2010-2011 School Year

Island Lutheran PreSchool will hold Open House on Monday, August 16. Orienatation will begin at 10am followed by a parent meeting. This is a great oppurtunity for the children to meet new friends and their teacher. You will join us in a short Circle Time and explore the classroom. Open house will last about 1 hour.

Check back often for posts about what to expect at Island Lutheran PreSchool.

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

Summer Camp

We are excited to offer a summer camp program once again this year. You may register your child for 1 or all 4 weeks.

Our Hours are 8:50am-12:50pm

Week One: June 1-4 Incredible Science Experiments
Week Two: June 7-11 Cool Cooking for Kids
Week Three: July 5-9 Amazing Critter
Week Four: July 19-23 From Trash to Treasure

We are offering 2, 3, and 5-day programs.
The cost is:
2-day: $35 per week (T/Th)
3-day: $50 per week (MWF)
5-day: $65 per week (M-F)

A deposit of $25 per week, per child is due by May 15, 2010. The deposit is applied to the weekly tuition.

October Classroom Happenings.

October was a very busy month! Our theme took the children to the farm. We learned about the animals who live there. The children had a great time learning about the letter Pp. Thank you to one of our PreSchool Dad's who came into teach the children about making pizza's.


emmmm, emmmmm, good!

Our houskeeping area has been tranformed into a pizza shop.

Learning Through Play

The Housekeeping Center
When your child plays in the housekeeping corner:
He learns what the roles of mothers and fathers and children are.
He understands what it feels like to play at being somebody other than himself.
He learns how to use his imagination.
He learns how to cooperate with other children.

To reinforce the themes in our curriculum we will often change housekeeping to an area of interest in the children's life.
After a visit from our family doctor, our housekeeping center is set up like a doctor's office.




Check back soon as we will introduce Pete's Pizzeria for the letter Pp.

Fall Fundraiser

You're Invited

Thursday, October 1, 2009
11am-1pm in the Graudin Hall

Quality, convenience and uniqueness, three things we all look to when entertaining our friends and family. Please join us as we sample sweet and savory indulgences as we raise money for the PreSchool.



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Please feel free to bring a friend!!!

Welcome to PreSchool

A glimpse into the classroom. Day one and two.









Our first two days of PreSchool have gone very well. The children have adjusted to the routine very quickly.

What To Expect

This school year is a time for expanding the child’s view of God, others, him/herself, and his/her surroundings. Emphasis is placed on spiritual, social, emotional, physical, and intellectual growth and development.
Goals (Three-year olds)

*Know that Jesus loves him/her.
*See God as a part of everyday life.
*Become acquainted with Bible stories and prayers.
*Listen to and follow directions.
*Seek adult help when needed to resolve conflicts.
*Select one activity from several suggested alternatives.
*Interact with one or more children.
*Show interest in reading related activities.
*Sort objects into subgroups that vary by only one attribute.
*Identify shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, star, heart and
diamond).
*Learn colors (red, blue, yellow, orange, green, pink, purple, black, brown, white).
*Work with all forms of art media such as crayons, paint, chalk, playdoh, etc.
*Participate in songs, finger plays, rhythm instruments, movement and games.
*Move with enough control to perform simple, large motor tasks

Goals (Four-Year Olds)
*Become familiar with more Bible Stories and can recite prayers.
*Show some self-direction in actions.
*Choose new as well as a variety of familiar classroom activities.
*Persist in a task and seek help when encountering a problem.
*Interact easily with one or more children, beginning to play or work cooperatively.
*Become more involved in resolving conflicts on his/her own.
*Follow directions that involve a two or three step sequence of actions.
*Show interest in reading related activities and can guess outcomes.
*Sort objects into subgroups that vary by one or two attributes.
*Identify basic shapes and is introduced to other fun, but less familiar shapes.
*Identify basic colors, pastel colors, and special colors.
*Recognize many letters and their sounds of the alphabet.
*Learn to print their name, using a capital letter at the beginning, followed by
lower case letters.
*Learn math concepts with many hands-on experiences.
*Express wonder, ask questions about natural world, and seek answers through active exploration.
*Move with enough balance and control to perform simple large motor skills.
*Show beginning control of writing, drawing, and art tools.