Thank you for inquiring
about St. Luke's Day School. We are very proud of our long history
of providing a loving environment for children to learn. Our teachers
have a wonderful way of concentrating on the social aspects of your
child's development while they introduce necessary skills into their
classroom themes.
Below are some of the skills that are incorporated
throughout exploration and play. These are taken
from our 4 year old program.
COGNITIVE
Pays attention and concentrates on a task
Demonstrates accurate sense of touch ("thick" or "thin")
and smell
Produces a simple pattern of different items from
model
Ranks sound (loud, louder, soft, softer, softest)
Orders pictures by time sequence to tell a story
Makes a simple comparison of two objects in terms
of difference ("How
are a cat & dog different?") & sameness ("How are cat & dog alike?")
Predicts what will happen next in a story or situation
Predicts realistic outcomes of events ("What
will happen if we go on a picnic?")
Represents thoughts in pictures
Draws a human figure with major body parts
Engages in imaginative play
Acts out a familiar story or nursery rhyme as the
teacher recites
Verbally identifies letters in first name (and subsequently
in last name)
LANGUAGE
Speaks in complete sentences of six, eight, ten or
more words
Makes relevant verbal contributions in small group
discussion
Verbalizes songs and finger plays
Dictates own experience stories
Listens to stories of at least ten minutes in length
Retells a five sentence short story in sequence using
own words
Distinguishes words that begin with same sound (book/boy)
Supplies a rhyming word to rhyme with a word given
by the teacher
Follows multi step directions
SELF
Touches and names parts of the body (head, eyes,
hands, arms, feet, legs, nose, mouth, ears, neck,
trunk, ankle, knee, shoulder, wrist, elbow, and heel).
Can tell many of the functions of these parts
Verbalizes full name, address, age, birthday, and
telephone number
SOCIAL STUDIES
Shows empathy toward other children
Works cooperatively with adults
Works and plays cooperatively with other children
Begins to understand that problems can be solved
by talking and not fighting
begins to understand the importance of keeping the
school surroundings clean and free from litter
MATH
Counts from 1 to 30
Understand ordinal positions first through fifth
Classifies objects by color, size, shape and texture
Orders and compares differences (big, bigger, biggest;
small, smaller, smallest; short, shorter, shortest;
long, longer, longest)
Points to and names: triangle, circle, square, rectangle,
and diamond
Establishes a one-to-one correspondence through matching
members of equivalent sets (matching six cowboys
to six cowboy hats)
SCIENCE
Understands that each animal needs its own kind of
food and shelter
Points to and names colors
Observes weather and nature
Observes objects and pictures closely
GROSS MOTOR
Stops movement activity upon teacher's direction
Moves body creatively upon teacher's direction
Produces the following motions: walks backwards,
runs smoothly, marches, skips, gallops, hops four
times on each foot, walks heel-to-toe, and walks
and runs on tiptoe
FINE MOTOR
Uses scissors with control to cut along a straight
line and a curved line
Please call for an appointment to tour our school.
We would love for you to see all the great things
that happen here. You may visit anytime between 9:30
am and 11:30 am, and possibly view one of our special
classes of Music, Creative Movement, or French.
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