Pre-Kindergarten Curriculum

River Road Child Care offers unique, integrated programs for both typically developing and special needs children.

Our pre-kindergarten program is broken into nine units, which each aim to teach early literacy, math, movement and life skills.

Unit 1 – I’m Special

Letters:  M,P,T
Numbers:  Sets 1 – 5
Patterning
Shapes:  circle, triangle, square, rectangle
Nursery rhymes: Peas Porridge Hot
Senses
Feelings
Body parts
Movement: Hokey Pokey

Unit 2 – My Home and My Neighbours

Letters:  S, A, N
Numbers:  Sets 0-10
Ordinal positioning
Shapes: oval, pentagon, octagon
Nursery rhyme: Sing a Song of Sixpence
Movement: The More We Get Together
Homes and families
Friendship
Neighborhoods

Unit 3 – Off We Go

Letters:  B, O, F
Numbers:  Review sets 0-10
Ordinal positioning
Shapes: sphere
Nursery rhyme: To Market To Market
Taking turns
Types of transportation
Car safety
Maps and globes

Unit 4 – Let’s Pretend

Letters:  D, R, C
Blending phonemes
Numbers:  11, 12
Shapes: cube
Nursery rhyme: Hey Diddle Diddle
Time: clocks/numbers
Hours
Real versus make believe
Daydreams      

Unit 5 – Eating Healthy, Growing Strong

Letters:  H, I, J
Blending phonemes
Numbers:  13, 14, 15, 16
Shapes: cylinder
Nursery rhyme: Jack Be Nimble
Table manners
Measurement: weight and height
Healthy habits and the Canadian Food Guide
Exercise          

Unit 6 – Let’s Go to Work

Letters:  L, E, K, G
Blending phonemes
Numbers:  17, 18, 19
Shapes: cone
Nursery rhyme: Old King Cole
Being kind
Community helpers
Citizenship

Unit 7 – How Does Your Garden Grow?

Letters:  W, V, U, Q
Numbers:  20
Numerical order to 20
Shapes: review
Nursery rhyme: This Little Piggy
Waiting and patience
Money: identifying penny, nickel, dime, and quarter
Measurement
Weather
Seeds and plants
Farms
Sight words: to, this

Unit 8 – Animals, Animals, Animals

Letters:  X, Y, Z
Numbers:  sets 0-10
Addition and subtraction: facts to 5
Nursery rhyme: Mary Had a Little Lamb
Sharing
Counting pennies, nickels
Measurement
Exotic animals
Endangered animals
Conservation and recycling
Site words: and, was

Unit 9 – Bugs, Butterflies and Spiders

Letters:  review
Blending phonemes
Addition and subtraction: facts to 10
Shapes: oval, pentagon, octagon
Nursery rhyme: Roses are Red
Money review
Measurements
Insects