"LEARNING THROUGH PLAY"
EXPANDING HORIZONS PRE-SCHOOL
Overview of Academic Curriculum

Math concepts introduced during the year:

~counting ~shapes
~number recognition ~problem solving
~patterning (/ - / - / what's next?) ~biggest and smallest
~grouping ~heaviest and lightest
~classifying ~one to one correspondence
~matching ~serration
~graphing ~sequencing (time)
~more and less ~common relations
~which objects belong ~longest and shortest together
~conservation ~volume
is it still the
same quantity?


Concepts introduced in Language Arts:

~letter recognition ~letter sounds
~memory ~prewriting
~printing ~listening
~speaking and singing ~speaking in front of a group


Science concepts introduced during the year:

~cause and effect ~predicting
~comparing ~magnets
~earth sciences (plants, bugs, animals)
~body health /safety / nutrition
~simple astronomy (stars, planets, space)
~float and sink ~basic chemistry
example
changes in state in making jello

 

These ideas are integrated into the children's daily activities in arts and crafts, table activities, books and circle time and the children's play in other centres.

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phone 250-862-2545 email: expanding@shaw.ca
1920 Dunn Street, Kelowna BC
Expanding Horizons Pre-School Inc.