Our Classes

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Our 4-Year-old Program is designed to prepare children for kindergarten. Letter recognition, numbers 1-20, shapes, colors, science developing fine & gross motor coordination, and developing social skills to deal with adults and peers comprise the curriculum. Activities are designed to encourage children to succeed in the learning situation.  The class ratio will be 9 children per 1 teacher.

4-Year-Old Class Curriculum includes:

Language Arts

• pre-reading skills
• letter recognition & sounds
• printing letters
• printing name
• daily story times
• act out stories
• expressing thoughts and experiences

Mathematics

• counting
• matching
• shapes
• problem solving
• spatial recognition
• number recognition 1-20
• writing numbers 1-20
• patterning

Science

• seasons
• weather
• animals
• plant life
• five senses
• basic cooking skills

Arts

• colors
• shapes
• basic drawing
• painting
• cutting
• music & finger plays

Social development

• independence
• sharing
• taking turns
• working together as a group
• fine & gross motor skills
• following directions
• listening

Our main goal for this class is to develop independence which helps to build self confidence. Learning to play with others, learning to share, cleaning up after play, and tolerating others ideas are qualities stressed at all times.  Daily activities focus on counting, recognizing numbers 1-10, recognizing names, shapes and colors.   The class ratio will be 8 students per 1 teacher.

3-Year-Old Class Curriculum includes:

Literature based activities

• daily story times
• pre-writing skills
• left to right movement
• conceptual activities
• name recognition

Mathematics

• pre-math skills
• sorting
• counting
• matching
• shapes
• number recognition 1-10

Science

• water
• seasons
• weather
• animals
• plants
• five senses

Arts

• colors
• shapes
• painting
• cutting
• music & finger plays

Social development

• sharing
• cooperating with a group
• independence
• self-control
• awareness of self & others
• fine & gross motor skills
• following directions

Our 5-Year-old Program is designed for children who are 5 by September 30 but not quite ready to go to kindergarten.  Our program consists of activities to improve skills needed to succeed in kindergarten, such as staying on task, listening, constructive use of free time, and following directions. Activities are designed to work on letter recognition, beginning sounds, pre-reading skills, printing, numbers 1-20, and science skills. The class ratio will be 9 children per 1 teacher.

5-Year-Old Class Curriculum includes:

Language Arts

• identifying upper case & lower case letters
• begin to identify letter sounds
• rhyming words
• pre-reading skills
• printing letters 

Mathematics

• number recognition 1-20
• writing numbers 1-20
• counting
• graphing
• measuring
• patterning
• sorting
• telling time
• basic addition & subtraction

Science (intersects with all activities)

• weather & seasons
• animals
• trees & seeds
• food
• ramps

Arts

• drawing skills
• painting
• clay/sculpting
• music, poems & finger plays

Social development

• independence
• responsibility for self & belongings
• working as a group
• following directions & routines
• care about the feelings of others
• listening
• adapting to change

This program offers children a chance to participate in additional activities either before or after their regular class time.  Classes offered are Art & Literature, STEM (science, technology, engineering & math), Chapel, and Movement & Music.  Students have the option to stay 1-day per week based on their class. 

Students bring their lunch and eat between 11:30-12:00, with the enrichment class offered between 12:00-12:30.

There is an additional charge for these classes (except Chapel).

Details about these classes are presented at orientation in September.