EARLY CHILDHOOD
LEARN + play + CREATE
We provide many different hands-on opportunities for your child to explore and create through structured educational and blended-learning activities encouraging each child to learn at their own pace. Our Early Childhood students have proven to be more successful with technology and the blended-learning model than we anticipated.
Creating Kindergarten-Ready Students
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The EC blended learning environment fosters choice and flexibility that builds kindergarten readiness. At this level, the curriculum is Web-supported, with some opportunities for digital learning but is primarily based on face-to-face interactions that foster student and teacher relationships.
Tech is age-appropriate.
It is used in the classroom for supporting themes, Language Arts, Math, and Science.
1:1 iPads
iPads are also used for distance learning when needed.
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Students learn basic math in EC 3 and begin Kindergarten-level math skills in EC 4.
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DIG curriculum fosters oral language skills, critical thinking, and listening comprehension through puppets, vocabulary, poems, activities, and play.
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Teachers have training in specialized reading techniques such as phonemic awareness and phonics to ensure all students learn to read and are ready for kindergarten.
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The science curriculum focuses on character traits, science vocabulary, and experiments.
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Bible is taught as a course, but a biblical worldview is infused into all content areas through the use of our schoolwide overarching essential question: How does (what we are learning) show us about man’s fall and the struggle to find redemption and restoration? This question is phrased at any Early Childhood level.
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PE, Music, Discovery Lab, Art in Motion, and Studio Art are supplemental enrichment opportunities. Our current EC Academy opportunity is Tennis. All of these reinforce school readiness.
