Clear Water Academy’s primary goal is to foster a life-long love of learning. The Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten programs feature a developmentally appropriate curriculum in a nurturing environment. Also important to this young group of learners is the small class size where experienced and supportive teachers use creative toys and games to help cultivate imagination and to teach basic skills, respect and co-operation.


PRE-KINDERGARTEN 3 (PRE K 3)

The Pre-Kindergarten 3 child is taught to maintain sustained attention, to develop listening skills, ask questions, and recall information.

Pre-reading skills are introduced through telling and sequencing stories, identifying alphabet letters, rhyming words, and distinguishing print from pictures. Pre-K 3 students are guided to learning book skills such as holding a book properly and turning pages correctly.

Pre-K 3 students learn to recognize their first and last names in print and recite rhymes. They develop fine motor skills through coloring and forming letters.


PRE-KINDERGARTEN 4 (PRE K 4)

The Pre-K 4 program provides an extension of maintaining a longer sustained attention span, developing better listening skills, asking “what if” questions, making relevant contributions to class discussions and gathering information from a variety of resources.

At the Pre-K 4 level, students learn to recognize alphabet letters, some letter sounds, and construct words that rhyme. They are taught the beginning sounds of words, and that words are made up of letter sounds.

In terms of book skills, they are taught to tell stories from picture books, and to follow print from left to right and top to bottom. Their attention is directed to character, setting, problem and solutions in stories.

MATH
Saxon Math
SCIENCE
Seasons, Weather, Magnets, Sink/Float, Planting Seeds, Animals
SOCIAL
Family, Community Helpers, Safety Rules and Healthy Foods
RELIGION
“Who Am I” (Pre-K series)


Program Information

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