3 Year Old Classes - M-TH, M-F
Must be 3 by Aug. 31 of the school year
12:2 student/teacher ratio
Teachers use a letter of the week curriculum, along with weekly themes to reinforce letter, number and name recognition. The Playschool uses Zoo-Phonics, which is a multi-sensory, kinesthetic method to teaching phonetic awareness and letter recognition. It uses animals in the shapes of letters for easy recognition, along with movements for each given letter.
Learning centers and small group instruction are used daily. Bible stories are incorporated into the curriculum. Chapel is held monthly and music/creative movement is held weekly. Creature Teacher is also held monthly. Classes visit the school library at their teachers’’ discretion.
Goals for the 3-year class include strengthening fine and gross motor skills, learning independence, following classroom rules, improving on self-help skills and exploring the concepts behind early literacy, creativity and math skills.