WORD OF LIFE CHRISTIAN PRESCHOOL
Throughout the year your child will be exposed to a variety of different learning experiences. Each day we incorporate learning with fun and play in a positive and safe atmosphere. Children enjoy story time, art, music, playtime, and snack. Throughout the year we also host special events such as theme Days and field trips. At Word of Life Christian Academy and Preschool, your child will benefit from:

Story Time
Art Center
Crafts
Bible Stories
Gym and Outdoor Playtime
Games and Activities through Fun Play
Sensory Table
Community and Career Visitors
Music
Playtime
Snack
Theme Days
Field Trips
Hands-On, Creative Learning Activities

Three-Year Old Preschool Program
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings from 9:00am - 11:30am.
Our three-year old program encourages children to develop social skills through interaction with other children and teachers during structured learning and playtime. Educational activities focus on shapes. colors, counting, and number recognition. Our student to teacher ratio for our three-year old program is 14:2.

Four-Year Old Preschool Program
3-Day Preschool Program
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
9:00 - 11:30am and 12:30-3:00pm
Each day our four-year old program offer children the chance to interact and socialize with other children in the class. During this time we emphasize sharing, respect, and manners. We begin to prepare the children for kindergarten by introducing letter recognition and letter sounds through pre-writing and pre-reading activities. Our student to teacher ratio is 16:2.

HANDWRITING WITHOUT TEARS ®
Preschool is a critical time when very young children focus on play-based, hands-on readiness activities and build their foundation for lifelong learning. Here are some of the skills they will develop with the Handwriting Without Tears® curriculum at Word of Life Christian Academy:

• Body awareness and good habits for school readiness
• Drawing, playing, and singing to learn
• Cognitive/language development skills
• Fine motor skills and strength
• Social skills

Why Handwriting Without Tears?

• Easy to learn curriculum that works for all students
• Child-friendly consistent language
• Hands-on learning
• Integration of music into lessons
• Easy methods to get children set for formal instruction in kindergarten
• Fun to learn, no more tears!

At Word of Life Christian Academy, we implement the Handwriting Without Tears® curriculum. Your child will learn these key preschool skills:

• Holding a crayon
• Understanding direction
• Vocabulary and rhyming
• Body Awareness
• Shape, color, symbol recognition
• Hands-on learning tools and exercises follow a student’s natural sequence of learning: imitation, copying, independent writing
• Learning through using dough, magnetic stamps, wood pieces, a slate and more