Curriculum Detail

E3

  • Preschool Language & Literacy

    ooks (story books, non-fiction or poetry) are read to children each day at group time and one-on-one throughout the day both inside and outside. Children have flannel board stories to retell favorites or create their own. Children make individual or class books to document experiences and celebrate the imagination. We provide children with opportunities for meaningful conversations with us and each other throughout the day. Through dramatic play, table top games, group time activities and casual conversations with teachers and each other, the children will: 
     
    • Practice listening, asking and responding to questions 
    • Be encouraged to express ideas, develop age-appropriate grammar and learn new vocabulary 
    • Develop phonemic and phonological awareness by: playing with the sounds of words, matching sounds and rhymes, clapping out syllables, predicting story outcomes 
    • Identify the alphabet as a special category of symbols  
    • Recognize beginning letters in familiar words and associate letters with sounds 
    • Discover that letters make up words and words make up sentences 
    • Begin to think of themselves as authors by beginning to understand that books are “talk written down”, 
    • Listen to and make up their own stories and poems 
    • Enjoy representing their own ideas through drawing or dictation 
    • Experiment with writing to communicate ideas, including writing their name 
    • Move along the reading continuum

  • Preschool Mathematics

    Math is everywhere—inside and outside. Children love to count and compare things. Through blocks, science and nature activities, dramatic play, art, music and movement the children will build foundation skills in arithmetic, geometry and algebra. 
     
    The children will: 
     
    • Show 1-to-1 correspondence as part of counting and numeracy skills 0-9 
    • Understand and demonstrate concepts of more and less 
    • Demonstrate understanding of sets and ordering (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) 
    • Recognize and manipulate basic shapes and discover spatial relationships 
    • Classify and sort by attributes (color, size, shape)
    • Extend and create patterns 
    • Learn by making estimations and graphs 
    • Experiment with measurement (standard and unconventional) 
    • Learn and have fun!
  • Ms. Nicole Andrews
    Substitute Teacher
  • Mrs. Marilou Bainco
    Early School Co-Teacher
    St. Paul College, Manila - B.A.
  • Ms. Susie Canchola
    Early School Teacher
    University of California, San Diego - B.A.
  • Mrs. Dalilah Farrish
    Early School Substitute Teacher
  • Mr. William Feige
    ES Outdoor Classroom Co-Teacher
    National University - B.A.
  • Ms. Erika Garcia
    Early School Outdoor Classroom & Motor Development Teacher
    California State University, Fullerton - B.S.
  • Ms. Debbie Greisman
    Early School Co-Teacher & Extended Day
    National University - M.Ed
    University of Arizona - B.S.
  • Dr. Jennifer Hardison
    Early School Studio Arts Teacher
    National University - M.Ed.
    California State University, Long Beach - B.A.
  • Mrs. Debbie Herrera
    Early School Teacher
    California State University, Long Beach - M.Ed.
    Pacific Oaks College - B.A.
  • Mrs. Lily Liu
    Substitute Teacher
    Saddleback College
  • Mrs. Kat Moore
    Early School Teacher
  • Dr. Stefania Rubino
    Director of Early School & Wee Tartans
    Arkansas State University - Ed.D.
    Arkansas State University - M.S.
    Endicott College - B.A.
  • Ms. Carly Taberski
    Early School Teacher & Performing Arts Instructor
    Sonoma State University - M.A.
    California State University, Fullerton - B.S.
  • Ms. Penny Tacquard
    Substitute Teacher
    Chapman University - B.A.
  • Ms. Cheri Wilson
    Substitute Teacher
    University of California, Irvine - B.A.
    Orange Coast College
  • Dr. Sonia Yoshizawa
    Early School Pedagogista
    East Tennessee State University - PhD
    University of Northern Iowa - M.A.
    Sophia University - B.A.

St. Margaret’s Episcopal School

31641 La Novia Avenue
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
(949) 661-0108
 
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An Independent Preschool Through Grade 12 College-Preparatory Day School in Orange County California

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St. Margaret's Episcopal School does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, sexual orientation or national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational, admission, financial aid, hiring and athletic policies or in other school-administered programs.