2 Year Old Curriculum Guide

We offer both a 4 day (Mon-Thurs) and a 3 day (Tues, Wed, Thurs) option for our 2 year olds.  A child is eligible for enrollment if he or she is the given age on or before September 1st of the current year.  Class ratios are as follows:

                 Two-year olds/8-10 per class: 2 adults

During the school year your child will work on the following skills. These guidelines are in correlation with the Christian Preschool Association and the Sunshine State Standards. Your child will be evaluated on the following skills according to the development expectations of his or her individual assessment. Three-year-olds are at the perfect age to begin expanding their oral language development and to explore the concepts that are the foundation for early literacy learning. Therefore, we ask that you avoid pressuring your child or becoming overly anxious about their efforts.  Remember they are trying their hardest and praise and encouragement are all they need to start them on life’s long journey into education.

Sensorial Lessons:

  • Discriminates Size

  • Discriminates Color

  • Discriminates Taste

  • Discriminates Shapes

  • Discriminates Sounds

  • Discriminates Texture

Math Lessons:

  • Counting in Order

  • Numbers 1 to 10

  • Numbers 1 to 30 (as per the calendar)

Language Lessons:

  • Begins alphabet recognition

  • Learns association of letter sounds (phonics)

  • Writing with sidewalk chalk

  • Begins to grip pencil correctly

  • Expresses self clearly

  • Uses complete sentences

  • Can combine word phrases

  • Develop appreciation of stories, poems, finger plays and music

Practical Life Lessons:

  • Able to care for environment

  • Able to care for self (self-reliant skills)

  • Follows through on tasks with a few steps

  • Organizes materials in an orderly fashion

  • Returns items to their proper place (clean up time)

  • Acquires Skills to both wet (painting) and dry (crayon) lessons

Social Development Lessons:

  • Respects others

  • Respects environment

  • Exhibits self-control

  • Follows difference between thumbs up and thumbs down choices

  • Interacts with other children/classmates

  • Is able to express feelings verbally

  • Begins to observe and understand emotions of classmates and staff

  • Begins to respond appropriately to emotions

  • Handles problems verbally

  • Speaks comfortably in groups (circle time)

  • Sharing and taking turns

  • Manners (Please, Thank you, Excuse Me)

  • Weekly classroom jobs

Gross Motor Lessons:

  • Begins to catch ball when tossed

  • Hops on one foot

  • Balance Beam

  • Coordinate large muscles

  • Pencil roll

  • Jump stick it (both feet jump together)

  • Straddle position

Fine Motor/Cognitive Skills:

  • Begins to hold pencil/crayons with pincher grasp

  • Begins to hold scissors with correct grip (developing skill)

  • Uses templates for tracing/stencils

  • Proper use of glue and glue sticks

  • Begins to determine left from right

  • Uses puzzles, beads, patterns, Legos, and matching games

  • Learning days of the week

  • Learning months of the year

  • Recites Pledge of Allegiance

Christian Education Lessons:

  • Participation in Prayer

  • Participation in Christian Music

  • Participation in Chapel

  • Develops good self-concept as a child of God and a person of value

  • Opportunities to know the creative power of God and enjoy the world

  • Experience God’s love and forgiveness through teachers and the church as a community of faith.

  • Opportunities to experience trust of their environment and teachers through boundaries set for them and about God's love for all God's creation including people of different cultures, races, and religions.

  • Opportunities to build ideas, feelings, and understandings related to the Christian faith through bible stories, pictures, songs, bible verses, prayer, and play activities that uplift religious meanings that are age appropriate.

  • Bible themed art centers and stories.

Music Education Lessons:

  • Experiences with sound and music

  • Opportunities for singing

  • Rhythmic activities and movement with music

  • Participation in musical games

  • Experience listening and responding to different types of music

  • Introduction of rhythm instruments, scarves, parachutes, etc.

Your child will also be introduced to a variety of thematic lessons throughout the school year. These lessons will include:

  • School rules

  • Making new friends, Getting to know you

  • My family and me

  • I’m me, I’m special

  • I have feelings

  • Fire Prevention

  • Community helpers (fire fighters, policemen, mailmen, etc.)

  • Halloween fun and safety

  • Pumpkins and Jack-o-lanterns

  • Thanksgiving harvest,

  • Thanksgiving-Food drive for our Weekend Food Bag Program

  • Tour of the food bank/Packing of Weekend Food Bags

  • Healthy eating

  • Families

  • Good manners

  • Cooking classes

  • Spanish classes

  • Music and Movement classes

  • Christmas Story and program

  • Advent adventure

  • Winter, snow, and ice

  • Snow day at CEC

  • Valentines Day

  • Good healthy habits

  • Dental visit

  • Healthy teeth and oral care

  • Dad’s Olympics

  • Transportation

  • Dr. Seuss

  • St. Patrick’s Day

  • Wind and kites

  • Easter Story (Resurrection Eggs)

  • Spring, plants and seeds

  • Butterflies and caterpillars

  • Mother’s Spa Day

  • Water play day and end of school party