JPP provides age-appropriate opportunities for learning basic skills such as sitting still, raising hands, sharing and playing with others, waiting and walking in line. We provide a balanced environment of both structured and play-based lessons for learning shapes, colors, letters and numbers. Skills such as holding a pencil, writing first and last names and reading simple site words are some of the goals for our 4 year olds and PreK students.

Throughout the year, our teachers attend continuing education classes and seminars to keep them up-to-date on the
latest information in the field of education and curriculum.
Sensory learning, learning via technology and addressing social behaviors are just a few of the topics that our teachers apply in their classrooms.

Typical Preschool Day at JPP

9:00-9:30 Arrival and morning activities                                  9:30-9:35 Restroom Break                                                            9:35-10:00 Circle Time                                                             
10:00-10:15 Snack/Restroom Break                                            
10:15-10:25 Story Time/Book Time
10:25-11:15 Centers
11:15-11:30 Math
11:30-12:00 Recess
12:00-12:30 Lunch
12:30-12:45 Closing Circle Time                                                    12:45-1:00 End of Day Routine and Car Line-Up
Objectives for Two Year Olds

During the two year old year we will focus primarily on building positive self concepts in our students.  We will encourage creativity, altruism, language development and pro-social behavior.  We will also promote the development of good self-esteem. 
The basis of what children do, how they learn and what they learn is through play.  Play is children’s work and is the most significant way in which a child learns.  

Through play the two year old will:
  • Discover self
  • Learn to cope with new situations
  • Learn to get along with others
  • Explore and experiment
  • Learn to focus attention
  • Develop academic concepts
  • Test ideas
  • Learn about the world
  • Learn about society’s expectations
 
Two year olds will also begin to recognize sizes, colors, shape and his/her name.  They will also be able to take directions, focus attention, develop listening skills, and begin to work with scissors and glue.
Objectives for Three Year Olds

The philosophy and emphasis for the three-year old involves learning through both free play and structured play.  Opportunities will be given to help each child grow in the four major areas of development: emotional, social, intellectual, and physical.
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1. Emotional Development
  1. Demonstrates positive self esteem in works and action
  2. Enjoys new challenges
  3. Gains a sense of independence

2.Social Development
  1. Begins to accept and follow rules
  2. Accepts some leadership roles
  3. Shows the ability to make friends
  4. Acts cooperatively
  5. Shares and takes turns
  6. Participates in organized games and activities
 
3.Intellectual Development
  1. Knows full name and age and recognizes names
  2. Works puzzles
  3. Demonstrates extended attention span
  4. Listens to stories
  5. Exposed to letters and numbers and their order and begins to recognize them
  6. Can count to 10
  7. Names colors – brown, black, white, yellow, green, blue, purple, red, pink and gray
  8. Participates in group and individual problem solving activities
  9. Introduced to concepts such as: color, size, shape, sorting, classifying, likeness, and differences.  Directional words – up, down, in and out
  10. Language development important – needs lots of opportunity to talk, tell stories, use rhyming words, imaginative play

4.Physical Development
  1. Develops confidence in gross motor skills such as running, climbing, throwing, catching and balancing
  2. Gains experience at fine motor skills such as cutting, pasting, coloring, use of pencils and paint brushes
  3. Exposed to good health habits
  4. Introduced to body parts
Objectives for Four Year Olds

The philosophy and emphasis for the four-year old involves learning through play and through carefully planned teacher directed activities.  Students are given opportunities to work both independently and in groups.  They are encouraged to become more independent and self directed.
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1. Emotional Development
  1. Demonstrates a positive self image
  2. Shows self confidence
  3. Handles success and failure appropriately
  4. Handles responsibility well
  5. Handles problem solving situations well
  6. Begins to demonstrate a sense of humor

2. Social Development
  1. Shows respect for the rights of others and the school environment
  2. Follows directions well
  3. Works well either as a leader or follower
  4. Demonstrates responsibility
  5. Interacts well with peers, shares and takes turns

3. Intellectual Development
  1. Becomes familiar with rhyming words
  2. Recognizes letters and numbers and their order
  3. Recognizes name  in print
  4. Listens and follows direction
  5. Develops language skills
  6. Speaks clearly and tells stories
  7. Fine motor skills improving after Christmas; needs many opportunities for drawing, cutting, painting – good time for Writing Center and learning correct way to hold scissors and pencil
  8. More ready for spatial activities – body awareness, front and back
  9. Understands conceptual skills such as color, shapes, sizes, similarities, and differences
  10. Demonstrates an understanding of left to right sequence
  11. Learns personal information such as birth date, age, address, parents’ names and phone number
  12. Follows directions; 3 step task; listens
  13. Tells stories with a beginning and end; can sequence events, know left to right progressions of written word
  14. Reads labeling of room
  15. Knows months of year, days of week; understands terms yesterday, today and tomorrow
  16. Demonstrates beginning computer skills, knows basic terms (monitor, keyboard, mouse, mouse pad, printer, CD drive, CD disk, return, spacebar); can open and close a program
  17. Participates in sorting, classifying, and patterning activities
 
4.Physical Development
  1. Develops large muscle skills through running, climbing, skipping, jumping, catching, bouncing, and throwing; Learns to pump swings
  2. Develops independence in dressing and shoe tying
  3. Develops small muscle skills dealing with grip of pencils and crayons, handling small paint brushes,  cutting on lines, and gluing neatly
  4. Develops balance, agility and strength
  5. Begins to write letters and numbers with control
  6. Practices good health habits and good manners
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