Lubavitch Educational Center

Preschool Division

Curriculum Overview

Curriculum Outline

            The following is a basic outline of the Lubavitch Educational Center Preschool Curriculum. Each month there is a teacher’s curriculum meeting.  Each teacher receives a notebook which covers that month’s curriculum in detail.  There is a copy of each of these notebooks in the Preschool office for any parent who would like to see them.. 

 

Aleph- Bais Curriculum

            Minimum Expectations for Each Level

Nursery Level:   The letters Aleph- Yud

          The child should be able to identify each letter expressively out of order.  They should know the sound each letter makes and one or more Hebrew words that begin with that letter.

Kindergarten Level: The entire Aleph Bais

            The child should be able to identify each letter expressively out of order.  They should know the sound each letter makes and one or more Hebrew words that begin with that letter.

Pre 1-A:  Reading three syllable words

 

Method of Teaching Aleph-Bais

            Aleph-Bais is taught using all the mediums available in the classroom.  Games, art, music, cooking, dramatics, large group, small group, one to one are some of the methods used.  Hebrew words are used to familiarize the children with the sounds the letters make.

            Kriah is taught in the traditional method of Kometz, Aleph, Ah. Games, art, music, cooking, dramatics, large group, small group and one to one groupings are used to reinforce reading.  Reading Hebrew words that the children are familiar with is begun as soon as their skills are sufficient.

 

Parsha:          

            Much of the Preschool Curriculum is an expansion of the Parsha. Through the learning of Parsha the children learn the story with all its details, good character traits and the Mitzvos involving middos. They learn about the deeds of their forebears who were Tzaddikim. Its study invokes belief in Hashem, that he runs the world and does miracles for his people, Israel.  They see an unbroken chain that exists today. In addition each week there is a Parsha enrichment activity that takes something in connection with the Parsha that the children study in depth using math, science or language activities.  The teachers also expand the story of the Parsha beyond rote learning of what happened to explore it on a deeper level.

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Developmental Skills:

            Every child develops differently. They develop at different rates and they develop in different areas.  Our method is to assess, present learning opportunities and reassess.  As we observe each child, we become familiar with their strengths and their challenges.  We view each child as an individual.  Each teacher has a record of each child’s progress in each of the skill areas as they are covered in the curriculum.

            Skill Development Areas

            Cutting with scissors

            Colors

            Shapes

            Visual Motor

            Categorizing, sorting, classifying

            Sequence and pattern

            Quantitative concepts

            Counting

            Jumping and Hopping

            Walking, skipping, galloping, running