CURRICULUM

The Enhanced program is designed for reading-ready children with appropriate education readiness levels. Each student must have the ability to count to ten, print their names, recognize most letters, rhyme words, and segment sounds.

Our outstanding phonics/reading program provides extensive practice  in the critical first step of learning to read–blending short vowels in  three-letter words. To ensure reading success, we provide abundant reading practice. This includes First Start Reading’s 25 phonetic stories, additional beginner books, and three colorful readers with short stories that will reward and motivate your beginning reader.

The primary goal of the Enhanced Preschool Curriculum, of course, is learning to read. Additional goals of no less importance are: correct pencil grip, correct letter and number formation, and basic arithmetic, including counting, addition, subtraction, telling time, and counting money.

The Preschool program combines ages three and four together into one classroom with special attention offered to every student based on education/ability level. The beauty of the classroom strategy empowers the younger students to learn from the older students, and the older students to develop compassion in working together with younger students. 

The goals of the curriculum are simple — introduce the student to the joy of learning and the satisfaction in a job well done. The program functions as a true Kindergarten readiness curriculum focused on:

• Age-appropriate, quality content
• Real books — classics that are beautiful and rich
• Well prioritized objectives
• Recitation & Repetition

The program gives parents the option to choose a three, four, or five-day schedule. The format ensures that every student learns to master foundational academic readiness concepts specific to their education level:

• Introduction of letters and beginning sounds
• Number recognition 0-15
• Learning to form letters and numbers beginning with tracing
• Recognition of colors and color words
• Reading comprehension and increased vocabulary
• Devotional and Calendar Time
• Show & Tell, crafts, music, and poetry