• Three-Year-Old Pre-K Curriculumyoung girl looking through a magnifying glass

    PISD Employee Child Care Center provides high quality early care and education based on sound child development research and developmentally appropriate practices. The child care center curriculum Frog Street Press for three-year-olds is aligned with the PISD Early Childhood Program. 

    The programs are holistic child-centered programs that nurture each child by offering carefully selected and sequenced learning experiences. The programs provide a wealth of materials and ideas to foster the social-emotional, intellectual, and physical development of children. The curriculum stresses the importance of natural curiosity and sense of self that serve as the foundation for a lifetime of learning.

    Children will learn sound language skills, ways of expressing ideas clearly, methods to solve problems creatively, appropriate ways to negotiate play schemes with other children, how to make comparisons, predict outcomes, and to express personal feelings in socially-acceptable ways.

    The program is child-centered with activities and lesson plans aimed at preparing children socially and emotionally for the transition from an early childhood program into kindergarten and beyond with the necessary skills to promote self-confidence and a readiness to learn with success.

    In addition, caregivers use lessons designed in collaboration with the C.A.R.E. team to teach young learners self-regulation, problem-solving skills and safe relationships. Lessons incorporating songs, books, art and games engage children during important social emotional learning. Materials and lessons come from Momentous Institute's Settle Your Glitter curriculum.

    Items to Bring

    • Nap mat or blanket and small pillow* (not a bed-size pillow, please)
    • One stuffed animal, doll, or other “security item” for nap
    • Two complete change of seasonally-appropriate clothing, including socks, shoes and underwear (labeled)
    • Seasonally-appropriate outer-wear such as coats, sweaters and sweatshirts (labeled)
    • Five old shirts for lunch & art activities (labeled, each shirt will be placed in a plastic bag and sent home at the end of the day to be washed at home)

    *ALL bedding used during nap time will be sent home at the end of the week to be washed.