Each day begins with a brief service of worship. Student participation is key. The children love to act out many of the stories of the Bible in simple, impromptu ways. After worship, we move to the tables for an art project that reinforces the story introduced in the service.

The spiritual theme for the kindergarten year is "The Lord is our Heavenly Father". We highlight key stories of the Old and New Testament as well as special religious units on the subjects of Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and Heaven.

Throughout our activities we work to inspire an affection for the idea of the Lord us as our loving spiritual Father.

Curriculum Overview of Core Subjects

Language Arts
Each week we introduce a letter of the alphabet. Students learn the letter’s sound and practice writing upper and lower case letters. Students explore the letter through stories, in words and sentences, with objects and through projects. Language development comes from listening and speaking as they listen to stories from the Word and other literature and recite recitations and poems and sing songs. They also make up their own stories, which they tell to fifth and sixth grade students who, as scribes, write them down. This is their first exercise in composition writing.

Math
We use an activity-based mathematics program called Everyday Mathematics developed through the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project. This program introduces students to many mathematical concepts in a hands–on, applied way. The students do math games, learn songs about numbers, hear some stories with numbers, but mostly they try using mathematics in many different real-world situations. This method places mathematics learning right in the midst of their varied, enjoyable, and understandable world where it belongs. The mathematics program covers the following general subjects accommodated to the students’ states and needs:

• Numeration
• Measurements
• Geometry
• Operations
• Patterns and Functions
• Money
• Clocks and Calendars
• Data and Chance

Science and Social Studies
Our science curriculum provides many opportunities to explore and emphasize the wonders of the Lord’s creation. And our social studies curriculum is intimately connected, since the human race is the Lord’s greatest creation. We help students expand their awareness of the wonders of creation and the people the Lord has brought into our world – people present in the child’s world right now as well as historical figures. The science and social studies curriculum is a spiraling curriculum: the topics are taken up again in elementary school in deeper and expanded ways to accommodate growing minds. In the Pre-K/Kindergarten years the topics are taught alternately to provide variety for students who are in the program two years.

Art
Instead of teaching art as a separate subject, we integrate artistic activities throughout each day. Students work with various media to enhance their religious studies, language arts, science and social studies activities. This creative expression also includes cooking and handwork.

Music
Music is very much a part of the rhythm of each day. We begin by singing songs in our worship service. We also sing in opening and closing circles, in games, and even in math class. We learn rhymes, religious songs, and seasonal songs. We also use body and hand movements and rhythm instruments to enhance the students’ enjoyment of music and to emphasize the rhythm and movement that is so important for developing motor skills.

The Time and Place for Play

Each day there is time for the valuable and popular activity of free-play. This allows each child a chance to develop a sense of self-initiation and exploration and to learn to work with classmates and develop important social skills. We also have time for guided play, which builds physical and social skills. This includes circle games, movement to music, hopping, skipping, jumping, and running games with simple equipment.

Physical Education

Once a week, the Pre-k and Kindergarten have a physical education class called "Movement" with Mrs. Kristin Pitcairn.