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

Half-Day Preschool
  • Two or three half days for 4 and 5-year-olds 
    • Must be 4 by September 1 of the enrollment year
  • Two half days for 3-year-olds 
    • Must be 3 by September 1 of the enrollment year
  • Hours:  8:45am-11:45am
  • September through May
  Full-Day Preschool
  • Full days only (2 to 5 days/week) 
  • Hours: 7am–6pm 
  • Children ages 33 months–age 5 
  • Price includes breakfast, full lunch & afternoon snack 
  • 12 month or 9 month plan