Curriculum

Our program offers the opportunity for all children to progress at their own pace.  A variety of teaching methods are incorporated daily with play being an important part of the student’s day. 

Art, Music, and Movement

Our music program provides an additional opportunity for all ages to be introduced to music, movement, and rhythm.   Remembering that art is process oriented, students are introduced to different artists, styles and media.  Art and music are also included in the regular classrooms.

Threes and Younger

Georgia Early Learning and Development Standards (GELDS) are utilized in the younger classrooms as a guideline. The five domains: 1.Physical, 2.Social, 3.Emotional, 4.Play, and 5.Communication, Language and Literacy, and Cognitive Development, make up the GELDS. Fiction and nonfiction stories are read-aloud to increase vocabulary and comprehension skills.

Pre-K

  • Handwriting Without Tears, is a program that keeps foundational literacy skills in focus for early learners. The program shows them the path to reading through multisensory tools, hands-on materials, and engaging student.

  • Mathematics Pre-K curriculum focuses on the Georgia Early Learning and Developing Standards (GELDS) of Mathematics. By incorporating hands-on-learning using manipulatives, games and activities, students develop the skills necessary to transition successfully into Kindergarten.

  • Science and Social Studies are unit based.

Kindergarten

  • Explode the Code and Open Court Phonics is utilized in our kindergarten class to provide mastery of sight words and concept skills. This program is Kinder phonics based on the science of reading. ETC emphasizes letter recognition and letter sound coorelation.

  • Everyday Math provides 10-15 minutes of visual and hands on interactive math instruction each day. It emphasizes hands-on learning and a logical sequencing of skills. The Kindergarteners are exposed to place value, measurements, time, money, mental math, geometry, estimation, patterns and functions, graphing and statistics.

  • Science and Social Studies is one of our priorities and are unit based. These units are rich in vocabulary and allow for higher level thinking. We use weekly reader from Scholastic to accompany these units.