Developmental Goals
At St. Angela's Preschool, every child is provided with opportunities to develop his/her spiritual, cognitive/intellectual, physical, emotional, and social, verbal/language, and mathematical skills in a developmentally-appropriate program.
Cognitive Development
Children learn best through play, by doing and through things that are meaningful to them. Every day play based opportunities are provided for the children to create their own learning and knowledge. A sensory approach is used to encourage the children to focus on tasks and increase their attention span.
Emotional Development
Children experience a mix of quiet and social activities in the care of nurturing and loving teachers. A healthy respect for one’s self, peers and teachers are encouraged and modeled. Children who are respected, valued and loved will learn to respect, value and love others.
Social Development
Children have ample opportunities for interaction among peers and teachers to foster self-discipline and appropriate social behavior. Self-regulation is encouraged by sufficient free-choice time.
Physical Development and Motor Skills
Children develop their small and large muscles using teacher directed, practical-life experiences and daily creative movement with song, rhyming, finger play and dance in age appropriate activities.
Verbal/Language Development
Children are encouraged to use words to express emotions, convey thoughts and form ideas through planned and informal activities. A “print-rich” environment is provided to model the daily use of spoken language, reading and writing.
Mathematical Development
Children learn math and reading readiness skills by using age-appropriate manipulatives. Cause and effect, trial and error, and patterning activities are provided to promote logic and reasoning skills.
Spiritual Development
Children discover that they are loveable, develop a love and respect for all life, and are introduced to the values of justice and peace. Children are introduced to simple prayers and taught that all creation (people, animals, plants) need care and empathy.