Our Pre-Kindergarten (ages 4-5, Level II in the Core Knowledge PreSchool sequence) at Lehrman Community Day School challenges our students to engage creatively, while exploring their spirit of inquiry.
Our well-trained and talented faculty uses a deep knowledge of emotional, social, cognitive and physical development to enhance the growth of each child; our developmentally appropriate teaching methodology ensures a well-rounded experience and a stimulating environment to create meaningful experiences.
The Core Knowledge Preschool Curriculum utilized in our classrooms offers specific goals with step-by-step objectives. Through engaging academic content and active learning experiences we ensure our students will become life long learners.
According to the Core Knowledge Foundation, a specific, explicit sequence of skills and knowledge allows our faculty to guide our young students’ development in an ‘apprentice-like fashion.’ We work with each child to identify each one’s competencies and guide the child through hands on, and later, more abstract, representational activities. These activities provide the stepping-stones to higher levels of competence and understanding.
Assessment is an on-going process, conducted within the context of the coherent progression of skills and knowledge created by the Preschool Sequence built around the following areas:
Physical Well-being and Motor development
• Movement and Coordination
Social and Emotional Development
• Autonomy & Social Skills
Approaches to Learning
• Work Habits
Language
• Oral Language
• Nursery Rhymes, Poems, Fingerplays and Songs
• Storybook Reading and Storytelling
• Emerging Literacy Skills In Reading and Writing
• Jewish Studies and Hebrew Language Instruction
Knowledge Acquisition & Cognitive Development
• Mathematical Reasoning and Number Sense
• Orientation in Time and Space
• Scientific Reasoning and the Physical World
• Music
• Visual Arts
• Jewish Studies and Hebrew Language Instruction
