Beginning August 2014 we will be a K-12 Private Christian Academy!!!
we also have a private small preschool birth to 5 years including free VPK !!!!
K-12th Grade
We are happy to offer an innovative and proven self paced learning environment that enables students with learning challenges as well as students who are gifted and every student in between to be successful. The self paced curriculum encourages the students to advance as they see their own progress and become excited about learning in this non-traditional way. No more students lagging behind or students waiting for others to catch up! The curriculum and learning environment makes learning fun for all learning types and success inevitable! Call us today to see how this program can work for your child! We also supplement our regular curriculum with additional foreign language , music, art , science center, and social events.
We are happy to offer an innovative and proven self paced learning environment that enables students with learning challenges as well as students who are gifted and every student in between to be successful. The self paced curriculum encourages the students to advance as they see their own progress and become excited about learning in this non-traditional way. No more students lagging behind or students waiting for others to catch up! The curriculum and learning environment makes learning fun for all learning types and success inevitable! Call us today to see how this program can work for your child! We also supplement our regular curriculum with additional foreign language , music, art , science center, and social events.
Preschool Program Goals Overview
Getting the children prepared for kindergarten is an essential part of the Kids First Christian Academy program. Our program is structured to help your child develop all of the necessary tools to excel in Kindergarten and later education. However, life is not just about academics. Perhaps the greatest gift we can give our young children is self confidence, the satisfaction that comes from knowing you are someone special and that you are loved and respected by your friends and teachers. We hope to get our students will be excited about life and the journey that is ahead of them.
Kids First Academy program goals are based around 3 main areas of development: cognitive skills, social skills and special interests all with a biblical perspective that encourages little ones to grow to be all that God intended them to be.
Getting the children prepared for kindergarten is an essential part of the Kids First Christian Academy program. Our program is structured to help your child develop all of the necessary tools to excel in Kindergarten and later education. However, life is not just about academics. Perhaps the greatest gift we can give our young children is self confidence, the satisfaction that comes from knowing you are someone special and that you are loved and respected by your friends and teachers. We hope to get our students will be excited about life and the journey that is ahead of them.
Kids First Academy program goals are based around 3 main areas of development: cognitive skills, social skills and special interests all with a biblical perspective that encourages little ones to grow to be all that God intended them to be.
Foundation
Before young children can get busy learning about reading, math or science they first need to develop strategies for learning, remembering and reasoning. In order to develop strategic competence in learning, children need to understand what it means to learn, who they are as learners, and how to go about planning, monitoring, revising, and reflecting upon their learning and that of others. Good teachers help make connections between new situations and familiar ones for children. Children's curiosity and persistence should be supported by teachers who direct their attention, structure their experiences, support their learning attempts, and regulate the complexity and difficulty levels of information for them. With a strong foundation of cognitive skills, children are well equipped to excel as learners and in challenging learning situations.
Before young children can get busy learning about reading, math or science they first need to develop strategies for learning, remembering and reasoning. In order to develop strategic competence in learning, children need to understand what it means to learn, who they are as learners, and how to go about planning, monitoring, revising, and reflecting upon their learning and that of others. Good teachers help make connections between new situations and familiar ones for children. Children's curiosity and persistence should be supported by teachers who direct their attention, structure their experiences, support their learning attempts, and regulate the complexity and difficulty levels of information for them. With a strong foundation of cognitive skills, children are well equipped to excel as learners and in challenging learning situations.
Cognitive skills
At Kidz First Academy we believe our first obligation to your child is to develop the essential cognitive skills necessary for academic success. These skills include:
• A strong knowledge base sufficient to support comprehension, drawing inferences and making predictions.
• Problem solving skills.
• An ability to “intertranslate” between language and mental images so that knowledge and thoughts can be expressed through language (productive language) and knowledge can be formed from incoming information (receptive language).
• A set of attitudinal and self-management skills that include: attention management, comprehension monitoring and persistence.
At Kidz First Academy we believe our first obligation to your child is to develop the essential cognitive skills necessary for academic success. These skills include:
• A strong knowledge base sufficient to support comprehension, drawing inferences and making predictions.
• Problem solving skills.
• An ability to “intertranslate” between language and mental images so that knowledge and thoughts can be expressed through language (productive language) and knowledge can be formed from incoming information (receptive language).
• A set of attitudinal and self-management skills that include: attention management, comprehension monitoring and persistence.
Social Skills
Learning good social skills and manners is another important goal for our program. Children need these skills to be positive members of our classrooms and families. At Kidz First Academy we seek to form a special working relationship with our parents to help guide your child through the many stages of development that he/she will go through as they grow. By utilizing proven behavioral guidance methods both in the home and at the center, your child benefits from both the effectiveness of the programs and the consistency of its application. Children develop positive ways to interact with friends and acceptable ways to handle their feelings. Probably the greatest benefit is that your child can feel proud about his or her behavior and confident in their ability to be a productive part of society.
Learning good social skills and manners is another important goal for our program. Children need these skills to be positive members of our classrooms and families. At Kidz First Academy we seek to form a special working relationship with our parents to help guide your child through the many stages of development that he/she will go through as they grow. By utilizing proven behavioral guidance methods both in the home and at the center, your child benefits from both the effectiveness of the programs and the consistency of its application. Children develop positive ways to interact with friends and acceptable ways to handle their feelings. Probably the greatest benefit is that your child can feel proud about his or her behavior and confident in their ability to be a productive part of society.
Special interests
Most of us spend a large part of our lives searching for what makes us happy, what we are really good at and what special gifts we have within us. We believe that life really is an adventure and that to find those interests you have to go out and explore for them. From nature study to music to science to sports, we have designed our campus to support this exploration with learning opportunities that give our children hands-on experiences in many different areas. We will foster those gifts as your child grows and nurture them as he or she moves throughout our program. We hope that our Kids First students can graduate from our program excited about life, confident in their skills and enthusiastic about their futures.
Most of us spend a large part of our lives searching for what makes us happy, what we are really good at and what special gifts we have within us. We believe that life really is an adventure and that to find those interests you have to go out and explore for them. From nature study to music to science to sports, we have designed our campus to support this exploration with learning opportunities that give our children hands-on experiences in many different areas. We will foster those gifts as your child grows and nurture them as he or she moves throughout our program. We hope that our Kids First students can graduate from our program excited about life, confident in their skills and enthusiastic about their futures.