The goal of Dot’s Preschool Corner is to help children prepare for Kindergarten through the following curriculum areas:

• Reading: Letter recognition, letter sounds, and letter formation.  Pre-reading and reading skills.  Reading comprehension skills.  Writing skills including letter formation, how to write their individual name, spelling simple sight words and word family words.
• Math: Number recognition, number sense, number formation, counting by 1s, 10s, 5s, and 2s, sorting, 2D and 3D shapes, patterns, measurement, estimation, graphing and data collection.  
• Science: Learn to make observations, ask questions, make predictions, experiment, gather results, and share what they have learned. 
• Art: Exploring the elements of art (lines, shapes, form, color, texture, space, and value). Learning about famous artists and their works of art.  
• Music: Learning about famous composers and their musical compositions.  Singing songs, playing musical instruments, and exploring rhythm through movement activities. 
• Gross Motor Skills: Spatial and body awareness, locomotor skills, ball skills, equipment skills, sensory tables, creative play, games, obstacles, and relays.
• Fine Motor Skills: Shoulder and wrist, wrist and hand, hand and finger, scissors, drawing, and writing activities.  
• Social Skills: Routines, classroom behavior, working with groups, independent work, and following instructions.