Little Knights
PreSchool and Pre-K at St. Columbkille School
Students enrolled in PreSchool and Pre-K will be immersed in literacy and math concepts naturally through play and centers based activities.
Students will grow as responsible community members by engaging in play and learning to socialize positively with peers. Students will participate in developmentally appropriate lessons designed to enhance vocabulary, concepts about print, early literacy, early numeracy, science, and history.
At St. Columbkille, we immerse our students at the early grade levels in Science of Reading based instruction. Science of Reading instruction is researched-based to strengthen early literacy skills such as phonemic awareness and phonics. Our primary focus at the PreSchool and Pre-K level is to build a strong phonemic awareness foundation before focusing on phonics.
Our Little Knights will also engage in collaborative activities to manipulate and enhance early mathematical concepts, discover the world around them through scientific inquiry, and learn to think critically about historical events.
PreSchool Program
3 years old (by August 1st) to early 4's.
- Must be fully potty trained prior to enrollment.
PreKindergarten Program
4 years old to 5 years old.
Activities to do at home to prepare your child for our Little Knights program:
- Read nursery rhymes together.
- Practice naming rhyming words (without the printed word, use pictures only or spoken words).
- Practice identifying your first name.
- Mix up the letters in your child's name on notecards and practice identifying those letters only.
- Practice saying the ABC's (not singing the ABCs).
- Practice counting from 0 to 20 (with zero as the starting point).
- Practice counting backwards from 20 to 0.
- Identify basic shapes - circle, triangle, square, oval, rectangle.
- Strengthen fine motor skills with coloring - Focus on coloring inside the lines.
- Practice independent skills: using the bathroom on their own, opening and closing containers and baggies (lunch), packing and unpacking a bag, putting on and - zipping up their coat, following directions from adults the first time, etc. New Paragraph
About Us
Our school mission is to develop our students to live their lives as a Witness to Jesus. We believe our school exists to teach the mandate of Jesus: "Love one another as I have loved you."
We believe that we share the vision of Jesus within an atmosphere designed to celebrate and practice the love of God and neighbor. We motivate students to grow academically, culturally, and socially. Jesus remains with the community He formed, and we are privileged to witness and share that Presence.
Contact Info
6740 Broadview Road
Parma, OH 44134
(216) 524-4816