Philosophy
We are committed to provide our students with a child centered, faith based, and academically driven program in a nurturing, playful environment.We believe children learn best during play. Our learning environment is very child friendly with many manipulatives, colorful images, objects to explore, and many different things to do and make. Our program offers a wide variety of activities: group lessons, stories, self-guided play, music and movement, arts enrichment, crafts, and cooking. Our goal is to help guide the child into the world with a sense of respect for self, others, God and to also develop a life long love of learning.
The Caterpillars: 2 – 3 year old class
This class will focus on socialization, beginning language arts skills, and beginning math concepts. Learning to share and interact with others is foundational to a child’s development and future success. Cooperation, personal boundaries, and conflict resolution are key skills to teach at this age. Letter, shape, number, and color recognition are also taught using a variety of teaching methods and styles.
The Butterflies: 4 – 5 year old class (Pre-K)
This class will emphasize phonemic awareness, pre-spelling, handwriting, and number value concepts. Recognizing and matching a sound with a letter is a key step in learning to read so the class focuses on phonics daily. Matching a quantity with a number is a basic math skill worked on which then advances into simple addition, patterning, and sequencing. Handwriting is also a concept highlighted each week in class and then also encouraged to be continued at home with the child’s parents. We also continue to guide the children through conflict resolution and acceptable social interactions to help ease them into the school years ahead.
Character and Bible Education
Each month we will highlight one character trait, as well as teach two Bible stories. Character education and Bible education are taught to instill proper moral behavior, ultimately developing a sense of community and moral responsibility within each child.
