St. Mark offers a full day Pre-Kindergarten program from 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The class follows the Indiana State Standards for early Education with a strong religious base. A half day option from 8:00 a.m. until 11:30am is also available. Before and aftercare are available to provide supervised care from 7:00am to 6:00pm, a great option for working families.
Our Pre-Kindergarten program is designed to develop the skills needed for kindergarten readiness. We recognize that play during the early childhood years has a significant role in the cognitive, social, and physical development of a child. During play children acquire many of the prerequisite skills that contribute to successful learning. Therefore, our play based program focuses on weekly themes while incorporating mathematics, language skills, reading readiness, motor skills and social skills.
Students in our pre-Kindergarten are not required to follow the school dress code, so uniforms are not required. However, the class does take full advantage of all of our school facilities including computer lab, library, media center, church and enclosed playground.
The morning session begins with prayer, a bible story and a craft. The rest of the morning focuses on lessons introduced through circle time, learning centers and play centers. Student then enjoy lunch, recess and an hour of quite rest time.
The afternoon session provides reinforcement of morning academic session, social interaction and further gross motor activity. Our day closes with prayer.
Calendar, weather, classroom helpers, surprise can, discuss letter, number or shape of the week.
Learning Center Activities
Story of the day with hands on activities that encourage letter/sound recognition, number recognition, fine motor development, visual discrimination, etc.
Play centers
Free play in various centers around the room which include dramatic play, art center, computer center, reading center, building blocks, puzzles, etc.
Lunch
Recess
Bathroom Break and prepare for rest
Quiet rest time – 1 hour
Optional afternoon snack
Each child brings his/her own small snack that can be stored in the front pocket of his/her backpack
Play centers: free play in classroom centers
Gross motor activity: movement with music, games or outside recess
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