Pre-K Curriculum Overview

Language Arts

• Introduce letters and sounds (lower case, upper case, and letter-sound association)
• Understanding opposites
• Write full name
• Rhyming skills
• Promoting self-expression
• Developing the connection between the written and verbal word
• Building vocabulary skills through story telling, group, and circle time activities
• Ask and answer questions about stories

Mathematics

• Comparisons
• Counting
• Basic number concepts
• Sorting and classifying skills
• Patterns
• Identify and order sizes
• Identify simple geometric shapes
• Match symbols and shapes
• Use terms such as more, less, and same as to compare sets of objects

Science

• Basic knowledge of plants and animals
• Matching and naming colors
• Mixing colors
• Identify simple parts of the body
• Five Senses
• Identify living and nonliving things
• Identify weather conditions (rainy, sunny, cloudy, windy, cold, and warm)

Social Skills

• Listening skills
• Taking turns
• Expression of feelings
• Self control
• Following directions
• Solving problems with words
• Identify and follow classroom rules

Motor Skills

• Using scissors on lines and shapes
• Introduction of writing skills and holding a pencil correctly
• Using a crayon in a defined area
• Developing of fine and large motor skills
• Hand/eye coordination
• Promoting creativity with different art media

Islamic Studies

• Development of the personal self as Muslim
• Experiences in learning about Iman
• Deepening awareness of Allah(SWT) as the creator of everything
• Learning that Allah (SWT) is the only creator
• Recognizing that Allah (SWT) is compassionate and merciful
• Believing that Muhammad (SAW) was the last Prophet of Allah (SWT) and that he is our Prophet
• Gaining the knowledge that the Quran is the Book of Allah (SWT) and it was sent to Rasulullah (SAW)
• Understanding that Muslims are required to pray five times a day
• Teaching about the importance of fasting
• Five pillars of Islam

Arabic

• Letter recognition and sounds
• Numbers up to 10
• Names of colors, shapes, animals, etc.
• Simple Dialog