Tuesday/Thursday Program:
In our Tuesday/Thursday program, we especially emphasize the social-emotional development of the child. Creative Connection is designed to encourage the preschooler to explore a variety of basic concepts and skills, such as counting, shape and color recognition, opposites and positional concepts, through developmentally appropriate, hands-on activities.
Concepts and skills covered throughout the year include:
- Christian Values
Numbers
Colors and Shapes
Holidays and Seasons
Problem Solving and Experimentation
Small/Large Muscle Development
Whole Language Development
Music and Movement
Exposure to Science Concepts
Exposure to Social Studies Concepts
Monday/Wednesday/Friday Program:
Developed with the inquisitive Monday, Wednesday, Friday preschooler in mind, Creative Connection encourages further development of readiness skills through hands-on, developmentally appropriate activities. Concepts and skill such as letters, numbers and colors are integrated into monthly themes to make the learning process more meaningful for the children.
Concepts and skills covered throughout the year include:
- Christian Values
Numbers
Colors and Shapes
Estimation
Alphabet
Holidays and Seasons
Opposites and Positional Concepts
Sequencing
Problem Solving and Experimentation
Exposure to Print
Science Concepts
Social Studies Concepts
Music and Movement
Pre-Kindergarten Program
Our four day a week Pre-Kindergarten program is a comprehensive, thematically-based program which integrates all subject areas, pre-reading, math, fine motor, gross motor, science, social studies, art and music, in a meaningful way. Each day, the students are actively involved in hands-on, developmentally appropriate activities which help to develop a better understanding of concepts and skills, In addition, the balance of whole language and phonetic activities included in the program provide the pre-kindergartner with a strong foundation for future success in Kindergarten.
Concepts and skills covered throughout the year include:
- Christian Values
- Numbers
- Colors and Shapes
- Simple Sight Words
- Introduction to Time and Money
- Experimenting and Problem Solving
- Predicting
- Graphing
- Alphabet
- Estimation
- Simple Addition
- Introduction to beginning sounds
- Sequencing
- Pre-Reading
- Pre-Writing
- Cooking
- Art
- Music and Movement
Kindergarten Program
Our four hour a day, five day a week Kindergarten program is taught by a Washington State certified elementary teacher and is a thematically based program that connects hands-on learning experiences with higher level thinking skills. Children are engaged in meaningful multi-sensory and developmentally appropriate activities in Reading, Writing, Math, Social Studies and Science. Whole language, phonemic awareness, phonics and vocabulary skills are taught in a comprehensive and enriched environment using a variety of literary genre. Our Kindergarten program will provide students with fun learning experiences and a firm foundation for success in the First Grade and beyond.
Concepts and skills covered throughout the year include:
- Christian Values
- Social-Emotional
- Independent Work Skills
- Goal Setting
- Perseverance
- Responsibility
- Organization Skills
- Work Quality
- Time Management Skills
- Communication Skills
- Calendar
- Weather
- Holiday and Seasons
- Letter/Sound Recognition
- Language Experience
- Phonemic Awareness
- Phonic Skills
- Rhyming
- Beginning/Ending Sounds
- Basic Sight Word Recognition
- Book/Word Concepts
- Print Conventions
- Conventional and Phonetic Spelling
- Vocabulary Development
- Handwriting Skills
- Number Recognition to 50
- Counting to 100
- Number writing to 30
- Sequencing and Patterning
- Shapes
- Basic Addition and Subtraction
- Estimation
- Sorting and Graphing
- Measurement Skills
- Time and Money
- Problem Solving
- Fractions
- Science and Social Studies
- Fine/Gross Motor Skill Development
- Music and Movement
- Art