Sacred Heart Preschool is a Catholic early childhood program for 4 year olds. The loving, caring environment that is provided enables children to begin the separation process between home and school. Children are taught sensitivity and respect for others while developing their language, fine arts, cognative and physical skills through constructive and dramatic play.

PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM

• Spiritual:
  Provide a Catholic background in which the child learns that God made them a special, unique person.
• Social:
  Plan activities and arrange materials to encourage interaction between children and to aquaint children with social skills.
• Emotional:
  Provide a loving and caring environment in which a child can make the separation process from home to school, and when in school, a sensitivity and respect for their individual needs.
• Cognitive:
  Provide activities and materials that stimulate each childs's growth through hands-on concepts.
• Language:
  Model appropriate, rich language usage, and plan activities in which the primary goal is for the child to use language.
• Physical:
  Give children opportunities to use large muscle skills and experience activity with a variety of manipulative materials that promote eye-hand coordination and fine motor control.
• Fine Arts:
  Give children access to, and allow them to make choices from art supplies and different kinds of media; provide children with access to materials that lend themselves to music, movement and drama, and provide areas that are supplied with age appropriate books and puppets.
• Construction:
  Provide a wide array of construction materials for children's use: blocks, playdough, ec., and offer open ended activities for children.
• Dramatic Play:
  Create a dramatic play center and provide a variety of props; the theme of the center is changed periodically.

Seasonal Focus Themes For Each Month:

• September:
  
  • All About Me
  • Awesome Apples
  • Introduce Numbers, Colors and Shapes
  • Blue Day
  • Grandparents Day
  • Fall Begins
  • Letters A,B and C
  • Numbers 1,2 and 3
• October:
  
  • Community Helpers
  • A Trip Into Space
  • Fire Prevention
  • Pumpkins are Neat
  • Circle Day
  • Orange and Black Day
  • Letters D,E,F and G
  • Numbers 4 and 5
• November:
  
  • We're Thankful
  • Turkey Talk
  • Animals in Winter
  • Fun with Books
  • Brown Day
  • Thanksgiving
  • Letters H,I and J
  • Numbers 6,7 and 8
• December:
  
  • Gingerbread Week
  • Holiday Fun
  • Red and White Day
  • Winter Begins
  • Christmas
  • New Year's Eve
  • Letters K and L
  • Numbers 9 and 10
• January:
  
  • Eskimo Days
  • White Day
  • Square Day
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • Letters M,N and O
  • Numbers 11 and 12
• February:
  
  • Love is a Hug
  • Tips for Tough Teeth
  • Groundhog's Day
  • Valentine's Day
  • Presidents' Day
  • Rectangle Day
  • Letters P,Q and R
  • Numbers 13 and 14
• March:
  
  • Dozens of Dinosaurs
  • Triangle Day
  • Green Day
  • Teddy Bear Day
  • Spring Begins
  • Letters S, T and U
  • Numbers 15 and 16
• April:
  
  • April Showers
  • Baby Animals
  • Good Health
  • Easter
  • Purple Day
  • Earth Day
  • Letters V,W and X
  • Numbers 17 and 18
• May:
  
  • Those Buzzing Bees
  • Clocks, Money, Measures
  • May Day
  • Mother's Day
  • Yellow Day
  • Review of Shapes and Colors
  • Letters Y and Z
  • Numbers 19 and 20