In the Preschool classrooms at St. Michael School, we will concentrate on social skills, communication skills, school readiness skills, and Christian values throughout the year. We will work on building your child’s self-esteem and confidence level. Through fun and exciting activities, we will strive to develop a desire for learning in all our students. In addition to these skills, we will introduce the students to the following skills and also to theme related skills

Three-Year Olds

• Name recognition
• Color recognition (8 basic)
• Shape recognition (circle, square, triangle)
• Counting to 15
• Recognizing numbers 1 – 5
• Reciting alphabet
• Letter recognition (capitals)
• Name writing (pencil grip) (prints some letters of name)
• Beginning scissor skills (snips, cuts on thick straight line)
• Positional concepts (behind, under, over, on top of, etc.)
• Relationships (same/different, matching, big/little, etc.)
• Verbal and articulation skills

Four-Year Olds

• Color recognition
• Shape recognition (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, diamond)
• Name writing on a line using capital and lowercase letters
• Counting to 50
• Recognizing numbers 0-10
• Counting objects
• Understanding patterns, opposites, and rhyming words
• Letter recognition (capital and lowercase)
• Letter and number writing
• Positional concepts (next, first, second, last, beside, etc.)
• Reciting birthday, phone number and address
• Reading a calendar and reciting the days of the week
• Beginning letter sounds (phonics)
• Counting to 100 by tens
• Color words recognition
• Making the sign of the Cross
• Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance