Hope Christian Preschool

Description of Program for three year old children

Children who participate in this program turn three prior to December 2, 2008.
(Must be fully potty trained)

We have two classes for three-year-old children: Tuesday/Thursday mornings, or Monday/Wednesday/Friday mornings. All classes are from 9:00-12:00. There are 10 children in a class, with one teacher and one teacher's assistant. Parent participation is required with a minimum of 8 hours per year for the 2-day-a-week class and 12 hours per year for the 3-day-a-week class. Our three-year-old classes are designed as an introduction for the child to a group setting.

Our goal is to help the children with social development. Through interaction with caring adults children will gain skills that will last a lifetime. As a developmental preschool we consider play to be the most important job a child has. Through play children experience the world around them.

Components of our Three Year Old classes:

• Provide a nurturing, loving, and safe environment
• View each child as a unique individual, with differing learning styles and levels of ability
• Encourage Christian nurture through weekly Chapel time, daily prayer, Bible stories and the celebration of Christian holidays
• Help children to learn and experience the world as a place God has created for them
• Encourage each child to develop independence
• Encourage each child to develop self-help skills
• Help children develop cooperative social skills
• Help children develop problem solving skills
• Provide opportunities for children to learn about themselves
• Provide opportunities for children to play by themselves, next to another child, or with one or two other children
• Help children learn appropriate ways to join into group play and initiate play with another child
• Provide time both indoors and outdoors for children to explore and experience their large motor skills
• Provide materials and opportunities for children to develop their fine motor skills
• Provide large amounts of time for children to choose and participate in a variety of experiences that are designed to enhance a child’s social, emotional, intellectual, physical and spiritual development
• Provide plenty of materials and opportunities that encourage a child to explore and learn about their environment, to exercise their natural curiosity
• Encourage language development through the use of literature, music conversation, dictation
• Provide an environment that includes dramatic play, blocks, science, math, puzzles, art, tactile and manipulative experiences
  
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