Curriculum Highlights for 3Plus

Our Threes program is planned to provide your child with a fun-filled day that is academically appropriate and allows each child to progress at his or her own pace. Teachers provide guided support while working closely with parents. We consider a child’s social and individual development to be an important part of our program. We also believe that learning to get along with others, sharing, cooperating, using good manners, developing self–confidence and self-control are essential skills which we make every effort to teach.  

Each day includes playtime (indoor & outdoor), a snack, music & movement, story time, circle time [group learning], and a teacher-led activity, such as an art project, where students work in small groups with a teacher. A planned activity schedule incorporates weekly and monthly themes and is a building block for the process of a structured day. Educational activities and creative play time both contribute to the ideal balance in your child’s development. 

All students are introduced to and helped to master the following:
 Color and shape recognition
 Number and letter sight recognition
 Prewriting skills
 Recognizing their name in print
 Using scissors
 Days of the week
 Months of the year
 Seasons of the year 
 Phonemic Awareness (introducing the “Letter of the Week”)

We also begin the process of school readiness as we introduce activities that:
 Promote learning and problem-solving skills 
 Encourage logical thinking 
 Promote representational and symbolical thinking
 Develop listening and speaking skills
 Develop pre-reading and pre-writing skills
 Promote successful social interaction with other children
 Develop large and small motor skills
 Learn to transition from one activity to another
 Develop listening skills and the ability to follow directions

JKPS offers multiple classes for children 3plus. We strive to group children into younger and older classes. If demand exists, we add additional section(s) as needed.
It is important to remember that while each group of 3s may start the year with more or less emphasis on introductory skills and concepts, we work to complete the year with all students ready to move on to a PreK program.