Little Lambs preschool has been a part of our community for over 30 years. Teachers Kathy Kokot and Julie Kukulis bring a warm wealth of experience to the classroom, offering:
- Introduction to Caledonia School’s academic program ‘Zoophonics’
- Concepts such as colors, shapes, numbers, letters, etc. through games, songs, stories, crafts, and more.
- Learning independence, self-confidence, self-control, and responsibility.
- Learning important tasks such as recognizing their name, following directions, learning to sit for a length of time, raising their hand to ask a question or to have a turn, etc.
- Making social contacts-learning to make friends.
- Explore and learn through play with opportunities to discover.
- Exploring and using materials to strengthen fine motor skills such as scissors, holding a pencil, etc.
- Encouraging Christian interaction through songs, stories, and prayer!
Handwriting Without Tears
The goal of Handwriting Without Tears® is to make legible and fluent handwriting an easy and automatic skill for all students. The unique and compelling curriculum design and teaching strategies facilitate this goal.
Zoo Phonics
Zoo-phonics: (a) Uses 26 animals to teach letter shapes and sounds. (b) Teaches the lowercase letters before introducing capitals. (c) Teaches letter sounds before letter names. (d) Teaches a body movement, or “signal,” in association with each Animal/letter of the alphabet. These “Signals” aid memory and bring fun into the classroom. (e) Treats the alphabet as a whole and goes from “a-z.” (f) Teaches short vowels before long vowels. (g) Uses “word family” patterns to teach reading and spelling, because children are “naturals” at finding and remembering patterns.