Let us explore!
Empowerment University for Children aims to enhance the learning and development of the whole child. The Explorers group was specially created to provide resources for children ages three to five (3-5). By this age, they enjoy moving significantly due to their improved motor skills. They like to climb, swing, kick, throw, jump, run, and catch. They want to look at, touch, and smell things to better understand what is happening around them. Thus, they are aptly called the Explorers.
Learning Basics
At this age, they are in pre-K or Kindergarten. They enjoy receiving affection and giving affection while starting to learn some semi-independence. They pay close attention to what is happening around them, learn to share, and recognize fears. They can tell you what is happening during the day, ask questions about what they hear, and repeat things they hear in a story. They have short attention spans but enjoy playing with others and forming new friendships. They love to entertain, and they can better understand commands. This membership includes the following types of resources.
- Spiritual
- Academic
- Life Skills
Spiritual Life
Even at this young, tender age, they are ready to learn how to serve God. For example, when Hannah weaned Samuel, she dedicated him to God’s service as promised and took him to the temple to start his training. Later, we see Samuel become one of God’s chief prophets.
Read his story in the book of 1 Samuel 1.
Academic and Life Skills
For school, 3-5-year-olds should have developed foundational social skills, like following multi-step instructions and speaking in full sentences, and be able to handle some basic academic concepts. Key skills include recognizing basic shapes and colors, counting to at least 10, and using fine motor skills for tasks like drawing and cutting. They should also have developed some independence, such as using the toilet and dressing themselves.
- Social and emotional skills
- Speak in full sentences and hold simple conversations.
- Follow 2–3 step instructions.
- Share and play with other children.
- Show some independence with tasks like dressing and using the toilet.
- Begin to understand and label emotions.
- Academic and cognitive skills
- Recognize and name basic colors (like red, yellow, and blue) and shapes (like circle, square, and triangle).
- Count to at least 10.
- Recognize some letters in their name.
- Understand concepts like “big” and “little”.
- Ask “why” questions and show curiosity.
- Fine and gross motor skills
- Hold a crayon or pencil correctly with a tripod grip.
- Use safety scissors to cut along a straight line.
- Stack 5-10 blocks.
- Draw a simple picture, like a face.
- Run, jump, and kick a ball.
- Ride a tricycle.
Helpful Articles
- Developmental Checklist for 3-5 Year Olds | https://www.scholastic.com/parents/family-life/developmental-checklist-3-5-year-olds.html
- Your Preschooler Age 3-5 | https://www.firstthingsfirst.org/parent-kit/preschooler-ages-3-5/
What to Expect
You will have access to more than 100 course resources, making this type of membership the most valuable and cost-effective for this age group. Resources provided for this age group are based on the usual standards, with a few advanced resources to help you determine if it is time for your child to level up. As this is a yearly membership, you will have access to any membership updates as long as you remain a member. Further, you can submit a request if you want to see more of specific resources, and we will design a resource or provide a different solution.
We look forward to you being a part of our EUC family. If you need to level up after reviewing the material, contact us. We will work with you to determine if you need to level up to the next group level or if a specific lesson course can fulfill your request.