Your child’s preschool education establishes the foundation for their lifelong learning journey.
Our child-centered curriculum at HCDC strives to nurture, engage, and excite your little learner. Our teachers work with you to ensure your child receives the necessary building blocks for kindergarten success.
Toddlers: 1-2 Years
Building Foundations
Objectives for development and learning
- Develop vocabulary
- Follow simple instructions
- Learn to express emotions
- Participate in group care and routines
Examples
- Feeding self
- Starting to use utensils at mealtimes
- Expressing needs
- Playing side-by-side with peers
- Building relationships with teachers and peers
Toddlers: 2-3 Years
Exploring Independence
Exploring early math and literacy through activities like songs and fingerplays
Objectives for development and learning
- Follow two- to three-step directions
- Develop new vocabulary
- Identify emotions in self and others
- Use words to express needs
Examples
- Drinking from a cup without a top
- Using utensils
- Managing basic dressing skills
- Expressing needs verbally
- Practicing fine and gross motor skills through hands-on activities
Preschool: 3-4 Years
Growing Skills & Independence
Regularly practicing verbal communication, negotiation, and collaboration skills
Objectives for development and learning
- Develop alphabet knowledge
- Identify emotions with less teacher support
- Participate in classroom activities
- Independently initiate self-help skills
Examples
- Following multistep directions
- Using language to express needs
- Starting to understand wants/needs of others
- Pouring drinks
- Independently dressing self
- Beginning handwriting and other academic activities
Pre-K: 4-5 Years
Ready to Learn & Lead
Broadening child engagement in all developmental areas to prepare for kindergarten success
Objectives for development and learning
- Develop expanded vocabulary and functional alphabet knowledge
- Follow more complex instructions
- Label and regulate emotions with minimal teacher support
- Participate cooperatively in classroom activities
- Increase independence in self-help skills
Examples
- Engaging in activities like scraping plate at mealtimes
- Working cooperatively to problem-solve
- Using imaginative play while interacting with peers
- Independently dressing self, including buttons, snaps, and zippers
- Practicing handwriting and detailed drawing
- Identifying upper- and lowercase letters and their sounds
- Using number concepts and operations
Kindergarten
Onward and upward to the next step in your child's education!