Wesleyan Preschool Enrichment Program
The Wesleyan School offers two different 1 day a week enrichment programs for 4yr-olds. There is a math & science program and a reading writing program. Both programs will have a strong literature component. These topics will be introduced and reinforced through the use of appropriate non-fiction and fiction literature. All activities are hands-on. The Enrichment Program meets on Thursday mornings from 9:30-12.
Curriculum for Enrichment Program
Activities for the Math-Science Program
- Learning about bubbles and making all kinds of bubbles and bubble makers
- Observing and measuring growing alligators
- Making rainbow tubes and kaleidoscopes
- Predicting spinning ghosts
- Discovering the life cycle of the pumpkin
- learning how leaves change color
- Sound experiments
- Sorting, estimating and graphing
- Learning about Christmas customs
- Learning how animals stay warm in winter
- Discovering magnets
- Experiments with air
- Planting activities
- Learning about the sun
Activities for Reading-Writing Enrichment Program
- Reading classic literature
- Cooking with books
- Exploring books in a given theme
- Learning about fiction and non-fiction
- Making big books
- Making class books
- Creating individual books
- Comparing and contrasting stories
- Author studies
- Exploring poetry
- Exploring books about songs
- Writing class and individual stories