Early Childhood
FAITH • EXCELLENCE • CHARACTER
Mother's Day Out
3 Year Old Preschool
4 Year Old Preschool
Mother’s Day Out
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Age 2 by September 1, 2024
Our Mother’s Day Out Program offers wonderful flexibility to families looking to introduce their child into a loving classroom environment for play and socialization. Our day is play-driven, with built in snack, lunch, and rest time. You have the freedom to choose one, two, or three days a week for your child.
BASIC ITEMS TO BRING & REMEMBER:
Each child needs a sack lunch, drink, and cup.
Bring a pillow and blanket.
Pick up time is 2:00pm.
3 Year Old Preschool
3 by September 1, 2024
Our three year old program is specifically designed to help little minds grow and learn while having fun!
CURRICULUM:
RELIGION
- Students will begin to understand the structural format of the Bible.
- Through daily Bible readings students will begin to identify, recall, and retell stories of the Bible and Bible characters.
- As we learn about the Bible and the life of Christ, students will start to understand that through Jesus we are forgiven and through Him is the only way to salvation.
- With prayer incorporated in our everyday learning students will learn how to pray.
LANGUAGE ARTS
- Print Awareness & Phonemic Awareness
- Pre-reading Strategies: The student will be able to identify common objects in the pictures of books.
- Fluency, Comprehension, and Response to Text
- Information and Research: The student will access and use information from graphs and calendars when appropriate.
- Writing Skills/ Conventions of Print , Stages and uses of Writing
- Listening Skills and Oral Communication
MATH
- Students will learn to count objects one by one from one through five.
- Whole number computation: The student will attempt to compare quantities of numbers using concrete manipulatives to determine more than, less than, same, and different
- Money: The student will identify and count pennies.
- Measurements, Calendar and time
- Temperature: Through different activities students will identify cold, cool, worm, and hot.
- Linear Measure: Students will experiment with measurable attributes of everyday objects (big/little, tall/short. etc.)
- Capacity: The student will be able to compare and/or order containers by capacity.
- Spatial relationships and geometric shapes
- Patterns and Sequence
- Be able to identify an object that doesn’t belong in a group and recognize patterns
- Communication: The student will be able to ask questions and respond.
SCIENCE
- Students will be able to classify things as living or nonliving.
- Plants: Students will be able to identify what plants need.
- Students will begin to develop awareness and respect for the Environment and living things. Along with observing and participating in a variety of activities related to preserving our Earth.
- Students will observe, explore, and describe a variety of living things and where they live (people, plants, and animals).
- Natural resources: The student will be able to collect, identify, and describe objects in the natural world (rocks, soil, leaves).
- Students will develop an awareness of the four seasons (temperature, weather appropriate clothing, and changing leaves).
- Investigating Matter: The student will explore a wide variety of objects and materials.
- Heat, light, and sound energy: The student will investigate how the sun supplies light and heat to the Earth.
- Motion: The student will select and become familiar with simple scientific tools ( magnifying glass, magnet).
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Student will begin to understand events that happened in the past.
- Communities: The student will identify the three basic needs of all people: food, clothing, shelter.
- Citizenship: The student will recognize the need for rules in the home, school, and community.
- Economics: The student will develop a growing awareness of jobs and what is required to perform them.
- American Icons: The student will identify important American symbols and begin to explain their meanings.
- Geography: The student will begin to locate and describe familiar places (classroom, home, school, and restaurants).
- Resources: The student will begin to identify natural resources.
ADDITIONAL AREAS OF EDUCATIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND PERSONAL GROWTH.
- Music
- Physical Development (PE)
- Visual Art
- Spanish
- Technology
- Social/Personal Skills
- Cognitive skills
4 Year Old Preschool
We know it is a big step heading into kindergarten! With small class sizes our teachers are able to spend time with each of these little ones and prepare them for the transition. Below is a quick look into our pre-kindergarten curriculum. For a deeper look, contact the school office.
CURRICULUM:
RELIGION
- Students will begin to understand the structural format of the Bible.
- Through daily Bible readings students will begin to identify, recall, and retell stories of the Bible and Bible characters.
- As we learn about the Bible and the life of Christ, students will start to understand that through Jesus we are forgiven and through Him is the only way to salvation.
- With prayer incorporated in our everyday learning students will learn how to pray.
- Students will identify, recall and retell stories of the Bible and Bible Characters
- Students will comprehend why Christians worship – worship practices and styles.
LANGUAGE ARTS
- Students will listen for information and for pleasure.
- Students will express ideas or opinions in group or individual settings.
- Students will understand the characteristics of written language.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to work with rhymes, words, and syllables.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to apply sound-symbol relationships.
- Students will develop and expand knowledge of words and word meanings to increase vocabulary.
- Students will associate meaning and understanding with reading.
- Students will use the writing process to express thoughts and feelings.
MATH
- Students will sort and classify objects and analyze simple patterns.
- Students will use number concepts and operations along with connecting numerals with their quantities.
- Students will identify common geometric shapes and explore the relationship of objects in the environment.
- Students will explore the concepts of nonstandard and standard measurement.
- Students will collect and analyze data in a group setting.
SCIENCE
- The student will investigate and experiment with objects to discover information.
- The student will investigate and describe objects that can be sorted in terms of physical properties.
- The student will observe and investigate plants, animals and the basic concepts of the Earth.
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Students will learn to exhibit traits of good citizenship and explore various careers.
- The student will demonstrate knowledge of basic geographic concepts.
- The student will discuss how children in various communities and cultures are alike and different.
ADDITIONAL AREAS OF EDUCATIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND PERSONAL GROWTH.
- Music
- Physical Development (PE)
- Visual Art
- Spanish
- Technology
- Social/Personal Skills
- Cognitive skills
