Early Childhood Faculty Karen Secrest Teacher Preschool & Pre-Kindergarten Erin Bassman Teaching Assistant Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten Robin Davis Teacher Kindergarten Jessica Simanton Teaching Assistant Kindergarten Robin Long Teacher Spanish Toni Sanburn Teacher P.E. Kerry Fender Teacher Library Chaplain Stacy Teacher Religion Jennifer Gaspar Teacher Computers

Early Childhood - Where the Journey Begins

PRESCHOOL, PRE-KINDERGARTEN AND KINDERGARTEN

Core Curriculum

Reading & Writing
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Spanish

School Days

PRESCHOOL - Monday, Wednesday, Friday - 12:15 to 2:45

PRE-KINDERGARTEN - Monday to Friday - 8:15 to 11:15

Beginning mid-year, Tuesday and Thursday class extends to 12:15

KINDERGARTEN - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - 8:15 to 2:30, Wednesday - 9:15 to 2:30

The life-long journey of learning begins long before our youngest students arrive in preschool at the age of three. The early childhood program at St. Matthew's spans three years and provides a nurturing, safe and enriched environment in which young children begin their formal educational journey.

To lay a firm foundation for future years while developing an eagerness for learning, the curriculum is rich in exploration, play, literature and oral expression and enhanced through an array of enrichment classes. To help young children develop self-confidence and comfort with their school environment as they progress from Preschool to Kindergarten, the curriculum is sequential and interrelated.

The early childhood program is based on a developmental philosophy that takes into account the essential readiness skills students naturally acquire as they mature. The curriculum is constructivist in design; students' discoveries, explorations and learning through doing forms the basis for the acquisition of academic and social skills.