Curriculum

Learning without Tears focuses  on  many  skills  that  are  essential  for  the  beginning foundations of  starting  school.  This program  has  three  components; Readiness  &  Writing, Language & Literacy, and Numbers & Math. 

• Reading & Writing Program:  Uses music, movement, and multisensory manipulatives  to  teach all the core readiness skills, including crayon grip, letter and number recognition, number  and capital formation and body awareness.
• Language & Literacy Program:  Uses  dramatic  play,  singing,  finger  plays,  manipulatives  and  movement to  teach  children  to  rhyme,  clap  syllables, make  and  break  compound  words  and  identify sounds. The program also exposes children to rich literature to foster the love of reading,  build  vocabulary,  and  learn  how  books  work.  They  learn  facts  from  informational  text.  The  children  learn  to use  new  words and  develop  oral  language  skills  by  listening,  retelling  and  narrating stories. They learn that there is meaning in the words that they say and watch teachers write what they say.
• Numbers & Math Program:  Helps  children  build  number  sense  right  from  the  start.  We  use  manipulatives, music and rhymes, to learn counting, comparisons, spatial awareness, patterning, sequencing,  matching,  sorting,  problem  solving  and  even  geometry  skills.  The  children  also  develop oral language that helps them to learn about and express math concepts. 

We also incorporate weekly themes to help expand our project play based learning in and out of  the classroom. Themes are centered around a specific topic. Once the topic has been decided,  many learning activities are planned around it. We can combine Learning Without Tears with our  theme to teach a variety of skills/concepts based around the same category, it helps their brains  make connections faster.

Faith Formation

• Faith in Action
• Bible Stories
• Prayer Basics
• Prayer Partners

Technology

• Classroom iPads
• SmartBoards
• Epic
• Canva

Special Events

• 100 Days of School
• Thanksgiving Feast
• Holiday Parties (Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day)
• Christmas Program
• Family Nights