4 Year Old

4 Year Old Preschool Overview

Teacher Demographics
Schedule/Hours
47 years total tenure, 29 years with The Sloan School
Monday through Friday
6:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Student Teacher Ratio
Other
1:20 or 2:26
Lunch: Nutritious lunch provided each day

Snacks: Snack at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.


4 Year Old Preschool Curriculum

 Language Arts  Science  Social Studies  Arithmetic  Bible  Activities

Language Arts


Phonics and Reading Writing
  • Recognition of name, sound and picture for short vowels and consonants
  • Sounding of blends and one- and two-vowel words, and words with special vowels
  • Beginning phonics rules and special sounds
  • Formation of letters, blends and words
  • Writing of first name
  • Poetry
  • Twenty-eight poems and finger plays committed to memory
Language
  • Language development and listening skills that include color words, shapes,
    animals, transportation, countries, community helpers, safety, manners and science

Science


Plants Health and Human Biology
  • God’s plan for seeds
  • God’s plan for me
Animals Earth and Space
  • God’s plan for animals
  • God’s plan for the seashore
  • God’s plan for weather
  • God’s plan for the seasons

Social Studies


  • Community Helpers
  • Children of the world
  • America: Our Great Country (map studies, famous Americans and places)

Arithmetic


  • Number recognition and counting 1-100
  • Number concepts 1-100
  • Numbers before and after 1-100
  • Numbers largest and smallest 1-100
  • Counting and writing by twos, fives and tens to 100
  • Number sequences by ones
  • Using number words 1-10 and first-tenth
  • Value of coins and dollar bill
  • Telling time
  • Using the calendar
  • Days of the week
  • Addition facts through 10
  • One-step story problems in addition
  • Beginning subtraction

Bible


  • Hymns/choruses
  • Memory verses
  • Bible Doctrine
  • Lessons such as Salvation series, Genesis, Life of Christ

Activities


  • Chapel
  • Spanish
  • Art
  • Music
  • Gymnastics
  • Field Trips