Kindergarten Readiness brochure - Mission Valley YMCA

Monday through FridayDaily Schedule6:30 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.Breakfast Club/Open Play7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.Music & Movement8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.Circle Time8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.Small Group Activities9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.Morning Snack/Clean-up9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.Kindergarten Readiness WorkshopsWednesday & Friday Swim Lessons(10:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.)10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.Playground/Outdoor Time11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Lunch/Clean-up12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.Naptime(1:30 p.m. up for non-nappers)2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.Playground/Outdoor TimeTuesday & ThursdayGymnastic Lessons(2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.)3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.Afternoon Snack/Circle Time4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.Small Groups5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.Open Play/ClosingDevelopmental PreschoolLicensing #376700142Tania van StraalenPreschool Director858-496-9622, ext. 3005tvanstraalen@ymca.orgwww.missionvalley.ymca.org

May• Number recognition (1-25)• Writing numbers (1-10)• Seasons• Sharing & Listening duringAM/PM Circle time (controllingbody movement)• Book Report•Pencil grip/tracing• Letter & Name recognition (lowercase/upper case)• Retelling of a story(Directionality/Author recognition)5 Core Areas of Development• Math/Science• Speaking & Listening• Reading• Writing• Social/EmotionKindergarten Readiness Workshops: Each small group willrotate between teachers and will be working on the 5 coreareas of development.Program Details• Monthly Progress Reports sent home• Weekend homework given• Pre-planned lesson plans with weekly themes• Worksheet activities• Special events/in-house fieldtrips• Large group activities• Different daily scheduleMonthly Goals & PracticesJune• Touch counting (1-10)/1st - 10thon items• Calendar/Months• Following 2-step or 3-stepdirections• Listening to directions withoutinterrupting peers/raising hands• Phonemic sounds/rhymingwords• Drawing a picture to tell a story• Writing words/small sentences• Listening & repeating friendsthoughts & emotions• Understanding feelings andemotionsJuly• Sorting, classifying & patterns• Shapes & Colors• Touch counting (10-25)• Experiments (solid vs. liquid, sinkor float)• Questions for conversation(Who? Where? When? How?Why?)• Recognition of site words inbooks (“And”, “But”, etc.)• Writing lower case and uppercase letters• Turn taking in large and smallgroupsAugust• Letter and number recognition• Calendar/months & Seasons• Creating and sharingpersonal stories• Sounds of words (C-A-T)• “All About Me Book”• Writing lower case and uppercase letters & small sentences• Putting emotions into words• Buddy/Mentor System• YMCA Character Values:Respect, Caring, Responsibility,and Honesty.Tania van Straalen, Preschool Director • 858-496-9622, ext. 3005 • tvanstraalen@ymca.org