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Philosophy & Goals
It is our goal to provide a high quality program for learning and nurturing in a Christian environment for children ages two to five.
Our program is designed to teach children Christian values, create positive, developmentally appropriate learning experiences, promote confidence and self-esteem, facilitate age appropriate positive social skills, nurture healthy relationships by employing a loving, well qualified staff while maintaining an inviting, well equipped facility and fostering productive parent-teacher relationships.
We believe that most of life's learning, including how to learn, occurs in the first five years of life. Since each child learns at their own pace, our staff will look to each of the children to determine the next stage of development. Our preschool teachers and staff use their knowledge to help meet the needs of individual preschoolers, and a caring community of learning is provided for all the children. Noah's Ark makes biblical Christian education an integral part of its curriculum. Our staff helps children to learn about Jesus and how much He loves and cares for them. Our program is designed to meet the developmental and spiritual needs of children in a Christian atmosphere of respect, warmth and love.
GOALS
Noah's Ark will provide an environment in which the child has:
- A Christian teaching and learning atmosphere
- An understanding of the importance of one's self-worth
- An opportunity to increase language skills
- An opportunity to develop social skills through group interaction and a respect for adult leaders in the classroom
- An opportunity to increase attention span and to follow simple directions
- An opportunity to develop fine and gross motor skills
- An opportunity to expand concepts and ideas about the world
- An opportunity to develop independence and problem solving skills
- An opportunity to reinforce good health habits and safety skills
- An opportunity to develop an interest and joy in learning
OBJECTIVES
Two Year Olds
- Develop socialization skills
- Learn to feel safe in an environment outside of the home and away from the parent
- Begin movement toward three year old program objectives
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Spiritual Goals:
- Associates the words God and Jesus with happy feelings
- Becomes aware Jesus was a baby and he grew
- Learns Jesus helped people
Three Year Olds
Each child should be able to accomplish the following tasks during the course of the school year:
- Follow one or two step directions
- Work together (with movement toward cooperative play with 3 or more)
- Sit in a group
- Use eye contact
- Share
- Use words to express feelings to friends and teachers
- Dress self for outdoor play
- Introduce the child to the proper way to hold a pencil, crayons, paint brush, scissors and other tools presented. Mastery is not expected, however, proper handling of tools is encouraged.
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Spiritual Goals:
- Understands God made people, plants and animals
- Recognizes the Bible is a special book
Four Year Olds
Each child should be able to accomplish the following skills during the course of the year, in addition to the objectives for the three year old program:
- Follow two to three step directions
- Use self-control
- Develop responsibility
- Converse with other children and adults in the classroom
- Master pre-kindergarten skills such as use of scissors, pre-math skills, pre-reading skills, self-expression, name, number and letter recognition (which is integrated into above activities).
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Spiritual Goals:
- Understands that God can do things that people can not do
- Is aware that Jesus loves me and also Jesus loves other people