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Curriculum

Our educational program addresses all areas of development – intellectual, social, physical, emotional, and spiritual. The classroom environment facilitates learning using centers including reading/books, dramatic play/home living, writing/alphabet, math/blocks, science/sensory, and art. The classroom extends outdoors in our cloistered playgrounds which include large wooden climbing structures, dramatic play structures, sand boxes, and large mature trees for plenty of shade.

 

What does Bethany's curriculum model feature for the birth to three population?
Bethany Methodist Weekday School has adopted the Early Learning Standards published by the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning for classrooms in our early childhood classrooms. The Georgia Early Learning Standards (GELS) are designed to assist families and providers in understanding typical development for children from birth through age three. The standards are designed to reflect children's individual rates of development, their different approaches to learning, and the cultural context in which they live. Each classroom plans their lessons to best stimulate the skills and milestones we see during these formative years.  You can find the Georgia Early Learning Standards here. 

 

How do you ensure your children are prepared for Kindergarten?

In accordance with the Texas Education Agency, Bethany Methodist Weekday School consults the published Texas Pre-Kindergarten Guidelines for our curriculum development and instructional planning in our Pre-K program. The Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines offer detailed descriptions of expected behaviors across multiple skill domains that should be observed in 4- to 5-year-old children by the end of their prekindergarten experience. The guidelines are developed to be useful to a broad audience including school districts, Head Start programs, child care and most importantly by children’s families. The guidelines also offer suggestions on ways to deliver developmentally appropriate experiences for the learning needs of all children to help ensure an effective, efficient prekindergarten year. You can find the Texas Pre-Kindergarten Guidelines here.

 

GOALS OF OUR PRESCHOOL

  • Allow children to develop a positive self-image

  • Allow children to learn through discovery and play

  • Allow children to nurture relationships with peers and teachers

  • Allow children to gain readiness in language, pre-math, science, and the social sciences

  • Allow children to expand their horizons through music and movement

ENRICHMENT CLASSES/ACTIVITIES

CHAPEL

Infant through Pre-K classes participate in a weekly Chapel of developmentally appropriate  songs, crafts, and Bible stories. Children will learn that God loves them, made them, and cares for them -always!   

GROSS MOTOR

Motor class is conducted weekly from Sept. through May for children in the two year old through Pre-K programs and weekly to toddlers after the new year.  Children work on developing large muscle groups, game skills, positive body image & awareness through the use of obstacle courses, bean bags, scarves, hoops and jump ropes. With a focus on bilateral, locomotor and non locomotor movements, balance and directionality. 

ON-SITE FIELD TRIPS

To expand the child's classroom experience, on-site field trips are scheduled throughout the year.