Our curriculum builds up your child.

Did you know that a high quality preschool experience:

• Teaches children how to be learners

• Helps develop social skills

• Helps build pre-literacy skills

• Nurtures creativity and curiosity

• Builds a foundation for math skills

• Teaches how to take care of themselves and others

• Promotes language skills

• Helps in recognizing and controlling emotions

• Helps develop cognitive skills

• Helps develop motor skills

• Provides structure with limited rules

• Prepares children for kindergarten

Our daily activities are intentionally chosen to meet these goals.

We use three curriculum programs to structure our program:

Creative Curriculum addresses the topics above in a developmentally appropriate sequence within the Indiana Early Learning Standards.  High interest units of study provide explorations and multiple activity formats of a particular theme for student learning.

Children need social-emotional skills to thrive both in the classroom and in life. Social-emotional learning (SEL) curricula teach children techniques to:

• Gain confidence

• Set goals

• Make better decisions

• Collaborate with others in work and play

• Navigate the world more effectively

Like all elementary schools in Montgomery County, we use the Second Step Social Emotional Learning curriculum.  Our students are already familiar with the language and coping techniques that will be used in their kindergarten classes when they arrive.

 Proper handwriting is important for fine motor development, letter recognition, and as basis for reading success.  We use  the handwriting component of Learning Without Tears help our students develop these important skills.