FIREFLIES:
AGES: Younger 4’s to entering 1st Grade

DAILY SCHEDULE FOR FIREFLIES FALL 2023
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AGES & REQUIREMENTS:
• Pre-Kindergarten Program (Pre-K)
• Transitional Kindergarten (TK) Age 4
• Kindergarten (K) Programs: Age 5

POTTY TRAINING
Must be fully self-sufficient

RATIO
1:12

SCHEDULE OPTIONS
5 DAYS (Monday-Friday):
Part-Time (8:30 am - 2:30 pm)
Full-Time (7:30 am - 5:30 pm)

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIREFLIES PROGRAM
The Fireflies program is a combination of Pre-Kindergarten,  Transitional-Kindergarten, and Kindergarten class. Most children will move on from this class to either Kindergarten or First grade. The Firefly program has a balance of small group discussions, large blocks of uninterrupted play, hands-on enrichment activities, and teacher-led time.  Our small ability groups provide one-on-one attention and flexibility for a differentiated curriculum to help meet the needs of the students.

Every child grows in their own way and in their own time, yet by the time a child completes the Firefly-class they should demonstrate significant growth in the following areas:

GOALS OF THE FIREFLIES PROGRAM

• Your Firefly learner will…

  • understand the love God has for them and that they can pray anytime and anywhere

  • arrive to school with a healthy attitude, confident and ready for the day

  • show appropriate approaches to learning and self-regulation

  • demonstrate their developed social-emotional understanding by respecting, engaging, communicating, and collaborating with peers

  • show persistence in inquiring to understand new concepts

  • think creatively and show their thinking in their creations

  • learn to appreciate and take care of the resources of the earth God provided

  • engage with fine and gross motor skills with ease

  • feel connected to their class

  • love coming to school!

    
    

    PRE-K STUDENTS:

    • Children demonstrate understanding and application of literacy, math, and science concepts by explaining, comparing, discussing, and predicting in small and large groups

    • Children incorporate literacy in their play and projects

    • Children show persistence in inquiring to understand new concepts

    • Children think creatively and show their thinking in their creations

    • Children show comprehension of literature through their conversations, ideas, and play

     

    TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS:

    • Extends literacy activities by retelling a story, drawing pictures about a story, or acting out a story

    • Demonstrates understanding of how to follow print on a page of text

    • Blends and segments larger units of language

    • Demonstrates knowledge of all of the letters of the alphabet (upper and lower case) and corresponding sounds and uses letters or clearly recognizable approximations of letters to write their own name

    • Shows understanding of simple math operations, measurement concepts, the complexity of patterning, and characteristics of shapes

    • Contributes to planning and carries out detailed observations and complex investigations to answer questions of interest

    • Understands the concepts in scientific inquiry, physical science, life science, and earth science
      

    KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS:

    • Engages in independent and shared book reading and demonstrates an understanding of a detailed informational and narrative text by asking or answering questions to monitor own comprehension

    • Demonstrates understanding of print material and simple concepts of grammar.

    • Isolates the initial sound, middle vowel, and final sound in three-phoneme words

    • Assembles or splits apart words to make new words and identifies both short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds for most vowels.

    • Writes and composes brief paragraphs that describe an experience

    • Sorts objects to gather and organize information compares the groups of objects and interprets the information

    • Mastered basic concepts of simple math operations, measurement concepts, the complexity of patterning, and characteristics of shapes

    • Conducts systematic observations and investigations to collect data that provide evidence to answer specific questions on scientific topics

    • Applies the concepts in scientific inquiry, physical science, life science, and earth science