Curriculum
Kids Under Construction Preschool uses Handwriting without Tears as our writing curriculum. We use hands on tools to build vocabulary, fine motor skills, and alphabet knowledge so that our students are better set up for success for the world of reading and writing. We have a comprehensive academic and Christian curriculum that has been developed using current educational strategies as well as time tested principles. Each month additional resources are evaluated for use for the director’s resource center. We believe that each child learns at their own pace and in a different manner. Therefore, our curriculum is differentiated to meet the needs of each individual child.
The KUC curriculum is outlined each month in the newsletter. The academic areas we focus on are:
- recognition of upper and lower case letters
- numbers
- shapes
- colors
- beginning reading and phonics awareness
- written formation of letters and numbers
- patterning
- beginning math skills
Program Design
Monthly themes corresponding to the seasons and time of year are introduced. Each month we focus on a specific Bible verse, helping the children to develop an awareness of kindness, friendship, and love in each of their lives. The topics are chosen for their appropriateness and coincide with the lessons and activities that are going on in the class.
Our teachers provide opportunities for work and play, independence and cooperation, and playful learning. Each day includes music, stories and rhymes, finger plays, art activities, independent and group play, teacher instruction, outdoor play and time with manipulatives and educational toys. The teachers include learning modalities; visual, auditory, sensory, and kinesthetic methods in their lessons.
Our Sensory Room is a place that is open to all of our classes to utilize. Students are provided with a sense of calm and comfort. Students learn to self-regulate their behaviors and in turn improve their focus. This is a perfect place for our children to work on fine and gross skills, cognitive development, socialization, and reduce stress in a sometimes overstimulated world.
The children at KUC attend Music Class twice a month. Here they are able to learn through dance, song, and movement all while having fun with their peers!
Once a month, we enjoy Kid’s Worship with Pastor Bert in the Sanctuary. He teaches us the importance of loving our neighbor, ourselves, and the Lord. At KUC, our students learn to be a good friend to everyone. We teach acceptance and instill a kindness that will guide them throughout their lives and their academic careers.