Early Childhood Programs
Our Early Childhood Programs at MCS provide a warm and loving environment centered on Christ through which a child becomes familiar with a classroom setting and develops an excitement for learning. In our newly-built Early Childhood Center, opened fall of 2024, your child will experience an area specifically designed just for them.
Toddlers
Preschool
Preschool is designed for three and four-year-olds who are ready for their first experience at school. Our certified staff provides a learning environment where children will experience free play, circle time, literature, music and movement, and daily development activities in a way that challenges them academically, emotionally, socially and spiritually.
Preschool Objectives
- Spiritual Development – We will learn about God’s Word and his World through stories, song, and prayer. We want to help each child to grow in their faith and knowledge of God every day!
- Learning Through Play – Children are given lots of opportunities to cut, glue, paint, dig, pour, build, climb, pretend, sort, examine, sing, and much, much more!
- Academic Learning – We introduce many academic concepts including science, math, and language while developing large and small motor skills.
Pre-Kindergarten
The Pre-Kindergarten program is designed for four and five-year-olds preparing to enter kindergarten the following year. The focus of this class will be kindergarten readiness. Students must be 4 years old by September 1 to enroll.
Pre-Kindergarten Objectives
The program’s learning and kindergarten readiness goals will challenge its young learners at a higher developmental level than those in preschool and complement – but not duplicate – either preschool or kindergarten. Along with learning through play, we will focus on objectives such as:
- Spiritual Development – Listen to stories from God’s Word, memorize some of his words into our hearts, sing praise to Him, and learn about how much He loves us!
- Social Development – Learn to cooperate with others, follow directions in a respectful way.
- Language and Literacy – Identify letters and sounds of the alphabet, develop cognitive and critical thinking skills through reading aloud and oral language experiences.
- Motor skills – Strengthen hands for fine motor development, hold a pencil properly, work on the proper formation of letters and numbers.
- Math and Science – Count and identify numbers, identify shapes and patterns, learn calendar information, experience nature, learn about animals, and more!
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At this age, you can choose Spanish immersion or the outdoor education track for your 4-year-old. Come tour to see it in action!
