Nursery School Uniform
Warm Weather Uniform: Beginning of school year until October 31 and then again April 1 until the end of the school. Parents are asked to use their judgment weather permitting.
In warm weather we ask that the children wear navy blue or gray elastic waist shorts, navy blue or white tees, sneakers and socks.
Cold Weather Uniform: Beginning November 1 through March 31. Parents are asked to use their judgment weather permitting.
In colder weather we ask that the children wear navy blue or gray elastic waist pants (sweats are fine) and navy blue or gray sweatshirts, navy blue or white tees or turtlenecks can be worn under the sweatshirt, sneakers and socks.
We also also that each child come to school each day with a tote bag that is manageable (12 X 12 works well). Please no back packs and a lunch box is not needed unless your child will be attending extended day.
Summer Work
We want you to take lots of time to enjoy playing, running, jumping and all the other wonderful fun things that summer brings your way. Splash in the water, paint pictures in the clouds, listen to the crickets, and dance and sing to your hearts delight, so you will be ready to step into our classroom full of life wonder and excitement.
NURSERY SCHOOL CURRICULUM
The goal of the Nursery Program is to create a positive, safe and healthy environment for three-year-old children to learn and play with children their own age and to prepare them for Pre-kindergarten.
Topic: Religion
Students will :
 | Participate in learning prayers |
| Understand religious holidays |
| Bless themselves |
| Learn about God’s love for them |
| Demonstrate a positive attitude toward their classmates |
Topic: Social and Emotional Development
Students will:
| Sit among children in a group activity |
| Follow accepted rules of behavior |
| Respect the personal belongings of others |
| Share materials |
| Attempt to solve problems using words |
| Carry our classroom responsibilities that contribute to the well-being and functioning of the group |
| Attend and listen during a group activity while others speak |
| Wait their turn to speak in a group |
| Follow the rules of simple games |
| Transition well between activities |
| Be polite and kind to others |
| Recognize and call their classmates and teacher by name |
Topic: Fine Motor Development
Students will:
| Put together puzzles |
| Hold and use scissors correctly |
| Cut on a line |
| Color within the lines |
| Tear, fold, paste and glue paper |
Topic: Gross Motor Development
Students will:
| Ascend and descend steps alternating feet |
| Maintain balance ex: standing on one foot |
| Walk within set boundaries on the ground |
| Move with out bumping or touching individuals |
| Throw or kick a ball in the direction indicated |
| Playing catch with a bean bag |
| Walk, run and jump |
Topic: Personal Development
Students will:
| Recognize and respond to own first and last name orally and in writing |
| State their age |
Topic: Self-Help Development
Students will:
| Use bathroom independently |
| Hang their coats and backpacks in their cubby |
| Demonstrate appropriate table manners |
| Dress self independently. |
Topic: Development in Art and Music.
Students will:
| Recite numbers 1-4 |
| Compare two groups of concrete objects with up to four objects in each group |
Topic: Language Development-Verbal and Cognitive
Students will:
| Carry on a conversation with adults and other children |
| Express their needs in clear sentences |
| Memorize and recite with others a simple nursery rhyme, poem, or song |
| Draw and describe an illustration |
| Answer questions about a story |
| Re-tell a story that has been read-aloud |