Pre K2
Introduction
Pre K2 meets from 8:30am - 12:30pm Mon - Fri. Pre-plus hours are from 12:45pm - 3:30pm Mon - Thur.
Enrollment for the 2009 school year has started. Limited seats are available. We request you to enroll your child early in order to confirm a seat.
Pre K 2 Class Homepage
Curriculum
Philosophy
ILM Academy’s Pre-K uses the Creative Curriculum, which is a widely used, research based method of instruction for young children. The teacher connects content, teaching, and learning for students through ‘developmentally appropriate’ practices, i.e. guiding children according to their learning and developmental abilities. In addition, the teacher integrates Islam into the curriculum, inculcating basic concepts, good character, values and principles.
Areas of Development
The following domains of learning are incorporated at ILM Academy:
Social and Emotional
This area is meant to groom the students into competent and confident Muslims that interact well with others. Children are taught Islamic values and behavior throughout the day in all subjects, with special emphasis placed during the Islamic Studies lesson.
Physical
This focuses on developing the child’s gross (large muscle) and fine (small muscle) motor skills. As children learn what their bodies can do, they gain self confidence and in turn, the more they can do, the more willing they are to try new and challenging tasks.
Cognitive
This relates to the mind and how it works. It includes what children think, how they perceive the world around them, and how they put theory into practice.
Language
This includes understanding and communicating through words that are spoken and written. The richer the child’s vocabulary, the more likely the child will become a good reader. Language and literacy skills go hand in hand. ILM Academy’s language goal is to prepare bilingual children with sufficient competence in both English and Arabic allowing them better access to literary texts, media, peoples and cultures of both languages.
These four categories are closely related and often overlap. Development in one area affects and is influenced by development in the rest of the areas.
Comparison with Georgia Pre-K
The following table illustrates how ILM Academy’s Pre-K2 curriculum compares to the Georgia Pre-K standards. Learning objectives at ILM Academy not only meet Georgia Pre-K standards, but rather exceed them by far. More information about the Georgia Pre-K can be found here.
Pre K2 at ILM vs GA Pre-K
| ILM Academy |
GA Pre-K |
| Mathematics |
- Count to 100, write numbers up to 30, recognize numbers to 50, skip count, and count backwards.
- Recognize complex shapes and understand complex patterns
- Begin to add and subtract
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- Count by rote, begin to recognize some numbers and identify ordinal numbers
- Recognize and reproduce simple patterns of objects
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| English Language Arts |
- Recognize and read the entire alphabet along with identifying sounds of all the letters.
- Familiar with rhyming words, 20 two-letter words, understand opposites and read some words by sight.
- Learn up to ten poems and identify character, setting, and problem/solution in various stories, both fictional and those that are from Islamic sources.
- Write the entire alphabet
- Recognize and write first name
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- Identify some individual letters of the Alphabet
- Participate in oral reading activities
- Dramatize, tells and retells poems and stories
- Uses scribbles, shapes, pictures and letters or other forms of writing
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| Arabic |
- Recognize and write all the letters of the Arabic language, in their individual and joint forms.
- Recognize and write first name
- Gain an expanded vocabulary of Arabic words such as animals, fruits, vegetables, colors, shapes, common objects and places.
- Count and write numbers to 20
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Not taught
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| Quran |
- Identify all letters of Arabic in their original and joint forms, along with identifying their sounds when they have harakat and sukoon on them. Will begin to read simple words found in the Quran.
- Will memorize up to 8 Surahs.
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Not taught
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| Islamic Studies |
- Reinforce concepts learned in Pre-K1.
- Understand additional concepts such as acts of worship, 5 pillars, Islamic Holidays, Hijri Calendar.
- Memorize and understand assorted duas and hadiths. Use in day to day situations.
- Learn about wudu and 5 daily prayers.
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Not taught
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| Social and Emotional Development |
- Shares ideas and takes turns listening and speaking.
- Expresses oneself using words and expanded sentences.
- Cooperates with others when carrying out classroom jobs and joint activities. Knows that this is part of good Muslim character.
- Knows own name, telephone number, home address, school and teacher’s name.
- Follows multiple directions, daily classroom routine, and school wide rules. Understands why this is important for Muslims.
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- Participate in oral reading activities
- Participate in classroom jobs
- Demonstrate knowledge of personal information
- Follow the rules and routines within the learning environment
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| Physical Development |
- Can color within lines, hold a pencil and crayon correctly, print letters and numbers correctly, trace basic shapes and cut along a straight line with scissors.
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- Uses eye-hand coordination to perform fine motor tasks
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