and Letter of the Week

11:15 – 11:30 Get ready to go home

Preschool Schedule for Full Day Students:

7:30 – Arrival / check-in / wash hands

7:30-8:30 Transitional Time*

8:30-8:45 Clean- up time

8:45-9:00 Potty reminders

9:00- 9:30 Outside Play*

9:30-9:45 Snack time

9:45-10:15 free time

10:15-10:30 Music time/ Physical fun*

 

10:30- 11:00 Planned Curriculum* Calendar and Pledge of Allegiance

11:00-11:30 Learning & Story time: ABC’s, Number, Color and Shape of the Month, Plus Sight word and Letter of the Week

11:30-12:00 DVD time*

12:00-12:30 lunch time

12:30- 1:00 Free time*

1:00-1:15 Clean- up time

1:15-1:30 The Children’s Bible on DVD*

plus discussion time and song of the week

1:30-2:00 Planned Curriculum*

2:00-2:30 Quite time (kids can nap or rest quietly)

2:30-3:00 Outside Play* or free time

3:00-3:15 Colortime Notebooks*

3:15-3:30 clean up/ get ready to go home

 

*Colortime Notebooks- These notebooks have pages helpful in tuning your child’s fine motor skills. They will practice writing their name as well as learning to trace letters. During this time your child will also be encouraged to color in the lines. They will be given helpful hints such as “always start at the top when you write.” We will also show them the proper way to hold a pencil.

*Transitional time – Play-doh, felt friends, puzzles, dress up, puppets coloring, playing with manipulatives (rice, water, sand, or shaving cream,) writing your name practice, connects, sticker pictures or free time.

*Outside Play – Duck duck goose, ring around the rosy, catch, jumping jacks, stretching, sack races, jumping on footprints, parachute fun, blowing and catching bubbles, shooting hoops, swinging from the trapeze bar, swinging on the swing set, playing in the sand, riding a tricycle, going for a wagon ride, and jump rope.

*Planned curriculum- Star Brite Curriculum that is professionally planned, (with daily, weekly and monthly themes, (meets or exceeds all state standards.)

*DVD time- I use top quality, award winning DVD’s that reinforce what we

 

have been teaching your child, things like Spanish, how to write (from top to

 

bottom), ABC’s verbally and by sight and the correct pronunciation of each

 

letter sound, colors, shapes, opposites, #’s, manors, all about animals, songs,

 

and nursery rhymes! 95% of the time the video matches the theme for that

 

week and is educational. (Occasionally we pick a Disney one for fun.)

 

*The Children’s Bible on DVD-

 

Little Butterfly’s is a Christian based Preschool program. Each week

 

(August-May) one new story is picked out from the Bible and presented to

 

the children throughout the week. After each video presentation the children

 

learn a new song, in a very capturing way, this enables the children to learn

 

more about God. Afterwards we talk about what they have learned and how

 

the story applies to their lives. This is an e-mail quote from a parent on their

 

thoughts about this part of our program:

 

“Just in case you ever wondered...the bible stories that you are showing the kids make a difference!  Shane told me all about the story today of David and Goliath...how God helped the little boy kill the giant and how he can ask God for help.  THANK YOU for teaching my children such IMPORTANT things! Carla”

 

*Music Time/ Physical Fun –

Stretching: Teaching stretching to letters of the week, for example: “1. Lie down on your stomach. 2. Put your arms out in front of you. 3. Move your top arm up and down like an alligator opening and closing its jaws. “A” is for alligator.

Sing Along and Learn the Alphabet: Themed songs that give your child the opportunity to explore a particular letter and the sound that it makes in a word.

Sing Along and Learn Throughout the Year: Seasonal and Holiday themed songs one for each month of the year.

Sing Along and Learn Marvelous Math: Teaching Math concepts through song.

Sing Along and Learn How to Follow Directions: Strengthening kids listening skills through dance and song.

Sing Along and Learn Early Concepts: Important early childhood concepts are taught through the use of song and dance, like the five senses, seasons, opposites, months of the year, etc. Also, we sometimes will be dancing and doing movements to things like Veggie tales sing along songs, ABC’s and #’s, Christian songs, head shoulders knees and toes and other fun poems and games.

 

Some of the things your child may learn are:

 

Manners, sharing, kindness, respect, learning how to cut, learning how to

 

properly brush their teeth, learn safety around the house, street safety,

 

stranger awareness, helping in the kitchen, what to do if they get

 

lost out in public, learn by sight: letter recognition A-Z and number

 

recognition (up to 12), count up to 30, learn their letter sounds, learn to

 

count up to 10 in Spanish, learn to count by 10’s up to 100, learn about the

 

computer, work on their fine and gross motor skills, build social skills, learn

 

opposites, colors and shapes, learn the beginning skills for reading left to

 

right, learning to write their name as well as other letters, fire safety- stop

 

drop and roll, hold a pencil, left and right hand, learn their five senses, as

 

well as learning more about God and the universe he has created, (including

 

animals, and the earth), and most importantly have fun!!!!!!