by Tierra Cunningham

Tierra Cunningham: Pre-K Classroom in North Carolina connects to Media Literacy

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Four and five year old students should be exposed to the digital world at an early age in school settings

Preschool students using the SMART board

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Most Pre-K students use a SMART board to get the digital experience they need in the classroom.

Pre-K students engaged in learning activities in large groups

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The students either learn math, science or literacy activities as a large group or sometimes individual students have one on one session with teachers on the SMART board

Curriculum of a typical North Carolina Preschool classroom

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There are six units we discuss throughout the school year with students:

1. Family ( diversity of students family in the class and around the world)

2. Friends ( discuss the importance of sharing and caring with friends)

3. Wind and Water ( discuss things that are connected to wind outside and water )

4. The World of Color ( all the colors of the rainbow, mixing colors, and primary colors)

5. Shadows and Reflections ( discuss students shadow and reflection in the mirror, sidewalk, water, dark and light)

6. Things That Grow ( discuss all things that grow from plants, vegetables, fruits, animals, insects, and humans)

Pre-K programs are literacy based and they focus on all the literacy components

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Letter sounds, uppercase and lower case letters, beginning sounds, reading and writing

Pre-K programs focus on basic math skills

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Patterns, shapes, counting, size, matching, and puzzles