What To Expect

This school year is a time for expanding the child’s view of God, others, him/herself, and his/her surroundings. Emphasis is placed on spiritual, social, emotional, physical, and intellectual growth and development.
Goals (Three-year olds)

• Know that Jesus loves him/her.
  
• See God as a part of everyday life.
  
• Become acquainted with Bible stories and prayers.
  
• Listen to and follow directions.
  
• Seek adult help when needed to resolve conflicts.
  
• Select one activity from several suggested alternatives.
  
• Interact with one or more children.
  
• Show interest in reading related activities.
  
• Sort objects into subgroups that vary by only one attribute.
  
• Identify shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, star, heart and diamond).
  
• Learn colors (red, blue, yellow, orange, green, pink, purple, black, brown, white).
  
• Work with all forms of art media such as crayons, paint, chalk, playdoh, etc.
  
• Participate in songs, finger plays, rhythm instruments, movement and games.
  
• Move with enough control to perform simple, large motor tasks

Goals (Four-Year Olds)

• Become familiar with more Bible Stories and can recite prayers.
  
• Show some self-direction in actions.
  
• Choose new as well as a variety of familiar classroom activities.
  
• Persist in a task and seek help when encountering a problem.
  
• Interact easily with one or more children, beginning to play or work cooperatively.
  
• Become more involved in resolving conflicts on his/her own.
  
• Follow directions that involve a two or three step sequence of actions.
  
• Show interest in reading related activities and can guess outcomes.
  
• Sort objects into subgroups that vary by one or two attributes.
  
• Identify basic shapes and is introduced to other fun, but less familiar shapes.
  
• Identify basic colors, pastel colors, and special colors.
  
• Recognize many letters and their sounds of the alphabet.
  
• Learn to print their name, using a capital letter at the beginning, followed by lower case letters.
  
• Learn math concepts with many hands-on experiences.
  
• Express wonder, ask questions about natural world, and seek answers through active exploration.
  
• Move with enough balance and control to perform simple large motor skills.
  
• Show beginning control of writing, drawing, and art tools.