Curriculum Goals
The early years in a child's life set the time for future learning. Our curriculum is created to provide an overall framework for learning in all developmental areas. It focuses on providing each child with instruction and activities that are the pre-requisite for all learning, especially in the core subjects — reading, writing, and math.
be a good friend, be a good helper, and be a good worker.
Once a month, upper class secondary students present a Bible lesson as part of our mentoring program. Preschool students love the opportunity to learn from high school students.
Our curriculum is intended to address all developmental domains in an integrated and cohesive manner and prepare our students to engage in Northside Christian School's academic college-prep program. Our preschool classes primarily use the Bob Jones University Press Curriculum for K4 and K5.
Curriculum Overviews
Bible
Bible stories from Genesis and creation through the ascension of Jesus, weekly chapel
Heritage Studies
Pilgrims/Indians, myself, my family, our nation, holidays, friendship
Science
Weather, water, air, animals, insects, day, night, seasons, color
Language Arts
Discussion skills, positional concepts, rhyming words, colors, story sequencing, name recognition, picture interpretation, dramatization of stories, tracing letters, recognition of letters A - Z, isolating and producing the sound of letters A - Z, visual discrimination, auditory discrimination, listening, and following directions.
Arithmetic
Counting and recognizing numbers 0 - 20, counting backwards, classification and comparison, 1 to 1 correspondence, shapes, money values, telling time and measurement, developing and counting patterns
Health
Proper rest, nutrition, exercise, safety on playground, transportation safety, fire safety
Center Activity Time
Autumn, Christmas around the world, snow, mittens, grocery store, seedtime, planting, oceans
Physical Education
Daily games relating to unit theme, exercise
Music
Songs and musical activities relating to unit theme, tempo, dynamics, double and triple meter, matching pitch
Art
Art and craft activities relating to units studied, painting, coloring, cutting, drawing, pasting, tracing
Library
Read to weekly by librarian
Special Events
Fall hike, Thanksgiving friendship feast, Christmas celebration, Henry the hand, 100 days of school, Valentines card exchange, Peter Rabbit day, field day
Portfolio
The portfolio will contain a sampling of your child's work. This collection of work along with a teacher's assessment will give you an overview of your child's abilities and help to determine strengths and weaknesses
Language Arts
Phonics and Reading
Recognize, isolate, and pronounce alphabet letters, short and long vowels and consonants, read (say) and spell one and two-vowel words and consonant blend words, phonics rules, read and spell 30 sight vocabulary words, read sentences and stories with one and two vowel words and consonant blends
Manuscript Writing
Upper and lower case letters A-Z, printing words and sentences
Readiness Skills
Year long development and acquisition of the following reading readiness skills: color, positional words, tracing, same / different superlatives, rhyming words, predicting outcomes, sequencing / ordering, classifying and matching; activities to enhance visual, auditory and motor skills
Language
Introduce sentence punctuation and story structure, compose sentence stories from real-life experiences and classroom activities, introduce poetry
Comprehension
Listening skills, story sequencing, using the context, drawing conclusions, detecting the sequence, getting the main idea, getting the facts, orally answering comprehension questions
Arithmetic
Sets
Matching, comparing, separating, joining
Numbers
Count, recognize and write 0–100 sequencing, count by 5's and 10's to 100
Number Values
Greater / less than, before /after
Telling Time
Use of calendar, days of week, clocks, telling time to the half-hour
Money Values
Values of pennies, nickels, dimes
Addition and Subtraction Facts
Solving and composing simple story problems, addition 0-8, subtraction 0-5, writing horizontal and vertical equations
Social Studies / History
Pilgrims, community helpers, my family, safety at home, safety at school, safety at play, presidents, our country
Thematic Units
Apples, pumpkins, Thanksgiving, corn, Christmas, mice, snow, penguins, kites, April showers, ducks
Science
Plants, seed time, animals, groupings (mammal, reptile, etc), characteristics, seasons
Health
The 5 senses, hygiene, nutrition, food groups
Bible
Scripture memorization (25 verses), catechisms #1–45 and their principles, doctrines of inspiration, salvation, creation, and the fall, attributes of God, Jesus' boyhood and miracles. Weekly chapel.
Physical Education
Developing motor (large and small) coordination through games and specific skills. Taught by physical education instructor.
Music
Hymns, concert program pieces, choral. Taught by music instructor.
Art
Theme oriented to go along with units of study or seasonal projects, painting, chalk, crafts, collages, drawing, modeling clay. Taught by art instructor.
Library
Introducing books, check out books, where books are located in the library. Read to weekly by librarian.
