Preschool Curriculum Highlights
Zion-Concord’s purpose centers on educating the whole child, cultivating spiritual, academic, emotional, physical, and social growth among all students.
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Our philosophy of Lutheran education is rooted in the shared confession of Jesus Christ as taught in Holy Scripture.
Group Time
I am learning to participate in a large group situation. Group time helps me increase my attention span. I am using language when I sing, recite a poem, participate in the calendar or tell a story. Through music and movement, I learn to express myself while learning rhythm, dynamics, and increasing my listening skills. I also learn the love of Christ through songs, devotions, and Bible stories. I am developing in my ability to count, pattern, sequence, and identify numbers and letters.
Block Corner
I am counting, examining shapes, sizes, numbers, order, area, length, pattern and weight as I select, build, and put away blocks. I am creating representations of my experiences in a concrete form and communicating with my friends about my structures. I expand my knowledge and help my friends when we work together. I am using my small muscles to carry and carefully place blocks together. I negotiate for materials I want to use with my friends.
Book Corner
I am developing a love of reading. I learn about people who are like me and different from me. I develop social skills, when I share books with my friends. I am using my small muscle skills to turn pages and hold a book. I am learning the difference between real and make believe. I improve my listening, speaking, and writing skills at the book corner. I am learning to hear the sounds of letters and learning to follow the flow of print on a page.
Toys and Games
When I play with toys or games I am learning to cooperate with my friends by sharing and taking turns. I get to practice eye-hand coordination while I experiment with construction and invention. I am developing fine motor skills with a variety of manipulatives such as play-dough, puzzles, and lacing. I am becoming a problem solver and can expand emerging skills. I am increasing my language and development by describing how I am playing with certain manipulatives.
Dramatic Play
I am learning to participate in a large group situation. Group time helps me increase my attention span. I am using language when I sing, recite a poem, participate in the calendar or tell a story. Through music and movement, I learn to express myself while learning rhythm, dynamics, and increasing my listening skills. I also learn the love of Christ through songs, devotions, and Bible stories. I am developing in my ability to count, pattern, sequence, and identify numbers and letters.
Creative Arts / Writing Centers
I am using a variety of materials to explore my feelings. I explore color, texture, and media. I use small muscle skills when I am tearing, cutting paper, coloring or writing. As I am working, I am translating my ideas and feelings into pictures and words. I am learning about the formation of letters and word recognition. I am learning about cause and effect when colors mix as well as working through trial and error. I am excited to tell others about what I have created.
Large Motor (Gym and Playground)
I am developing a sense of accomplishment when I spend time outside each day. I am learning to take turns, communicate with my friends, and develop self-esteem through the games we play. I get a chance to develop my large muscle skills by running, hopping, swinging, jumping and climbing. I get a chance to take risks and try out new skills. I get to learn many things about God’s creation when I am outside and enjoy watching changes that happen around me.
Discovery Center / Sensory Table
I am learning to work together as I explore and make discoveries. I use my small muscles to take things apart or put things together. I use my large muscle skills when I discover movement activities. I learn math concepts as I pour, dig, and measure different materials. I am able to expand my sensory awareness through textures of objects. I enjoy observing and asking questions.