Pre-Kinder and Kindergarten -- Children ages 4 and 5 years old
Our pre-school program will prepare kids to join their older siblings in the full CCM program come 1st grade. By the end of the year they will have.......
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Mastered their ABCs
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Gotten a start in handwriting
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Become familiar with the basic math, geography and poetry of Alpha Year
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Listened to the stories of great Saints
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Enjoyed many beautiful story times
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And much more!
The schedule will look something like this:
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9am Morning Assembly with all students
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9:30 Station Work assisted by the 6th & 7th graders
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10:15 Snack/presentations/recess
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10:45 Sound Beginnings and 26 Letters to Heaven
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11:30 Saint stories and picture books
The morning will include these fun elements for the kids as we work through our alphabet while following along with some of what their older siblings will be doing in CCM. Here is a sneak peak at week 1, Letter A:
Letter: A
Virtue: Amiability: being friendly and pleasant
Scripture: Proverbs 17:22: "A cheerful heart is good medicine but a downcast spirit dries up the bones."
Book: Angels, Angels Everywhere by Tomie DePaola
Craft: Guardian Angel Craft
Liturgical: Altar- at Mass we gather around a table called the altar. "I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy." (Psalm 43:4a)
Saint: St. Anne
Poem: Happy Thoughts by Robert Louis Stevenson "The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings."