Preschool Phone: 404-250-9455 Preschool Fax: 404-843-9557
Program and Curriculum
The preschool has a low student-teacher ratios for children ages 12 months through 5 years, which creates an outstanding learning environment. The curriculum is theme-based and age appropriate. It incorporates small and large group activities, learning centers, outdoor play and special classes.
Weekly Curriculum includes:
Weekly Units and Themes
Music
Art
Kindergym
Daily Playground or Gym Activities
Chapel and Christian Education
Spanish (ages 3 and over)
The Continuum
In the 2008-2009 school year, our school created its own curriculum called The Continuum. Together with a curriculum consultant, all of our teachers worked to identify the specific skills from Toddlers to Young 5's that students should cultivate during their years at our school. These skills, or objectives for skill acquisition, follow national and state standards, are research-based, and, most importantly, are developmentally appropriate. In addition, we review, refine, and update these objectives each year based on teacher feedback.
Each age level has a specific list of objectives that are taught throughout the year. The teacher chooses from the objectives and creates a lesson plan around those specific skills pulling from various in-house resources. In this way, an art project may actually be a language arts, math and science activity all rolled into one. A teacher can review the objectives from the age level preceding and succeeding the one she is teaching and clearly see where their children have been and where they need to be guided.
Some objectives appear every year! These objectives move a child along a continuum of introduction, endeavor, intermittent succes and mastery as a child moves through each age level of the school. Objectives and skills are taught through a variety of methods, providing opportunities for children to explore and experience, as well as, to develop at their own pace.
A child's Progress Review follows The Continuum. Children are evaluated both at the beginning of the year and the end of the year, and progress is reported on the developmental objectives appropriate for each age. In this way, parents can see what skills their child is encouraged to acquire and how well the child is doing along the continuum. The objectives are developmental in nature and build on one another. Children develop at their own rate and each objective can be modified or enriched based on the needs of each individual class and student.
