

A full day Fives Pre-K Kindergarten readiness program at Five Mile River Nursery School is for those children turning 5 between October 1st and September 31st of the program year. Children turning 5 in the late fall may benefit from this year of discovery-based learning.
The program is offered Monday through Friday from 9:00am -1:30pm and includes a lunch bunch program where students bring/eat lunch with their teachers and classmates.
Five's Pre-K Program
Curriculum
The program is built on a developmentally appropriate, emergent-style, project based curriculum, designed to challenge your child's cognitive, social, physical, academic and creative development using the CT Early Learning and Development Standards as cross-walked for Kindergarten. Our goal is for your child to experience intellectual joy while becoming an empowered, self-directed problem solver and life-long learner and gain all the skills necessary for future academic and social success. Curriculum goals include:
Cognition: Develop executive functioning, decision making, logic and reasoning, self-regulation and an effective approach to learning.
Personal /Social Development - Encourage positive interactions in conversations and cooperative play, self discipline and respect for others. Recall and follow daily routines with little needed support, including adapting to changes.
Literacy / Language
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Increase vocabulary, understand homonyms, phonology and syllables.
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Represent learning through creative expression, drawing and invented spelling.
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Use rich descriptive language in peer interaction and in group settings.
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Increase understanding of book / print concepts and conventional grammar
Mathematics
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Build on math concepts including counting, measuring, sorting, classifying and graphing.
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Understand dimension and shapes, including 2D and 3D shapes.
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Compare measurable attributes and describe the comparison.
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Count to 100by 1's and 10's.
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Begin addition and subtraction.
Social Studies / Science -
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Use scientific observation, investigation, documentation and data collection.
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Pose and refine problems, hypothesize, predict outcomes and conduct experiments.
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Sort and classify plants, animals and minerals.
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Understand life cycles, the environment, weather and geography
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Understand similarities and differences between cultures.
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Understand concepts of time.
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Learn to take responsibility for self, classroom community and the larger community.
Creative Development
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Provide opportunities that allow children to engage and express themselves through music, visual arts, dramatic play and dance.
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Build understanding of the various arts including the use of descriptive attributes of the various arts.
Physical Development
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Develop large motor skills and core muscle strength and stamina through running, jumping, climbing, balancing, swinging, throwing and exploratory walks.
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Develop small motor skills through writing, manipulating small objects, cutting and drawing with control while using appropriate hand position.