The following is the Montessori Preschool curriculum for 3-6 yrs old that AtoZ Preschool follows.
Practical Life
- Dressing independently
- Dressing frames
- Exercises for increasing sense of order:
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- Movement from left to right
- Completion of activities
- Returning activities to shelf
- Exercises for increasing ability to concentrate
- Exercises for control of movement:
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- Gross and fine motor
- Hand-to-eye coordination
- Sort Cutlery
- Open and Close Lids
- Screw and Unscrew Lids
- Sponge Transfer
- Wash Vegetables and Fruits
- Fold Napkins with Napkin Rings
- Cut a Piece of Bread
- Butter a Piece of Bread (3.5 y/o)
- Squeezing oranges
- Sort Beans
- Pour Grains, Beans, Rice, Salt
- Spoon Grains, Rice,
Language Arts
- Oral expression:
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- Listening
- Communication skills that include adequate verbal expression
- Vocabulary enrichment
- Speaking in front of peers
- Show and Tell
- Reading:
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- Phonetic sounds and names of letters
- Word building skills
- Decoding 3- to 4-letter words
- Sight words
- Literature discussions:
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- Listening skills
- Read-aloud sessions of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry
- Creative stories
- Writing:
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- Simple compositions
- Pencil control
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- Letter formation
- Writing First and Last name (3-6)
- Printed words in Classroom
- 3- part card (matching pictures and words)
- Language Mystery bags
Science
- Classification:
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- Living and nonliving
- Vertebrate and invertebrate
- Weather
- Human body
- Life cycle ( Butterfly)
- Nutrition
- Magnetic and nonmagnetic
- Space and solar systems
- Rocks/minerals
- Sink and float
(Botany)
- Introducing the Plant
- Parts of the Plant
- Part of the leaf
- Parts of the Flower
- Parts of the Fruit
- Parts of the Seed
(Zoology)
- The Fish
- The Frog
Manners / Courtesy
- Respect for self
- Respect for peers
- Respect for adults
- Manners
- Classroom rules
- Meal etiquette
- Introduction and greetings
Fine Arts
- Drawing
- Sponge Painting
- Painting Objects – Seashells, Pine cones, Sticks, Rocks
- Rubbings
- Stickers & Tape Resist Painting
- Stamping
- Unwinding and Winding Yarn
- Dropper activities
- Lacing
- Tearing Tissue Paper
- Cutting with Scissors
- Gluing
- Mix Colored Water
- Clothes pin tong activities
Motor Skills
- Body control and coordination in and out of the classroom
- Roll a Mat and Put it Away
- Walk Around the Mat
- Carry a Chair
- Carry Objects on a Tray
- Carry Liquids on a Tray
- Stacking a Tower with Blocks or Nesting
Life Skills
- Insert Batteries into a Flashlight
- Learning Home Address & Phone Number (3 y/o)
- Matching Locks & Keys
- Wooden Hammer & Pegs
- Recycling
- Hammering Nails (4 y/o)
History / Geography
- The calendar
- Days of the week
- Months of the year
- Seasons
- Telling time to the hour
- Day in the life
- Globe as Earth’s shape
- Continents/countries
- Flag study
- Land and water forms
- Map-making skills
- Oceans
- Festivals around the world
Math
- Sorting and counting games
- Number rod
- Sandpaper Numbers
- Number recognition
- Number Formation
- Concrete materials to explore place value:
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- Units
- Tens
- Hundreds
- Thousands
- Concrete materials to perform operations:
- Addition
- Subtraction
- Written numerals 1-100
- Skip counting 2s 5s and 10s
- Even and odd numbers
- Fractions
- Measurement
- Simple money
Sensorial
- Identification, comparison, gradation of colors, shapes, sounds, and sizes:
- Smelling Bottles
- Touch boards
- Color cards
- Sound Cylinder
- Hand-to-eye coordination
- Weight, temperature
- Dimension – length, width, height
Arabic
- Basic vocabulary:
- Animals
- Family members
- Colors
- Clothing
- Arabic Letters Recognition and Formation
- Arabic songs