Curriculum
Our goal is to partner with you to help you prepare your child for great social and academic success in kindergarten and beyond while also nurturing their faith as they grow to know and love God more. Research is indicating more and more that successful acquisition of certain skills during the preschool years are highly indicative of later school success. To this end, we use a combination of teacher created resources, High-Scope Curriculum and the Abeka writing curriculum and Purposeful Design Bible curriculum.
Child Assesments
Assessment is essential to inform instruction. At this age, the range that is “age appropriate” in just about every academic and social area is vast. Therefore, ongoing, informal assessment of student skill acquisition is imperative to drive teacher instruction. Teachers will constantly be conducting informal assessment through observation and skill activities. Your child will receive a formal assessment 3 times each school year.
Parent-teacher Conferences
Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held in October. Each parent is encouraged to sign-up with their child’s teacher for a conference time. Additional conferences may be requested by the teacher and/or parent throughout the year.
Sample Daily Schedule
| 7:30-8:15 | Arrival and Free Play |
| 8:15-8:30 | Hand-Washing and Morning Snack |
| 8:30-8:40 | Morning Message |
| 8:40-8:50 | Large Group Time (Gross Motor Movement/Music Time) |
| 8:50-9:05 | Small Group Time (teacher directed instruction) |
| 9:05-9:15 | Bathroom/Hand-Washing |
| 9:15-9:45 | Recess |
| 9:45-9:55 | Bathroom/Hand-Washing |
| 9:55-10:15 | Bible, Praise and Worship |
| 10:15-10:30 | Handwriting/Literacy Activity |
| 10:30-11:00 | Learning Center Time |
| 11:00-11:20 | Clean Up Time |
| 11:10-11:20 | Shared Reading Groups |
| 11:20-11:30 | Bathroom/Hand-Washing |
| 11:30-12:00 | Lunch |
| 12:00-12:10 | Bathroom/Hand-Washing |
| 12:10-12:45 | Recess |
| 12:45-1:00 | Bathroom/Rest Time Transition |
| 1:00-2:30 | Rest Time |
| 2:30-2:45 | Wake up/Bathroom/Hand-Washing for Snack |
| 2:45-3:00 | Snack Time |
| 3:00-3:30 | Afternoon Activity/Recess/Dismissal of students |
| 3:30-5:30 | Learning Centers and/or Recess |
