Curriculum Summary For Preschool & Kindergarten Program

Preschool-Age 3, RCL     Stories of God’s Love

This program is especially designed for 3 year olds who will be turning 4.  This activity-rich text provides experiences for the child to explore the Bible and the stories that God has given us so that we know how much He loves us and how He wants us to live.  Prayer experiences foster and nurture the young child in prayer.  Activities focus on development of faith through language, visual, motor and listening skills, and games.  Scripture and theme-based stories, songs, poems, chants, finger-plays, and movement activities present life and faith themes.

Preschool-Age 4, RCL     Stories of God’s Love

This program is especially designed for four and five year old children to learn about Jesus.  The activities in this program offer themes about caring in our families, for our families, for others, and for God’s world. With stories, songs, activities, and games, the children are exposed to the life and stories of Jesus and the place he fills in a Christian life.  The children are brought to an understanding of how much Jesus loves each of us especially the children.

Kindergarten,  Harcourt,  Call to Faith--Kindergarten

The children explore the wonderful world God made, and how God made people to be like Him and to love Him and others.  God shows His love through others and how when we pray, we are talking to God.  God wants us to care for His world.  Jesus is the Son of God and the Son of Mary and how all Christians are called to follow Christ.  The children learn about the Church as a family created by God and how all creation is called to live by the law of love.  They are introduced to the words and actions of the Sacraments and how they show the wonders of God.