Four's
Welcome to Ms.Sheila’s Class
Four-year-old’s have a natural affinity for language.
7:00 - 8:20am
Arrival, Free Play
8:20 - 9:00am
Cleanup, Breakfast, Free Play
9:00 - 9:40pm
Outside Play or Vigorous Indoor Activity
9:40 - 11:15pm
Circle Time, Centers
11:15 - 12:00pm
Hand washing, Lunch, Bathroom
12:00 - 2:30pm
Rest Time
2:30 - 3:15pm
Bathroom, Snack
3:15 - 4:00pm
Teacher Directed Activity
4:00 - 4:40pm
Outside Play or Vigorous Indoor Activity
4:40 - 6:00pm
Hand washing, Free Play, Departure
Milestones
Four-year-old’s have a natural affinity for language. They are starting to think logically and can use language to express their thinking. Your pre-kindergartener is eager to explore and learn more about the world. Find out how your child can stretch her imagination and discover new concepts with confidence.
Movement milestones
- Hops and stands on one foot up to five seconds
- Goes upstairs and downstairs without support
- Kicks ball forward
- Throws ball overhand
- Catches bounced ball most of the time
- Moves forward and backward with agility
- Milestones in hand and finger skills
- Copies square shapes
- Draws a person with two to four body parts
- Uses scissors
- Draws circles and squares
- Begins to copy some capital letters
Social and emotional milestones
- Interested in new experiences
- Cooperates with other children
- Plays “Mom” or “Dad”
- Increasingly inventive in fantasy play
- Dresses and undresses
- Negotiates solutions to conflicts
- More independent
- Imagines that many unfamiliar images may be “monsters”
- Views self as a whole person involving body, mind, and feelings
- Often cannot distinguish between fantasy and reality
Cognitive milestones
- Correctly names some colors
- Understands the concept of counting and may know a few numbers
- Approaches problems from a single point of view
- Begins to have a clearer sense of time
- Follows three-part commands
- Recalls parts of a story
- Understands the concept of same/different
- Engages in fantasy play
Language milestones
- Understands the concepts of “same” and “different”
- Has mastered some basic rules of grammar
- Speaks in sentences of five to six words
- Speaks clearly enough for strangers to understand
- Tells stories
Related Classes
Before & After schoolcare
Transportation for the school-age program is available. Fun, friends, homework! It all happens here.
Three’s
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Infants
Infants explore and learn through all their senses even before they can crawl.