Curriculum

Curriculum

North Heights Christian Preschool has developed its own unique curriculum consisting of age-appropriate academics and social skills which are all interwoven with biblical values.

Three-year-old children will learn how to:

• Help clean or tidy a space

• Cooperate in large group and individual activities

• Make connections and recognize similarities in shape or color

• Work on recognizing upper and lower-case letters and letter sounds

• Demonstrate comprehension skills and answer questions about a book after its read

• Identify shapes and

• Count objects up to 10

• Use scissors and other tools that require safe handling

• Recognize the letters in his/her name

• Manage bathroom needs with minimal assistance

• Show creativity and imagination in play and work

Four-year-old children will learn how to: 

• Identify upper and lower-case letters of the alphabet

• Grip a pencil, crayon or marker correctly (with the thumb and forefinger supporting the tip)

• Write first and last name using upper and lower case letters if possible

• Count to 30

• Bounce a ball

• Classify objects according to size, shape and quantity

• Recognize some common sight words, like “stop”

• Identify rhyming words

• Incorporate crafting with learning: Use scissors, glue, paint and other art materials with relative ease

• Repeat full name, address, phone number and birthday

• Play independently or focus on one activity with a friend up to 10 times

• Manage bathroom needs

• Get dressed

• Follow instructions

• Clean up after self

• Listen to a story without interrupting

• Separate from parents easily