Our Aim

Intended Ends for Children

The aim of Baptist Christian Preschool is to spiritually, socially, emotionally, physically and cognitively prepare children and their families for the coming years of formal school. 

Children will do the following:

Spiritual

• Understand that God is a loving God
  • Understand that Jesus is God's Son
  • Know that Jesus wants to initiate a personal relationship with each person
• Understand that the Bible is a special book
  • Understand that the Bible is God's Word
  • Know that the Bible contains truth (stories that are fact, not fantasy)
• Use prayer to express their thoughts and needs to God
  • Understand that prayer is talking to God
  • Know that they can request His help to take care of them
• Know they can ask for His help in being kind and thoughtful to others
  • Freely share about God, Jesus, and the Bible with others
  • Speak spontaneously about spiritual things
• Know that God created the world
  • Enjoy direct experiences with nature
  • Know that God wants each person to care for the world
• Enjoy the process of moving from curiosity to satisfaction in a project because God delights in their work
• Take pride in their work
• Have positive attitudes about involvement in projects

Social / Emotional

• Value familial relationships and understand the importance of obeying parents and teachers
• Enjoy and initiate friendships with a variety of individuals
  • Develop friendships with those who may not be the same gender, race, or age, or have the same abilities
  • Benefit from the inclusiveness of the emotional culture of the classroom, which celebrates the gifts and talents of all members
• Begin to learn the art of sharing
  • Share their ideas with friends and families
  • Share toys and other items also
• Begin showing empathy and kindness
  • Show empathy to family members
  • Express empathy to friends
• Use language to express self, developing positive conflict resolution
  • Express both positive and negative emotions
  • Observe teachers who model and scaffold to this end
• Develop self-confidence in self-initiated activities
  • Gain competence through age-appropriate activities
  • Have opportunities to share their new skills with others
  • Master new skills through encouragement and direction from the teacher
• Begin to exhibit self-control
  • Begin to understand and control their emotions
  • Begin to act appropriately, whether or not they are directly interacting with an adult
• Are comfortable participating in group discussions
  • Enjoy and participate in child-to-child and child-to-adult interactions
  • Communicate effectively using their words
  • Are able to attend to other's comments

Physical

• Acquire and refine the fundamental movements of balance, movement, touch, and coordination
  • Enjoy rhythm and movement
  • Explore these fundamental movements through time, activities, and equipment that is made available to them
  • Actively pursue gross motor activity
• Acquire and develop fine motor skills
  • Become acquainted with and have time to use the appropriate equipment and materials that aid in development
• Recognize that their body is created by God and take special responsibility to care for it
  •  Introduced to health and nutrition
  • Make good food and activity choices

Cognitive

• General: 
  • Are able to engage with others in learning activities, including the ability to explore, create, experiment, observe, plan, analyze, reason, investigate, and question
  • Initiate investigation as a result of carefully observing
  • Enjoy creative expression
    • Are encouraged to express creativity within their own multiple intelligences and are provided with the materials for this expression
    • Are free to work with mediums that uniquely express the creative element for process art
    • Use imagination in dramatic play
    • Find creative solutions to problems that arise during interaction with others
• Numeracy:
  • Understand math vocabulary, concepts and directed activities
    • Have appropriate counting, sorting and comparing skills
    • Work well with manipulatives to achieve an appropriate transition into formal schooling
• Language and Literacy: 
  • Understand the importance and use of language in the environment
    • Are able to participate in receptive language activities using literature as a foundational tool
    • Have a desire to look at books with text and illustrations
    • Engage in expressive language experiences that foster growth in language proficiency
  • Have cultivated prewriting skills in the context of emergent literacy 
    • Are able to write their own name and  some alphabet letters
    • Spontaneously choose to use writing implements
  • Understand that print carries meaning
  • Are aware of different letter sounds
    • May begin to hear rhyming sounds in prominent words
    • Become phoenemically aware through classroom activities designed for that purpose

Intended Ends for Families 

The aim of Baptist Christian Preschool is to spiritually, socially, emotionally, physically, and cognitively prepare children and their families for the coming years of formal schooling. 

Parents will do the following:

• Understand the importance of being the primary educator of their child and of participating in the educational process
  • Partner with the school in providing an enriched educational experience for their child
• Understand the significance of continuing Christian education through elementary, secondary, and college years