The Little School is a Bible-based Preschool serving ages 15 months through Pre-k.
Classes meet on M/W or T/T with our Pre-k 5 children attending an additional Friday
every other week. We teach a full Bible curriculum as well as monthly themed units
and basic preschool skills. The children to to a 30-minute music and movement class
each day as well as indoor and outdoor play time and teacher-directed activities.
We are open from 9am-2pm each day. Our school year begins the day after Labor Day
and ends the second week of May. We follow the Williamson County Schools calendar.
During the school year, the children attend either on Mondays and Wednesdays or
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 to 2. We teach a full age appropriate curriculum
as well as a full Bible curriculum. We also offer music/movement class each
day for 30 minutes. The children have indoor and outdoor playtime as well
as teacher directed activities. Parents provide snacks and lunches for the
children.
Our Pre-K 5 houses the oldest children here. All of them will be attending
kindergarten the following year. This class is our state licensed classroom
and has received the 3 Star Rating from the State of Tennessee for the last years.
We adhere to the state rules and licensing requirements for this age group in all
areas. These children attend on an additional Friday twice a month.
The curriculum taught is with the intention of preparing the children to attend
kindergarten the following year. We teach letters, sounds, counting to 100,
numbers 1 to 20, name writing, address and phone number recognition as well as many
other pre-reading and pre-math skills.
During the school year we offer many special days including: community helper
visits, thanksgiving feasts, donuts with dad, muffins with mom and a visit from
the petting zoo as well as celebrating Christian and other holidays. We have
two programs a year. We have one program at Christmas and one during the spring
ending the year with Graduation for our Pre-K students.
The Little School Advisory Board meets once a month to make decisions and plans
for the program. This group is made up of the chairman, director, financial
advisor, parent representative, teacher representatives, educators and community
representatives.
Nursery children must be 15 months old and walking by September 30, eating table
foods and drinking with a sippy cup.
Children attending a 3 year old class must be potty trained prior to the start of
school. There will be a 6 week grace period at the first of the year.
If you would like to change session day, please indicate your change at the bottom
of the first page of the application. These request will be filled on a first come
basis. We cannot guarantee a change but will do our best to meet your family’s
needs.
* Registration Fee and Supply Fee ($125) are due with the completed
application.
The Little School offers programming for children who are at least fifteen months
old by September 30, through their kindergarten year. Goals have been established
for each level of classes and a specific curriculum has been developed to meet the
maturity level associated with that age child. We recognize the maturation process
is unique to each child and strive to offer an environment well suited to their
needs.
We use a monthly theme schedule that includes both a secular theme as well as related
Bible stories. We exist to affect the lives of God’s children in a positive
way by sharing His love with them as well as their families. We strive to teach
them by example and through the written Word. Our prayer is that our children will
learn they are created by God in His image and loved by Him, that He is the sovereign
God of our universe and through Jesus Christ we gain salvation and develop a personal
faith in Him.
NURSERY/TODDLER
We offer a loving and nurturing setting for both the child and parent who are quite
often experiencing a “school” situation for the first time. We maintain
a 5 child to 1 adult ratio. The daily schedule primarily revolves around play and
creating a clean, safe and comfortable classroom. These children enjoy indoor and
outdoor active play, lunch and nap time daily as well as their free play time.
TWO-YEAR-OLDS
This age group enjoys blocks of time during the day dedicated to free play as well
as “table” activities directed by the teacher. Our rooms are equipped
with a kitchen center, dramatic play area, car mat, building blocks, books, climbing
gym and varied toys. Each day’s schedule will include active play (indoor
and out), assembly/music and movement, art, lunch, and rest time. Developmentally,
this age group will experience activities which:
• Strengthen their gross motor skills
• Begin to develop their fine motor skills
• Expose them to the use of numbers, letters, colors and shapes
• Encourage them to be creative through dramatic play
• Encourage the “singing - reading” connection
This year is a transition from a home environment to a social one giving the child
opportunities to move beyond parallel play.
We recognize that each child will mature at their own individual rate. We also know
quiet often our pre-school is a child’s first formal setting away from home.
All experts would agree any deficiency in a child’s development is best dealt
with early on by professionals. Each year all children in our two year old classes
will have the opportunity to be observed by a specialist who might notice an area
of concern and communicate this to the parents.
THREE-YEAR-OLDS
This age group enjoys blocks of time during the day set aside for free play. Our
rooms are equipped with a kitchen center, dramatic play area, car mat, Lego blocks,
books, educational folder games and varied toys. Each day’s schedule will
include active play (indoor and out), assembly/music and movement, art, group games,
lunch and rest time. Developmentally, this age group will experience activities
which:
• Increase their eye hand coordination
• Strengthen their writing and cutting capability
• Introduce them to early pre-math and pre-writing skills
• Encourage them to listen and follow directions
• Encourage the “singing - reading” connection
• Learn to get along in society
PRE-KINDERGARTEN
We offer two types of unique programming for four year olds and five year olds.
Both programs provide the academic stimulation necessary to enter kindergarten the
following year. Each program is staffed by teachers who hold four year degrees and
who receive ongoing training.
Cooperative Classroom:
This class meets in a regular sized room with eleven students and one teacher who
receives aide support as needed. The tenor of this classroom is one of cooperation
as the class as a whole will be introduced to material together. We feel this atmosphere
is well suited to young fours, children who are experiencing pre-school for the
first time, or the child who may be more timid. This class placement may be used
as the final year before entering kindergarten or as the “gift of extra time”
for those families who wish to delay entering kindergarten a year.
Centers Based Curriculum:
This program is licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services of Tennessee.
This class meets in an oversized room with twenty two children and two teachers.
This room is characterized by specific learning centers including both play areas
as well as academic ones. We feel this atmosphere is well suited for middle fours
to young fives. It provides a setting much like that of a kindergarten classroom
and requires maturity and confidence for the child to work independently at times
as well as delay impulse behavior.
Each class is equipped with a student computer, reading area, Lego’s blocks,
car mat, age appropriate manipulatives for math and language, kitchen and dramatic
play area. These children will experience activities which:
• Lovingly expect the child to be honest, fair, diligent and responsible
• Increase their understanding of and use of numbers, letters, colors and shapes
• Encourage the correct pencil grip and scissors technique
• Allow them to sort, sequence, group, and identify
• Help them to follow directions
• Introduce them to science and history
• Teach them to recognize their name, know address, phone number, parents names
• Encourage the “singing - reading” connection
• Experience many gross motor activities
• Strengthen fine motor skills