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Transitional Class

For 5 Year Olds (as of October 16, 2012)

Monthly Cost for the 2012-2013 school year: $340

The Transition Class is held five days per week according to the following schedule:

M/Th/F 9:30 am-12:30 pm
T/W 9:30 am-1:30 pm (children bring lunch) 

Note: The extra hours on T/W are included in the montly tuition rate.

Purpose And Skills Development:
The Transition Class is designed to meet the needs of children who are 5 years old by October 16 and may benefit from an extra year of Preschool before entering Kindergarten. Our goal is to prepare the children for the challenges of a full day Kindergarten class by expanding pre-reading, writing, Science, math, social/emotional and independence skills. In addition to the general areas of development, a sample of what the children will learn is as follows:

• Readily shares and takes turns
• Develops further independent skills
• Accepts transitions easily
• Follows established rules and limits
• Uses words to better express feelings
• Exhibits good problem solving skills
• Takes responsibility for personal needs
• Respects property of others
• Develops gross motor skills
• Manipulates small parts and objects
• Holds markers and pencils correctly
• Writes the alphabet
• Asks questions
• Speaks in complex sentences
• Follows directions with multiple steps
• Knows days of week, months and seasons in order
• Recognizes and draws geometric shapes
• Sorts and matches various objects
• Understands and completes simple math problems
• Develops and demonstrates listening skills
• Understands and demonstrates counting to 30
• Knows one to one correspondence
• Uses appropriate vocabulary for colors, weight, height, width, length, and texture
• Knows and understands positional words
• Participates in read aloud stories and silent reading
• Recognizes patterns