{"id":600,"date":"2013-03-08T15:27:58","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T20:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kucpreschool.org\/?page_id=600"},"modified":"2023-11-29T15:46:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T20:46:22","slug":"curriculum-and-program-design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/about\/curriculum-and-program-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum and Program Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"600\" class=\"elementor elementor-600\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba094e5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ba094e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-972e98f elementor-widget elementor-widget-cws_heading\" data-id=\"972e98f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cws_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ce_title heading\"><div>Curriculum<\/div><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-339dbd1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"339dbd1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ec061a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ec061a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54f94f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54f94f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/working2-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1985\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1985 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/working2-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/working2-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/working2-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/working2-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/working2-1.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9ef4f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9ef4f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/music-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2040\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2040 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/music-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/music-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/music-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/music-1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1829e11 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1829e11\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c93ffe9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c93ffe9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kids Under Construction Preschool uses <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hwtears.com\/hwt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Handwriting without Tears <\/a>as our writing curriculum.\u00a0 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\u2019s resource center.<\/p>\n<p>The KUC curriculum is outlined each month in the newsletter. The academic areas we focus on are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>recognition of upper and lower case letters<\/li>\n<li>numbers<\/li>\n<li>shapes<\/li>\n<li>colors<\/li>\n<li>beginning reading and phonics awareness<\/li>\n<li>written formation of letters and numbers<\/li>\n<li>patterning<\/li>\n<li>beginning math skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The curriculum is differentiated to meet the needs of each individual child.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 0.85; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 173px; left: 988px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40a31b3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"40a31b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b16f41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-cws_heading\" data-id=\"0b16f41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cws_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ce_title heading\"><div>Program Design<\/div><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25cf205 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"25cf205\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37c4c1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37c4c1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5ccc93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5ccc93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_110001-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1988\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1988 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_110001-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_110001-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_110001-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_110001-768x1366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_110001-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_110001-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_110001-300x533.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230112_110001-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fe0959 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7fe0959\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ec2567 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ec2567\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Monthly themes corresponding to the seasons and time of year are introduced.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 The topics are chosen for\u00a0their appropriateness and coincide with the lessons and activities that are going on in the class.<\/p>\n<p>Our teachers provide opportunities for work and play, independence and cooperation, and playful learning. Each day includes music, stories and rhymes or 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.<\/p>\n<p>The children attend Music Class twice a month.\u00a0 Here they are able to learn through dance, song, and movement all while having fun with their peers!\u00a0 \u00a0 Twice a month, we also enjoy <a title=\"Kids Worship\" href=\"https:\/\/kucpreschool.org\/staging\/4294\/activities\/kids-worship\/\">Kid&#8217;s Worship <\/a>with Pastor Linda in the Sanctuary.\u00a0 She teaches us the importance of loving our neighbor, ourselves, and the Lord.<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 0.85; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 173px; left: 988px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kids Under Construction Preschool uses Handwriting without Tears as our writing curriculum.\u00a0 We have a comprehensive academic and Christian curriculum that has been developed using current educational strategies as well as time tested principles. 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Each day includes music, stories and rhymes or 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. 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