ABOUT THIS CLASS
SRVCA Preschool provides different attendance options for children in the Four Year Old classes (see schedule below). With a teacher/student ratio of 1:8, our inviting classrooms are designed to encourage physical, mental, emotional and spiritual development. The curriculum is an age appropriate balance of academics and play, presented by experienced teachers in such a way that your child has fun while learning. Educational materials cover the tables and are changed frequently in order to provide new exploratory experiences. The playground, including a planter box garden tended by the children, offers the opportunity to ride bikes, climb and slide, dig in the sand, and play with hoops and balls. Imaginary play takes place in and around our playhouses, all of which have an ample supply of tools and dishes. After completing our Four Year Old classes, your child will be prepared to move on to Prep/Transitional Kindergarten or Kindergarten.
THEME PROJECTS
New themes will be introduced in the classroom throughout the year, such as Community Helpers, Farm, Dinosaurs, and Ecology.
BIBLE
Every week the children hear an engaging Bible story told with songs, props or drama. The children learn that God loves them and will never leave them. Several times during the school year, the children attend chapel to hear a Bible story. This gives them a chance to participate in worship and experience the beauty of God's word in a new way.
MUSIC
We love music. While songs are incorporated in much of the curriculum, a music teacher meets the class each week. She has a wide repertoire of songs that go along with classroom themes.
MATH
Much of our math curriculum focuses on spatial relationships, shapes and numbers. Children engage in activities that involve the numbers 1-30. Functional math includes working with clocks, yardsticks, and money.
PERCEPTUAL MOTOR
Teachers will direct children toward large muscles activities: walking on balance beams, bowling, walking like animals, hopping, jumping and catching balls. Movement and rhythm activities set to music are also included in this curriculum.
PRE-READING AND LANGUAGE
Since most schools expect letter recognition for Kindergarteners, we have added a pre-reading segment to complement our Language curriculum. In pre-reading, the children receive many opportunities to learn to recognize the uppercase and lowercase letters. Our curriculum emphasizes writing uppercase and lowercase letters and recognizing the sound that each letter makes. Many activities are included which make learning our uppercase and lowercase ABCs fun, such as hunting for letters in rice or shredded paper. Some sight words are introduced, including word families.
SCIENCE
This is a hands-on time of learning where the children will explore concepts like sinking, floating, and magnification. Some of the year’s exciting activities are building volcanoes and launching rockets.
NUTRITION
Children learn about healthy food choices, as well as how to cook simple foods such as pizza, applesauce or muffins.
CLASS SCHEDULE
4 Day Class M - Th: Must be 4 years old by November 1st
AM Programs: 8:45 - 11:30am
PM Program: 12:00 - 2:45pm
CLASSROOM RATIO
In our Four Year Old classes, we maintain a ratio of 7-8 students/teacher.
