LL - Curriculum
Little Lamb Preschool Curriculum
Daily Schedule
Little Lamb Preschool provides a consistent daily schedule and routine to foster security and confidence. The schedule includes: Free choice time for children to explore various learning centers through play and exploration
- Bible story time
- Large and small group activities
- Outside or indoor gross motor play
- Snack time
- Story time
- Music / movement time
Learning Environment
Little Lamb Preschool provides a variety of experiences and a wealth of materials for children to explore in planned learning centers throughout the facility which include:
- Large and Small Blocks
- Manipulative Center
- Art
- Library / Book Corner
- Science Center
- Math Center
- Sensory Areas (water play, play dough, sand table)
- Language / Writing Center
- Housekeeping
Little Lamb Preschool has an age appropriate playground for daily gross motor play and activities.
Special Events and Celebrations
- Beginning of the Year Home Visits
- Little Lamb Work Day
- Parent Orientation
- Open House
- Parent and Child Activity Nights
- Parent Growth Night
- Field Trips to enhance the units of study
- Student Birthday Celebrations
- Halloween Party
- Jesus’ Birthday Celebration
- Valentine’s Day Party
- Easter Egg Hunt
- Star of the Week
- End of the Year Family Picnic
Enrollment Options
Little Lamb Preschool provides three options for families:
- 2 day AM 3 year old class on T/Th
- 3 day AM 4 year old class on M/W/F
- 3 day PM 3 & 4 year old combined class
AM classes meet 8:15 am - 11:00 am
PM class meets 12:15 pm - 3:00 pm
Purpose
Little Lamb Preschool is a quality early childhood program where children hear the message of God’s love in a happy, secure, and educationally sound environment. Learning takes place through play and structured activities that promote the spiritual, intellectual, physical, social, and emotional growth of the children enrolled.
Program
Little Lamb Preschool provides:
- A Christian atmosphere of love and care
- A quality early childhood program
- Certified teachers
- A developmentally appropriate learning environment
- Play-based learning
- Appropriate student / teacher ratios
- An insured and state licensed program
- Parent involvement opportunities
- Parent - teacher conferences
- Nutritious snacks that are free of allergens such as nuts, milk, and eggs
Curriculum
Little Lamb Preschool provides daily instruction in Religion that includes:
- Bible stories
- Worship experiences
- Bible verses
- Prayer
Little Lamb Preschool provides Language learning opportunities throughout the program such as:
- Letter recognition
- Sound association
- Pre-reading skills
- Book knowledge and experiences
- Creative writing / journaling
Little Lamb Preschool provides opportunities to develop skills in Math such as:
- Matching and comparing
- Identifying properties and classifying
- Spatial relationships
- One-to-one correspondence
- Quantification
- Patterning
- Ordering
- Time
- Measurement
- Geometric shapes
Little Lamb Preschool provides Science and Social Studies units of study that may include:
- Me / Senses / Feelings / Friendships
- Colors
- Holidays and Celebrations
- Animals and Animal Habitats
- Plants and Life Cycles
- Nutrition and Health
- Dinosaurs
- Transportation
- Community Helpers
Little Lamb Preschool develops and enhances students’ Social Skills through teacher reinforcement and suggestions, peer interactions, and modeling. Skills that are encouraged are:
- Christian attitudes
- Sharing
- Turn taking
- Using nice talk and kind words
- Conflict resolution
- Cooperative play
- Following directions
Little Lamb Preschool provides opportunities to develop Fine and Gross Motor Skills through experiences with:
- Drawing
- Writing and name practice
- Scissor usage
- Outside play
- Creative movement activities