Holy Trinity Preschool

Curriculum

Sample September Curriculum

The main objective of Holy Trinity Preschool is to help your child develop a positive attitude toward school. We strive to provide a well-balanced program rich in experiences for your child in art, music, science, discussion, play and literature. Combining opportunities for free play with structured group activities, the school utilizes certified teachers and teacher's assistants guide your children through a developed curriculum which includes language development, art, music, number usage, gross and fine motor skills, reading readiness, science and cultural studies.

Christian ideals are not viewed as a subject apart from daily living, but rather as the way we live and work together.

We use 2 classrooms, a center, the fellowship hall and the play yard for our school activities. Individuality is a prime concern for Holy Trinity Preschool. The children will have many opportunities to explore play in large groups, small groups or independently. Our teachers and assistants play an important role in establishing an atmosphere that provides for freedom within the limits of guidance and safety.

Religious Content
The curriculum will include periodic visits by the Pastor of Holy Trinity. He will share short Christian based stories or sing special songs with the children.  The curriculum is non-denominational and is not to be confused with a Sunday School or religious education class that children would attend at their own churches. Rather, our program emphasizes Christian ideals and values that are not viewed as a subject apart from our daily living, but rather as the way we live and work together.

Underlying Principles:

• Learning is fun; school is a nice place to be; our children are successful, capable and important.
• Optimum development of motor skills according to the individual child's maturation; gross and fine motor development are basically sequential and important in the whole school picture.
• Language development is crucial to academic success.  Every lesson planned involves this.
• Acceptable social behavior in a group situation is learned by being involved in groups.
• Classes are structured so that pupils desire to learn and so that individual differences become assets.
• Success brings more success; a child's self-concept determines his behavior.
• Children differ in abilities, experiences, methods of learning, rates of learning and readiness. Classes are conducted accordingly.
• Imagination, creativity, exploration and independence flourish in a warm atmosphere.
• Christianity is daily living, not a ten-minute chapel program.
• Children feel sincerity and honesty.  Love them for what they are; accept them as unique and valuable human beings.  Listen to both their words and to what they are actually saying. Praise what is good.
• Learning is a multi-sensory operation. Utilize the child's most efficient channels of information gathering.  Try many different approaches to a task.  Children want to learn and to understand.
• Seeing, doing and trying usually promote more understanding than listening.