Academic Curriculum

Waleska United Methodist Church provides a quality social experience in a

gentle, loving Christian environment. We believe there should be balanced

social, emotional, spiritual, physical, and cognitive growth. To accomplish

this growth, the children experience a variety of enrichment activities,

games, manipulatives, stories, and songs. We provide an opportunity for

children to learn though play, with a balance of self-discovery and teacher

directed activities. We use theme-based units for academics and integrate

scriptural truths and Biblical principle into our teaching. We use active

learning to teach social skills, and all learning is individualized at the

child’s own pace to promote school readiness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guided Play                                                                   

 

Benefits of guided play include:

 

Gross Motor Skills                                                    Socialization Skills

 

• Listen, move, and sing to music                      • Meet new friends

• Run                                                                              • Become independent

• Jump                                                                           • Learn to listen and follow directions

• Hop                                                                              • Learn to share the adult’s attention

• March                                                                         • Learn social skills needed to play

• Throw a ball

• Slide                                                                            

 

Fine Motor Skills                                                       Cognitive Skills

 

• Paint at the easel                                                    • Develop and expand Language

                                                                                            capabilities           

• Build with materials                                             • Explore how things work

• Play with toys                                                           • Compare and contrast experiences

• Paste objects                                                             • Learn to finish one task before moving

• Match simple objects                                               on to another                    

• Build with blocks                                                    • Look at books

• Control pencil and crayon well

• Cut simple shapes                                                  Spiritual Lessons

• Handle scissors well                                                  

• Complete simple puzzles                                    •Become introduced to God, Jesus, and

• Copy simple shapes                                                 the Bible