BEACHSI DE
M ONT ESSORI VI LLAGE
Adjusting to preschool can be a challenging experience for any child. You can help
ease your child's transition to Beachside Montessori’s Preschool Program with
everyday fun and age appropriate activities. At this stage in development, learning
should not be a chore. These ideas will help prepare your child to listen, follow
directions, and get along in a group — three important goals of our program. The
following ideas and activities are suggested:
Cognitive Development
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Sees and discriminates colors and shapes
Identifies color names and shapes
Sorts by color
Sorts by size
Explores the number of things
Experiences one to one correspondence
Asks questions, "How many?" or "How much?"
Puts objects "on top of" or "under" upon request
Communication Skills
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Engages in simple conversation
Responds appropriately to questions
Follows two step directions
Communicates and takes suggestions of parents, teachers, or caregivers
Speaks in short sentences or full sentences
Uses language to convey ideas, thoughts, and to get help
Responds to instructions
Describes pictures in Read Aloud Books
Retells story in own words
Asks questions related to a story
Listens and participates in stories for longer period of time
Social Emotional Skills
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Talks about their family
Expresses choice or intention in words
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Develop self-help skills
Participates in self help routines
Seeks help from adult
Expresses when frustrated or frighten
Seeks reassurance from parents, teachers, or caregivers
Seeks support from parents, caregivers, and teachers to address conflicts
with peers
Separates from parent easily
Expose/Prepare to enter new environments
Follows routines for transitions
Shares with others
Begins naming an emotion
Plays, imitates, and interacts with other children
Listen to and follows rules in a small group
Physical Health
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Feeds self with utensils
Unfastens clothing
Removes simple garments
Begins to dress himself/herself
Washes and dries hands alone
Independent toileting skills
Participates in sleeping routines
We look forward to providing your child with a memorable preschool experience
and fostering a life long love of learning.
The Pre K Team
“Our care of the child should be governed, not by the desire to make him
learn things, but by the endeavor always to keep burning within him that
light which is called intelligence.”
― Maria Montessori