Child Care & Academy for Early Learning
Four-Year-Olds

Four-Year-Old Packet

The 4-year-old department in the Academy for Early Learning is booming with excitement as our students prepare for kindergarten.  The ABeka curriculum is used to teach number skills, readiness skills, phonics, and writing.  Our students progress to reading words, sentences, and then stories in their own reading books.

All classrooms are stocked with developmental and educational toys and manipulatives which serve to stimulate your child both physically and mentally during these important early years.  The playgrounds at Northside are famous among the children for offering a lot of fun and activity.

What your child will be taught in our program...

 Bible

• Lessons such as Creation, Noah, Boy Samuel, Daniel, Boyhood of Jesus, Zacchaeus, Good Samaritan
• Includes memory verses and hymns/choruses

 Phonics and Reading

• Recognition of name, sound, and picture of long and short vowels and consonants
• Sounding of blends and one- and two-vowel words
• Reading of sentences and stories with one- and two-vowel words

 Manuscript Writing

• Formation of letters, blends, and words
• Writing of first name

 Poetry

• Twenty-eight poems and finger plays committed to memory

 Language

• Colors
• Words
• Shapes
• Animals
• Transportation
• Countries
• Community helpers
• Health and safety
• Manners
• Science

 Numbers

• Number recognition and counting 10-100
• Number concepts 1-20
• Numbers before and after 1-20
• Numbers largest and smallest 1-20
• Addition facts: 1+1, 2+1, 3+1, 4+1, 5+1, 6+1, 7+1, 8+1, 9+1

 Daily Schedule

• 6:30 – 7:00 Gym
• 7:00 – 7:45 Quiet Play
• 7:45 – 8:00 Manipulatives
• 8:00 – 8:10 Morning Procedures – Attendance/Restroom
• 8:10 School Begins
• 8:10 – 8:30 Skills Development
• 8:30 – 9:00 Bible
• 9:00 – 9:10 Restroom
• 9:10 – 9:30 Snack Time
• 9:30 – 9:50 Phonics
• 9:50 – 10:10 Writing
• 10:10 – 10:45 Recess
• 10:45 – 10:55 Wash Hands
• 10:55 – 11:15 Numbers
• 11:15 – 11:30 Language Development
• 11:30 – 11:45 Phonics/Numbers Review Game Activity
• 11:45 – 12:00 Activity Time (Art, Drama, Poetry, Music)
• 12:00 – 12:10 Restroom
• 12:10 – 12:35 Lunch
• 12:35 – 12:50 Restroom
• 12:50 – 1:00 Story Time
• 1:00 – 2:35 Nap Time
• 2:35 – 2:45 Restroom
• 2:45 – 3:00 Snack Time
• 3:00 – 3:30 Learning Centers
• 3:30 – 4:00 Organized Games
• 4:00 – 5:00 Free Play Outside
• 5:00 – 5:10 Restroom/Water
• 5:00 – 5:30 Story Time/Music/Movement
• 5:30 – 6:00 Supervised Television

**Transition times between each subject will include action songs, finger plays, poems, and/or exercise.