Preschool

With our K4 program, we are dedicated to giving your child the best start on life by laying the foundation for a lifetime of learning. We advocate helping children develop personal integrity and enable them to think critically, work cooperatively, and solve problems creatively. Our curriculum provides experiences that enable children to make sense of what they are learning and to connect their knowledge to everyday life. After-care is included, if needed.

• To provide an environment where children grow spiritually, physically, socially, emotionally, and intellectually.
• To instruct the children from a Christian and Biblical point of view ,incorporating Bible stories and practices in Christian living.
• To nurture the children so they develop a positive self -concept and to equip them with the skills to build and broaden their interpersonal relationships.
• To provide a flexible program that includes a mixture of free play as well as planned activities.
• To develop skills in letter and sounds, simple phonic concepts, math, science, and social studies.

Curriculum & Daily Activities

A balanced curriculum for preschool children includes the following areas:

1. Gross motor skills–running, skipping, hopping, and throwing
2. Fine motor skills–finger plays, drawing, coloring and cutting
3. Language/phonics–all letters and sounds, long and short vowel sounds, blends, phonic rules, sentence formation, reading blends to short three letter words, and sight words
4. Math–recognizing and writing numbers 1-20, counting by one’s to 100, counting by ten’s to 100, telling time, money, and simple addition
5. Social Skills–sharing, trading, playing, discussing manners, politeness, caring for others, respecting property, parallel play, playing together, child/child, child/adult
6. Life Skills–health and safety, dressing, name, phone number, parents’ names, address
7. Music–singing, dancing, and dramatic play
8. Art–process more important than product
9. Science–units that discuss the seasons, weather, physical science, earth and space, and life science
10. Social Studies-character building, health and safety, holidays, famous Americans in history, and my big world with Clifford series.

Units and themes that are developed in preschool will draw from these areas. Many activities will center on holidays and seasons. All will be designed to draw from the child’s experiential background while also exposing him/her to the wonder of new and different experiences.

Specials

K4 class will participate in extracurricular activities, such as art, computer, library, PE, and music. The K4 class will also attend chapel once a week. Lower school chapel is scheduled for every Tuesday.

Book Clubs

Scholastic book order forms will be sent home monthly. You may choose to purchase books for your child as gifts, to expand your home library, or for your child’s class.

2025-26 Preschool K4 Handbook