The focus of our Voyager class is to expand oral language development and to build an awareness that prepares each and every student for success in early literacy activities during the next several years. Three year olds are at a perfect age to expand their oral language development and to explore the concepts that are the foundation for early literacy learning. As with any group of learners, three year olds vary in their physical and cognitive development.
At The Roig Academy we maintain appropriate expectations, demanding neither too little nor too much of our students.
Oral language is the foundation for early literacy learning, and the capacity for oral language is innate. “This is an age when language is paramount. Never again may words mean so much as in the toddler years.
* Below you will find a few items highlighting our goals for the Voyager Class
ORAL LANGUAGE
•Knows personal Information such as name, age & names of family members
•Names vocabulary, number of details listed, like books, crayons, houses, flowers, fruits.
LISTENING/PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS
•Follows directions; like pick up apple, give crayon to teacher, claps twice.
•Identifies rhymes; pen-hen, dig-pig, doll & leaf do not rhyme.
•Identifies beginning sounds; fan, lamp, flower
ALPHABETIC KNOWLEDGE
•Distinguishes between letters & numbers
•Identifies capital/lower case letters
•Recognizes & writes name; recognizes own name also write names
•Attaches sounds to letters.
STORY KNOWLEDGE
•Identifies parts of a book; front & back of book, top & bottom of page, text.
•Imitates reading; imitates reading a book.
•Retells a story
Pre-Math
•Recognizes colors; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown & black
•Recognizes shapes; circle, square, triangle & rectangle
•Recognizes one-to-one correspondence
•Counts by rote
•Counts by objects
•Identifies numerals
•Sorts by shape, color & size.
PHYSICAL LARGE AND SMALL MOTOR SKILLS
•Accomplishes large motor tasks; runs, jumps, hops, throws & catches.
•Accomplishes small motor tasks; uses writing/drawing utensils appropriately, uses scissors appropriately.
MUSIC & SOUND
•Music stimulates children to make sounds, to learn new words, & to increase their rhythm.
•Children learn parts of simple nursery songs, rhymes, & finger plays.
•Students listen and respond to various sounds, tempos & beats.
•We enjoy singing, humming & creative vocal play with lips/tongue.
ART & CREATIVITY
•Art helps to explore a child's creativity & artistic expression.
•Children discover more about colors & shapes from simple projects.
•Touching & feeling art supplies provides tactile sensations & feedback.
•Working with multiple materials in fun & provides immediate reinforcement.
At The Roig Academy we maintain appropriate expectations, demanding neither too little nor too much of our students.
Oral language is the foundation for early literacy learning, and the capacity for oral language is innate. “This is an age when language is paramount. Never again may words mean so much as in the toddler years.
* Below you will find a few items highlighting our goals for the Voyager Class
ORAL LANGUAGE
•Knows personal Information such as name, age & names of family members
•Names vocabulary, number of details listed, like books, crayons, houses, flowers, fruits.
LISTENING/PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS
•Follows directions; like pick up apple, give crayon to teacher, claps twice.
•Identifies rhymes; pen-hen, dig-pig, doll & leaf do not rhyme.
•Identifies beginning sounds; fan, lamp, flower
ALPHABETIC KNOWLEDGE
•Distinguishes between letters & numbers
•Identifies capital/lower case letters
•Recognizes & writes name; recognizes own name also write names
•Attaches sounds to letters.
STORY KNOWLEDGE
•Identifies parts of a book; front & back of book, top & bottom of page, text.
•Imitates reading; imitates reading a book.
•Retells a story
Pre-Math
•Recognizes colors; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown & black
•Recognizes shapes; circle, square, triangle & rectangle
•Recognizes one-to-one correspondence
•Counts by rote
•Counts by objects
•Identifies numerals
•Sorts by shape, color & size.
PHYSICAL LARGE AND SMALL MOTOR SKILLS
•Accomplishes large motor tasks; runs, jumps, hops, throws & catches.
•Accomplishes small motor tasks; uses writing/drawing utensils appropriately, uses scissors appropriately.
MUSIC & SOUND
•Music stimulates children to make sounds, to learn new words, & to increase their rhythm.
•Children learn parts of simple nursery songs, rhymes, & finger plays.
•Students listen and respond to various sounds, tempos & beats.
•We enjoy singing, humming & creative vocal play with lips/tongue.
ART & CREATIVITY
•Art helps to explore a child's creativity & artistic expression.
•Children discover more about colors & shapes from simple projects.
•Touching & feeling art supplies provides tactile sensations & feedback.
•Working with multiple materials in fun & provides immediate reinforcement.
