ABOUT THIS CLASS

In the Three Year Old classroom, a teacher/student ratio of 1:6/7 allows our teachers to give personal attention to your child. The classroom is inviting and designed to introduce children to many modes of creative expression. Children can explore tables covered with educational manipulatives, puzzles, and art supplies. Play dough and painting easels are always available. Our new outdoor play space creates a park-like atmosphere where children can run and play, climb and slide, swing, dig in the sand, ride bikes, and play with hoops and balls. Imaginary play takes place in and around our olive tree grove, outdoor "mud" kitchen, play decks and STEAM wall. After completing our 3's class, your child will be prepared to move on to our 4 year old PreK classrooms.

LANGUAGE AND LITERACY

The children participate in activities that help them recognize the uppercase letters of the alphabet. Through intentional play, students become more familiar with letters.

THEME PROJECTS

Every week there is a teacher guided theme project that corresponds to the classroom theme. Some of our themes include Farm, Fall, Christmas, and Sea Life. Your child will learn to follow directions, gather insight into the theme, and create a special project to take home.

BIBLE

Your child will hear an age appropriate Bible story every week. Big, colorful books are used, along with the teaching of many Bible songs. Our emphasis is on how much God loves each child. 

FINE MOTOR

Teacher-directed activities strengthens children's fingers. For example, children squeeze and roll out play dough, use tongs for picking up small objects, cut with scissors, and string small objects.

MUSIC

SRVCA preschool has a talented music teacher who teaches our children many lively and engaging songs. Different songs for different themes provide constant variety, as well as old favorites. 

MATH

Numbers and counting are involved in everything our preschoolers do. In addition, a teacher-directed Math Program focuses children on sets, sorting, identifying shapes, and the number concepts 1-7.

MOTOR SKILLS

Teacher-directed activities require children to use their large muscles: crawling through tunnels, tossing bean bags, walking like animals, hopping, jumping, and catching balls.

CLASSROOM CHOICES  FOR 3 YEAR OLDS

2 Day Class T-TH 8:30 - 11:30*: Must be 3 years old by Dec 1st and fully toilet trained. 

3 Day Class M-W-F 3:30 - 11:30*: Must be 3 years old by Sept 1st and fully toilet trained.

*Lunch Bunch (until 12:30pm) and Extended Care (until 1:30pm) are optional additions beginning in January of the school year for our 3-day 3 year olds.

 

ABOUT THIS CLASS

SRVCA Preschool Fours Classrooms provide four day programs with attendance options until 1:30pm (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. Children can explore tables covered with educational manipulatives, puzzles, and art supplies. Play dough and painting easels are always available. Our new outdoor play space creates a park-like atmosphere where children can run and play, climb and slide, swing, dig in the sand, ride bikes, and play with hoops and balls. Imaginary play takes place in and around our olive tree grove, outdoor "mud" kitchen, play decks and STEAM wall. After completing our Four's PreK Class, your child will be prepared to move on to TK or Kindergarten.

LANGUAGE & LITERACY

Our Handwriting Without Tears and Alpha Tales curricala emphasize the creation of both upper and lowercase letters and the corresponding sound that each letter makes. Many activities are included that make learning our ABCs fun while also broadening our students' vocabulary and sentence structure. Distinguishing initial sounds, rhyming, sight words, and book handling all work together to build a strong foundation for reading. 

THEME PROJECTS

Monthly seasonal themes are introduced in the classroom including apples, pumpkins, weather, the human body, hiernations, and life cycles, to name a few.

BIBLE

Every week the children hear an engaging Bible story told with songs, props, land illustrations to bring the stories to life. 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 and worship. This gives them a chance to participate in the beauty of God's word in a new way.

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.

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.

MOTOR SKILLS

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.

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. 

CLASSROOM CHOICES FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS

4 Day Class  M - Th: Must be 4 years old by November 1st

Program Hours:  8:30 - 11:30am

Lunch Bunch*:   11:30am - 12:30am

Extended Care*: 12:30 - 1:30pm

* These optional programs are available beginning in September of the school year.