Early Preschool : Our three year old class offers the children a place to express their creativity and independence. This uses 'High Reach Curriculum' which is specifically designed for three year old children. It reviews and builds on the curriculum used for two's such as color and shape recognition, large and small muscle skills, language, social and emotional development, problem solving and phonological awareness. The curriculum adds number recognition, counting, sequencing, predicting, graphing and one-to-one correspondence and Character Education. The teachers offer a balance between teacher-guided activities and child exploration. There are several hands-on experiments in and out of the class used regularly.
Preschool: Our preschool class is a place to develop self-control, self-direction, and independence, increases attention span and follow simple directions. In this class the teachers will follow and use the High Reach for Pre-K Framework which is specially designed for the young four year old age group. The teachers will review and build on the skills learned by the children previously in twos and threes class such as color and shape recognition, large and small muscle skills, language,
social and emotional development, problem solving and phonological
awareness, number recognition, counting, sequencing, predicting, graphing and one-to-one correspondence and Character Education. The curriculum adds letter recognition out of order based on systematic phonics and Beginning Sounds emphasis on short vowel, estimation and clapping syllables. The teachers will help develop healthy and positive self-image by experiencing success through developmentally appropriate activities. There will be several art options to express and learn through child's own creativity.
Pre-Kindergarten : Our Pre-K class is focused on making sure your child is "Kindergarten Ready". This class uses the High Reach Pre-K Butterflies curriculum. The curriculum will review and build on the two's, three's and four's curriculum. The skills that are taught are color and shape recognition, large and small muscle skills, language, social and emotional development, problem solving and phonological awareness, number recognition, counting, sequencing, predicting, graphing and one-to-one correspondence and Character Education and social and emotional development. The teaching is not done by telling and listening, the teacher uses many different teaching tools such as story props, charts, games, songs, exploring and playing. Our programs are feared towards teaching in a fun and creative way.
School-Age Students : Our school-age students class is made up of different Allen ISD schools. The students have a "Quite Time" for 30 minutes after their snack. At this time, every child is encouraged to do and finish any homework. If there is'nt any homework then the child is encouraged to read quietly or do some quiet activity. After the "Quite Time" the students can play in the centers, there are board games, video games, toys and art supplies. They students will also have outside time where they can access the swing sets, play fort, basketball, chalk, jump ropes, hula hoops, Frisbees and many other fun stuff!!