Mission Basilica School Pre-K Curriculum

Philosophy  Annual care packages to Operation Mission Basilica School Pre-K is guided by the Gratitude teachings of the Catholic Church and best practices in early childhood education. We are dedicated to the following values: Physical Education  Parents as the primary educators  Formal PE class 2x a week  Children are spiritual  Fundamental movement skills  Development of the whole child  Manipulative skills  Community  Perceptual-motor skills and movement  Collaboration concepts  Social justice  Active physical play  Intrinsic motivation  Active learning Health  Basic hygiene  Respecting the dignity of the child  Knowledge of wellness Mission Basilica Pre-K offers  Sun Safety  Licensed facility and staff #304270251  Injury prevention  WASC/WCEA accredited curriculum  Nutrition  Credentialed teacher  Scholastic Weekly Reader Magazine  One to 12 teacher- to- student ratio, with  Home access to all Weekly Reader a maximum class size of 24 students magazines, videos, and interactive  Licensed extended day care games  Curriculum driven by the California  Fire safety demonstration Preschool Learning Foundations  Dental health demonstration  CAST’s Universal Design for Learning for differentiated instruction Mathematics  Photos and webpage updates  Number sense  Technology integrated throughout the  Algebra and functions (classification and curriculum patterning)  Measurement Religion/Christian Service  Geometry  Attend weekly school mass, any other  Mathematical reasoning special mass days and Holy Days of  Hands-on activities Obligation  Tiered groupings  Allelu! by Our Sunday Visitor (Pre-K  Creative Mathematics curriculum Edition)  Liturgical and communal prayer Language Arts  Monthly deliveries peanut butter and  Language use and conventions jelly to Serra’s Pantry  Vocabulary  Catholic Relief Service’s The Rice Bowl  Grammar  Concepts about print Science  Phonological awareness  Observation and investigation  Alphabetics and word/print recognition  Documentation and communication  Comprehension and analysis of age-  Properties and characteristics of appropriate text nonliving objects and materials  Literacy interest and response  Changes in nonliving objects and  Writing strategies materials  Tiered groupings  Properties and characteristics of living things  Interactive reading  Changes in living things  Handwriting Without Tears’ Get Set for  Properties and characteristics of earth School materials and objects  Personalized journaling  Changes in the earth  Give Me 20 Reading Challenge  Scholastic’s The Science Spin Magazine Social Studies  Home access to all Science Spin  Culture and diversity magazines, videos and interactive  Relationships games Social roles and occupations   Weekly visits to the fish pond on the  Skills for democratic participation Mission grounds  Responsible conduct  Hatching eggs and care of chicks  Fairness and respect for others  Conflict resolution Visual and Performing Arts  Sense of time (history) ● Art, Music, and Drama are integrated with  Anticipating and planning future events language arts, social studies, science, and religion  Personal history Spanish  Historical changes in people and the  Spanish class once a week. world  Introduction to vocabulary, colors,  Sense of place (geography and ecology) objects, numbers, songs  Caring for the natural world Music  Weekly music class  Understanding the physical world  Students have ability to learn new through drawings and maps songs, movement through song and  Marketplace (economics) introduction to different instruments  Becky Bailey’s Conscious Discipline  Familiarity with weekly songs sung at  Scholastic’s Weekly Reader Magazine Friday school mass  Home access to all Weekly Reader magazines, videos, and interactive Art games  Weekly class lessons on varied artists  Participation in traditional United throughout different periods of history Nations Day  Instruction on the art theory and artistic  Introduced to another county’s traditions styles and geographical location  Opportunity to recreate varying artists work 