Trinity Lutheran Preschool's Early Childhood program offers classes for children ages 2 1/2-6 years. Children attend chapel twice a month, and the other weeks that we do not go to chapel we have a weekly bible lesson. We also offer an animal studies class, music and movement class and field trips.

Tiny Tots (2 1/2-3 yrs.) 
Meets one day a week and will be starting 2012-2013 school.

Preschool (3's)
Our preschool class is a child's first introduction to the preschool environment and focuses on socialization, sharing, and getting along with others. We work on a monthly theme, color, shape and letters. We work to develop fine motor skills, have a joyful outlook on school, and a love of Jesus. This class meets either two or three days a week.
Pre-K (4's)
Our pre-k class learns about simple math concepts, letters, and phonics,through fun and hands-on learning. We will prepare children for Kindergarten by practicing our listening skills, extending our attention span, and developing our fine motor skills. This class meets either two or three days a week.
Junior Kindergarten
Our junior kindergarten program is an expansion of our pre-k class. Children in this class cover the same topics, but with more in-depth activities and more hands-on experiences. We will further explore letters and numbers. The class meets Monday-Thursday am 9:00-11:30 or Monday-Thursday pm 12:30-3:00.
Junior kindergarten students will have music and chapel twice a month, animal studies once a month and four field trips a year. This class also uses Handwriting without Tears for their handwriting curriculum, Zoo Phonics, Math Their Way and does Weekly Reader every week.
Children must be 4 1/2 yrs.old by Oct. 1st and have had one year of preschool with Trinity Lutheran Preschool.

Curriculum
Character First- Bible curriculum that is a centered Bible learning system for preschool children. Children will grow in bible knowledge, christ-like character, and faithful conduct.

Reading/Phonics- Zoo Phonics, and activities that follow the six building blocks of literacy are used.

Mathematics- Math their Way is used as a hands-on approach to teaching math concepts. The follwoing concepts are covered:
     
Preschool- Free exploration, counting 1-20, shapes, one-to-one  
correspondance numbers 1-10.
      
Pre-Kindergarten- Free exploration, numeral writing, counting, patterns, sorting and classifying.
       
Junior Kindergarten- Free exploration, numeral writing, counting, patterns, sorting, classifying, measurement, and graphing. 

Handwriting- Handwriting without tears is a curriculum that helps children have success in handwriting. 
   
Preschool- Mat Man books, stamp and see screens, wood pieces, and roll a dough letters.
   
Pre-Kindergarten- Mat Man Books, stamp and see screens, wood pieces, roll a dough letters, capital letter cards, name plates, and slate chalkboards.
    
Junior Kindergarten- Mat man books, stamp and see screens, wood pieces, roll a dough letters, capital letter cards, name plates, slate chalkboards, flip crayons, word time, get set for school workbook.

Science- Science boxes are used to cover the following areas of science:
My Body                         
Plants                            
Magnets
Color Mixing              
Five Senses              
Nutrition
Weather and Seasons      
Taking Care of our Planet