This page is all about classes that will be provided to the students. There will be a list of the classes as well as an explanation of each class.
Students in our Preschool, KA, KB, and 1st/2nd groups are taking this class. Students complete a variety of art projects throughout the year. Some example projects are: doing their own self portrait by using watercolor paint, paper, and crayons or cutting out shapes to complete a collage about what they want to do in the future. During their art time students are encouraged to be creative: and are given multiple outlets to think outside the norm and express themselves.
Students in our Preschool group are taking this class. During this time, students sing songs, do activities, and read stories related to weather, months of the year, and days of the week.
Students in our Preschool, KA, KB, and 1st/2nd groups are taking this class. Students are read kid friendly versions of stories from the Bible. They talk about the lessons learned, sing songs, and do activities.
Students in our Preschool group are taking this class. Students do activities, sing songs, play games, and go through flash cards in order to learn their colors, shapes, and numbers.
Students in our Preschool, KA, KB, and 1st/2nd groups are taking this class. Students use their time to play educational games that teach them about a variety of things, such as: time/money, fractions, letters, numbers, math facts, phonics, etc.
Students in our KA, KB, and 1st/2nd groups are taking this class. Students are put in the environment of what it is like to be a chef. The teacher comes up with simple recipes that correspond to certain letters. She then lets the children help mix ingredients and prepare the food. The teacher is the only one who uses the stove, knives, etc. The children help do the "safe" things. Students work on using measurements and reading recipes. They "cook" the product and are then allowed to eat their creation.
Students in our Preschool group are taking this class. Students practice their skills of working with scissors. They work on cutting straight lines, zig zags, etc. They also cut out objects and then work with glue to paste them and make a finished product.
Students in our KB/1st/2nd group are taking this class. Students learn about phonics, grammar, punctuation, and other things related to the average language arts class.
Students in our KA, KB, and 1st/2nd groups are taking this class. Students learn the basic words/phrases. Flash cards and matching games are used to reinforce their learning.
Students in our Preschool, KA, KB, and 1st/2nd groups are taking this class. Students learn about their body and good hygiene. They learn what it means to be a good citizen and the "rights" and "wrongs" of society.
Students in our KA, KB, and 1st/2nd groups are taking this class. Students are encouraged to read out loud,individually, with the teacher so they can practice their reading and phonics skills.
Students in our KB and 1st/2nd group are taking this class. Students are given a topic that will cause them to think creatively. Students are not expected to use correct grammar or spelling, but are encouraged to use their knowledge and to learn from their "mistakes". After writing on a topic, students draw a picture about what they wrote to reinforce their writing.
Students in our Preschool group are taking this class. This is a time where students go over their letters, numbers, colors, days of the week, etc. Students do so by using flashcards, playing games, doing activities, using music, etc.
Students in our KA, KB and 1st/2nd groups are taking this class. Students work in workbooks and they work at their own pace. Not all students are at exactly the same spot nor are they forced to work that way.
Students in our Preschool, KA, KB, and 1st/2nd groups are taking this class. Students learn songs by listening to cds and records. They learn a variety of songs to go with holidays, letters, colors, numbers, nursery rhymes, etc.
Students in our Preschool, KA, KB, and 1st/2nd groups are taking this class. Students do exercises, such as: pushups, sit ups, jumping jacks, etc. They then play a game that gets them moving around the room, thinking about their actions, and having fun. In the warmer months, they go outside and play games that require more space and movement.
Students in our KA and KB groups are taking this class. Students learn about themselves and also teach their fellow students about their life. They do such things as learning their address, phone number, birthdate, parents' names and workplaces, etc.
Students in our KA/KB group are taking this class. Students learn how to use phonics in their reading, spelling, writing, etc. They use workbook pages, do activities, play games, use flashcards, etc.
Students in our Preschool, KA, KB, and 1st/2nd groups are taking this class. Students rotate weeks in using play dough and beans. Students use their hands and other tools to make creations.
Students in our Preschool and KA groups are taking this class. Students are read a story that is related to a certain letter. After reading the story about a character that starts with this letter and does things starting with this letter, the students color and cut out the character to make a puppet.
Students in our KA, KB and 1st/2nd groups are taking this class. Students learn about things such as Natural Disasters, Plants, Dinosaurs, etc. They learn facts, do activities, and also take part in hands - on experiments.
Students in our KA, KB, and 1st/2nd groups are taking this class. Students complete small books, do flashcards, play games, etc. in order to learn the high-frequency words and other difficult words.
Students in our KA, KB, and 1st/2nd groups are taking this class. Students learn how to sign the alphabet, numbers, words, songs, etc. in this class.
Students in our KB and 1st/2nd group are taking this class. Students learn about Social Studies topics by using writing, reading, geography and more. They are read stories and asked to answer questions that cause them to think about the situation and put themselves in that position.
SPANISH
Students in our KA, KB, and 1st/2nd groups are taking this class. Students learn simple words - numbers, colors, days, weather terms, etc. They use flashcards, music, and workbook pages.
Students in our KB and 1st/2nd groups are taking this class. Students work out of a workbook and are given tests over the words they are learning.
Students in our Preschool, KA, KB, and 1st/2nd groups are taking this class. Students sit with the teacher and hear books from all sorts of genres.
Students in our KA, KB, and 1st/2nd groups are taking this class. Students work out of workbooks and do activities to learn how to read time, identify coins, and add money.
Students in our 1st/2nd group are taking this class. Students write out the definition of words and use them in their work to further their understand the words' meanings.
Students in our KA and KB groups are taking this class. Students use this time to improve their writing skills by writing out their letters and even writing out simple sentences.