At Scholars Academy, we are dedicated to nurturing young minds and fostering a love for learning from the earliest stages. Our programs provide a safe, stimulating, and enriching environment where children can explore, grow, and thrive. Designed to support every stage of early development, these programs lay the foundation for academic success, social-emotional growth, and lifelong curiosity.
Here’s a look at the programs we offer:
Early Preschool Curriculum (2-Year-Olds)
Toddlers are learning new vocabulary, perfecting how they move through their environment, and making connections with others. Our lessons focus on cultivating these connections through song, finger play, reading, and games. Toddlers build their imagination as we encourage them to name colors, objects, and people.
We begin to use words to express wants, needs, and identifying people and objects. Scholars Academy Child Development Center teachers encourage the children to use words and sign language to communicate their needs.
Fine motor skills are developed in the small muscle groups like those in our fingers and hand. Through hand washing activities, picking up a tiny object and practicing the pincer grip at this stage help prepare them for writing. Toddlers have many opportunities to practice their skills throughout the day. Our teachers encourage them to work at their speed, so they feel successful in the skills they are developing.
Throwing, catching, and lots of climbing in our age-appropriate outdoor playground to build gross motor skills. We all participate in helping to clean up after playing and meals giving our children a sense of responsibility as part of their fun daily activities. Through play, we encourage sharing and being respectful to others strengthening their social skills.
To learn more about our child-centered curriculum, you may leave us a message or give us a visit at any time.
Preschool Curriculum (3-year-olds)
Children are naturally curious at this stage and have the insatiable desire to learn. We offer tools they need to explore and learn about the world in a comfortable, secure environment.
We create opportunities for them to sing and chant developing their vocabulary. Reading and storytelling is always a favorite at the stage, and we actively enforce this in all our daily lessons. Through these activities, we encourage counting, shape and color recognition. Children at our center are given the opportunity to investigate with age-appropriate science experiments at their sand and water table, outside at their playground and through an educational field trip.
Scholars Academy Child Development Center, helps children build their independence. This is a vital time for children to interact and play alongside their peers and to begin learning how to solve problems effectively. During centers, the children are given the opportunity to pretend and play with peers positively.
Children’s independence continues to develop as they practice their motor skills by feeding themselves with fork and spoons, putting on their shoes and jackets. They also practice writing, using scissors and completing puzzles. The learning continues when their gross motor skills are heightened by playing on our playgrounds. Children also love to dance and have fun with the many musical activities incorporated into Scholars Academy Child Development Center daily schedule.
To learn more about our child-centered curriculum, you may leave us a message or give us a visit at any time.
Pre-K Curriculum (4-Year-Olds)
At Scholars Academy Child Development Center, children are given a choice to participate and help design their daily activities encouraging creative learning, problem-solving and leadership skills. Children at this age are engaged in hands-on activities which consequently develop the skills necessary to succeed at school, home and their communities.
At this stage, we begin to put letters together to make words and words together to form sentences. Your child will practice writing skills while writing their name and simple words. During circle time throughout the day, the children are encouraged to share stories, songs, and their opinions with the class.
For our mathematics lessons, we will include counting, object comparison, participate in making graphs, completing patterns and measure items with conventional and nonconventional measuring tools.
Science with this age group will include observations, daily weather charts and identify differences in the seasons. We will offer hands-on activity such as planting seeds and record growth, learn about chemical reactions such as baking soda and vinegar and other fun and interactive experiments.
Children begin to understand the meaning of friendship at this age. They hug each other, hold hands and start building relationships with one another. At the Scholars Academy Child Development Center, we encourage children to discuss their emotions with each other. The Peace Chairs are our way to introduce children to conflict resolution and expressing their feelings to their peers.
This group of children has gained control of their fine motor skills. They use crayons to turn scribbles into letters and words. They can zip, button, and snap their clothes. During Family Style Dining, four-year-olds will serve themselves, open drinks and food packages independently, and use forks, spoons, and napkins.
Interested? To learn more about our child-centered curriculum, you may leave us a message or give us a visit at any time.