Preschool Program

Designed to fuse academics with play.

You are welcome to schedule a visit to meet with the teacher and visit the preschool. 
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Call: 780-862-4230
Email: rebecca@smallsproutspreschool.ca
Days, Times and Costs

​Children, especially young children, reach important developmental milestones more rapidly than at any other time in their life. Think about it; smiling, grasping, sitting, crawling, standing, walking, talking, climbing and jumping – they hit all of these milestones and so many more in the first five years of their life.

Because of this rapid-fire development, there are significant differences in a child’s physical, mental and emotional stages between an early three year old and a late four year old. This is why there are two separate classes.

3 year old       Tues/Thurs                   9:00am - 11:30am            $190/month    
4 year old       Mon/Wed/Fri             9:00am - 11:30am            $250/month
*4 year old       Tues/Thurs              12:15pm - 3:15pm              $225/month
    *minimum enrolment of 5 students to run the afternoon class
​Non-refundable registration fee of $100 to be submitted upon registration. Must be potty trained.
Private, maximum 6 children per class. Must be 3 years old as of August 1.
Programming
Small Sprouts Preschool places a lot of attention on early literacy and numeracy. Some examples of concepts/activities covered include the following:
3 year olds
These 3 year olds will start at the beginning and be introduced to many new concepts. 
  • Pre-reading skills
    • letter recognition
    • words are formed by letters
    • introduction to upper and lower case letters
    • each letter has a different sound (phonics)
    • books are read from left to right and top to bottom 
  • Pre-math skills
    • recognize, identify, count, trace and write the numbers 1 through 5
    • patterns (ABAB)
    • graphing
    • trace/write their name
  • Build pincer and fine motor skills
  • Introduce pencil grasp
  • Introduce scissor skills (straight lines)
4 year olds
This preschool program is specifically designed to meet the needs of the older preschool child. This program expands upon the 3 year old program with more advanced activities. These include:
  • Pre-reading skills
    • prediction
    • vocabulary
    • comprehension
    • syllables
    • environmental print
    • phonics
  • Pre-math skills
    • graphing
    • sorting
    • patterns (ABAB, ABC, etc.)
    • measurement
    • time (on the hour)
    • recognize, identify, count, trace and write the numbers 1 through 10
  • Advancement of printing skills 
  • Advancement of scissors skills (curves, zigzag)
  • Introduce sight words
When all is said and done the children play a big role in the pace of the programming. Most, if not all, of these areas will be taught but to what degree will depend on the children. More time may be spent on certain areas than others.
Themes
Some students learn best by seeing (visual), others by hearing (auditory) and others by touching and moving (kinesthetic). Keeping these learning styles in mind, various themes will be introduced through a mixture of structured and unstructured activities. Some themes touched on throughout the year could include:
  • earth
  • shapes
  • feelings
  • human body
  • seasons/weather
  • five senses
  • nutrition
  • community helpers
  • dinosaurs
  • human body
  • space
  • ​polar animals
  • butterfly/frog lifecycle
  • plant lifecycle​

Morning Schedule 
Afternoon schedule is similar in structure

9:00
Welcome and book reading

9:15
Circle Time - Calendar, Introduce
​concept/theme/letter/number

9:30
Activity/Craft/Gross Motor Activity/Yoga

9:55
Bathroom/Hand Washing

10:00
Snack

10:15
Free Play - inside or outside

10:40
Clean Up

10:45
Theme Lesson/Song/Story

10:55
Centres - individual and/or small group

11:25
Clean up and get ready to go

11:30
Dismissal