A High Quality, Early Childhood Program for Children Ages 2-4

• All children proceed through the same sequence of development, but each child grows through developmental stages in their own unique way and at their own pace.
• There is an inner timetable, which determines the child’s rate of development. Trying to teach ahead of that timetable will result in only minor, temporary growth.
• A favorable environment helps to ensure the realization of a child’s potential
• Each child is unique in temperament and growth/learning style.
• The environment should try to adjust to each child’s uniqueness.
• The physical, social, emotional, and intellectual aspects of development depend on and support each other and should advance in concert; that is, one aspect should not be pushed ahead of the others.
• We encourage an approach that enhances the natural unfolding process of the young child’s love of learning.
• Since we cannot produce, speed up, or ignore readiness, we will understand and respect developmental age – where children are now, not where we think they should be.
• Our expectations will be based on a sound understanding of what is developmentally appropriate for the various ages and stages of growth.
• Evaluation of children’s growth is gathered from a variety of sources including parents, classroom observation, optional developmental screening, and other proper records.

Children spend the morning with two dedicated adult teachers per age group. In addition, there is an on-site Director daily.

Our program includes activities that encourage the development of expressive and receptive language, math readiness, science exploration, art, music, and fine and gross motor skills. Our children are exposed to books and opportunities for literacy development throughout the day. The children become familiar with letter sounds and numbers in the course of organic daily activities. Social skills are among the most important educational aspects for preschoolers, and those skills are intentionally modeled and nurtured within our classrooms. Additionally, children take part in engaging circle time that incorporates stories, songs, and movement, they have snack together, and they play to engage in many sensory learning experiences. Open-ended art is also a large part of our preschoolers’ day. We regularly implement various educational methods and models (particulary Reggio-Emilia, Waldorf, and Montessori aspects) to best fit the personal needs and learning styles of our students.

Bible Church Preschool focuses on traditional preschool themes and implements Biblical worldview within a developmentally appropriate framework.