Preschool and Full Day Pre Kindergarten

St. Leo the Great Pre School and Pre Kindergarten programs are designed to actively engage children so they will gain the skills and knowledge necessary to enter primary school ready to achieve and excel. We strive to satisfy a child's need to know, achieve, to belong, feel safe and secure, and to develop self – esteem. Each program builds upon the next giving our littlest ones a strong foundation of knowledge, skills, and social and emotional growth in order to be well prepared for that very important year of kindergarten.

Our teachers offer a thematic approach to teaching with curriculum that includes:

Religion

• Beginning prayers
• Gospel Stories
• Creation
• Social Justice (helping the needy)
• Catholic traditions

Physical Movements

• Students will work on awareness of personal space, body awareness, moving in space (walking in a line, backwards, forwards, moving within boundaries, moving in place, and moving in patterns.
• Gross motor- Children will engage in activities that will foster the ability to balance, throw, kick, bounce and catch a large and small ball, use stairs, and coordinate movements of legs and arms.
• Fine motor- Includes activities that will foster your child’s abilities with hand-eye coordination, digital movements, and the pincer grip.

English Language Arts and Writing
All  lessons are planned around activities that will encourage and foster every child’s listening and speaking skills.

• Print awareness; alphabet awareness (letter of the week where all activities are planned around that specific letter and sound);  Spelling (writing your name correctly); Beginnings of handwriting; and compositions- (using letters, drawings and symbol to represent a concept)

Mathematics

• Mathematical reasoning (sorting and classifying and relating math to every day life); counting, recognizing numbers, how many; and geometry and measurements.

Science

• Living environment, physical environment, and health

Social Studies

• Children will learn about culture, community, history, and geography

Technology

• Children will become familiar with using the mouse, starting a program, and using software.

Art and Music

• Activities and lessons that will foster your child’s creativity.  There will be time for exploration as well as guided projects that go along with the letter of the week and the monthly theme.

Social Studies

• Children will learn about culture, community, history, and geography

Preschool/Pre Kindergarten Tuition

St. Leo the Great School Offers both full and half day program
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