{"id":33,"date":"2021-08-19T00:25:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T00:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stjamespreschool.com\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2025-10-29T23:44:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T23:44:57","slug":"older-3s-curriculum-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stjamespreschool.com\/index.php\/older-3s-curriculum-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Older 3&#8217;s Curriculum Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our goal is to create a warm and happy place for preschoolers to learn. As we bridge the gap between home and school, we guide children to a continued good self-image while building social skills in a school setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sensory, motor, perceptual and language skills are introduced through materials and activities that are both child-centered and teacher-directed. Based on the theory that children learn through play, classroom routines encourage active involvement, meaningful experimentation and reinforcement through repetition. Schedules are designed to balance structure and free choice, as well as active and quiet times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Month<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Focus \/ Theme<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Holiday \/ Event<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Social Skill<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>September<\/td><td>Red, Circle, Numbers 1 &amp; 2<br>Welcome to School! Getting to Know You<\/td><td>Classroom Visit<br>Back to School Night<\/td><td>Friendship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>October<\/td><td>Black &amp; Orange, Triangle, Number 3<br>Apples, Fall, Pumpkins<\/td><td>Halloween<\/td><td>Whole Body Listening<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>November<\/td><td>Brown, Square, Number 4<br>Turkeys, Thankful for\u2026<\/td><td>Thanksgiving<\/td><td>Calm Down Strategies<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>December<\/td><td>Green, Star, Number 5<br>Gingerbread, Holidays<\/td><td>Christmas<\/td><td>Problem Solving<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>January<\/td><td>Blue &amp; White, Rectangle, Number 6<br>Polar Animals, Bears and Hibernation, Famous Artists<\/td><td>New Year\u2019s<\/td><td>Following Directions<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>February<\/td><td>Pink &amp; Purple, Heart, Number 7<br>Love! Feelings and Emotions<\/td><td>Valentine\u2019s Day<br>Tea with Mommy<\/td><td>Manners<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>March<\/td><td>Yellow, Diamond &amp; Oval, Number 8<br>All Things Literacy!<\/td><td>St. Patrick\u2019s Day<br>Spring<br>Easter<br>Donuts with Daddy<\/td><td>Apologizing \/ Taking Responsibility<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>April<\/td><td>Rainbow, Shape Review, Numbers 9 &amp; 10<br>Birds, Taking Care of Earth<\/td><td>Earth Day<\/td><td>Team Work<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>May<\/td><td>Review<br>Gardening, Bugs &amp; Insects<\/td><td>Mother\u2019s Day<\/td><td>Generosity<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our goal is to create a warm and happy place for preschoolers to learn. As we bridge the gap between home and school, we guide children to a continued good self-image while building social skills in a school setting. Sensory, motor, perceptual and language skills are introduced through materials and activities that are both child-centered &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stjamespreschool.com\/index.php\/older-3s-curriculum-guide\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Older 3&#8217;s Curriculum Guide&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjamespreschool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjamespreschool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjamespreschool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjamespreschool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjamespreschool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stjamespreschool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":481,"href":"https:\/\/stjamespreschool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjamespreschool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}