The Preschool Program at Fairmont Private School of Fresno Fairmont Private School of Fresno is a unique program, which enables children to have a “gift of time.” It is a wonderful stepping-stone before moving on to transitional kindergarten or kindergarten. It is designed to fit children’s individual needs and to help them develop their readiness skills at their own level.
Fairmont Private School of Fresno provides the foundation for school success through child centered experiences. The preschool program provides a broad base curriculum which includes Language Arts and Literacy, Mathematics, Science, Visual and Performing Arts, History and Social Sciences, Spanish Language, Physical and Fine Motor Skills, and Social Emotional Development.
Readiness and Writing / Language Arts and Literacy
Fairmont utilizes the Get Set for School Curriculum. The program focuses on:
Pre-writing, motor, and cognitive skills
Phonological awareness
Alphabet knowledge and print awareness
Oral language and vocabulary skills
Pre-reading skills
The children are introduced to a variety of multisensory experiences throughout their day to build and reinforce literacy concepts.
Mathematics
Our numbers and math program uses manipulatives, music, and rhymes to provide a strong math foundation.
Lessons give children time to play with real objects and test their ideas so that math becomes real and meaningful. Children are introduced to the following math concepts:
Number and operations
Measurement and time
Geometry and spatial relationships
Problem solving
Science
A basic awareness of the world around us is incorporated into the preschool program. Through child centered experiences. The children observe patterns, classify, and explore their world through hands-on experiences.
Visual and Performing Arts
The Fairmont Preschool program provides daily activities to allow the children to create and express themselves through music, dance, creative dramatics, cutting, pasting, painting, and clay.
History and Social Sciences
The preschool social sciences and history program exposes the children to the concepts of history, famous people, geography, being a good citizen, holidays and cultures. The concepts are introduced through literature, art, music, cooking and games.
Spanish Language
The focus of our Spanish Program is to provide the children with a firm foundation of the Spanish language through listening and speaking activities. Lessons incorporate singing, dancing, games, and cultural experiences. Spanish lessons are also integrated with classroom curriculum concepts.
Gross Motor/Physical Education
For gross motor/physical education in preschool, children are given the opportunity to practice and refine their gross motor skills through daily games and outside activities.
Fine Motor
In our preschool program, the children will continue to improve their cutting skills, practice the correct way to hold a pencil, crayons and markers. Through daily use of manipulatives, the children will enhance their development of small motor coordination, problem solving, following directions and taking care of their own materials.
Social and Emotional Development
At Fairmont Private school, we encourage and talk with the children about peer relationships, sharing, problem solving, cooperating with one another, and staying with a task from start to finish. As “good thinkers” the children’s positive behavior and attitude will be praised.
Schedules
Our schedules provide flexibility for our parents. We offer a variety of schedules which include the following options:
Days
Programs
Additional Services
Lunch Hour 12:00-1:00