Four-year-olds preparing for Kindergarten! Little Duckling has a reputation for adequately preparing students for successfully entering Kindergarten. Through our Kindergarten readiness Pre-K program, we help students navigate their growth and development skills by teaching them to make new friends and build social skills, explore new activities, people, and places, take responsibility while having fun, and much more!
Oral language skills
Vocabularies
Conversions with other children and adults
Proficiency in language
Literacy skills related to writing and reading
Letters of the alphabet
Listening comprehension
Motivation to read
Print awareness
Ways to use and appreciate books
Learn address and phone numbers
Colors, sizes, shapes, and positions(under, over, and around)
Numbers and prewriting skills, shape identification, letter recognitions, sounds, and rhyming
Simple addition and subtraction
Numeracy
Computation and Algebra
Data Analysis
Geometry
Measurement
Getting along with other children and adults and developing good relationships with teachers
Self-regulation of attention and behavior
Helping others and developing caring attitudes
Playing and working cooperatively
Following classroom rules
Positive mental attitude
Persistence
Respect for others
Cooperation
Honesty
Trustworthiness
Sensitivity
Effective social skills to develop a positive relationship with others
Positive attitude toward learning
Self-motivation for learning
Listening skills
Ability to set goals and develop and follow through on plans
Understanding, accepting, and following rules and routines
Self-help skills to promote a good self-image and high self-esteem
Sense of self-worth
Persistence, cooperation, self-control, and motivation to learn
Flexible Thinking
Growing confidence
Responsibility for age-appropriate tasks
Turn taking during activities with other children
Observation
Classification
Communication
Experimentation
Finding more than one solution to a question
Physical Science
Earth and Space Science
Life Science
Engineering
Scientific Inquiry and Methods
Knowledge of self, family, and culture
History and Events
Geography
Economics
Citizenship
Music
Dance
Visual Arts
Different colors, surface textures, and shapes to create form and meaning
Dramatic Play
Art as a form of self-expression
Music activities
Movement to music of various tempos
aking care of personal needs, such as dressing (zipping, buttoning, tying) and knowing what clothes to wear
Eating skills (using utensils, napkins, and a cup or glass; setting a table)
Health skills (washing hands, bathing, blowing nose, how to brush teeth)
Grooming skills (combing hair, cleaning nails)
Good nutritional practices
New foods, a balanced menu, essential nutrients
Management of personal belongings
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