Learning Objectives

Mighty Scholars Preschool Academy uses a combination of traditional, centers and Montessori inspired teaching methods. Together, the curriculum forms a nurturing, rich and meaningful opportunity for learning through play-based themes, along with student-led and teacher-led hands-on intentional activities.
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Students receive whole class instruction, as well as small group and one-on-one tutoring at their individual level of skill development–whether that be fine-motor, name recognition, letters/sounds, CVC/decoding, or even life skills.
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Pre-K (Kinder Prep) pre-reading and reading skill development is taught through a science of reading aligned, systematic guided phonics program.

The science of reading, guided phonics curriculum helps scholars develop necessary orthographic mapping skills through: letter-sound associations, phoneme awareness and crucial word study instruction to connect phonemes to the written word. Sight words are integrated throughout the spiraling phonics lessons as irregularly spelled "heart" words and decodable high frequency words, rather than relying on rote memorization of words like shapes–which can cause frustration and confusion later on.

• Pre-reading Skills:

                Upper and lower case recognition
                Letter sound recognition–Phonological Awareness
                Rhyming, Nursery Rhymes
                Left to Right 
​                Syllabication

• Reading Skills addition to 4-year-old groups:

                Phonemic Awareness
                Beginning and ending sounds             
                CVC decoding
                Blends
                High Frequency Words and RIMES

• Handwriting Skills:

                Holding a pencil correctly
                Letter formation
                Writing their own name
                Capitalization

• Handwriting Skills addition to 4-year-old groups:

                Writing Strokes
                Simple sentences and phrases
                Color and shape words

• Mathematics:

                Shape recognition
                Number recognition
                Counting skills
                Sorting, patterns and sequencing

• Mathematics addition to 4-year-old groups:

                Grouping
                Addition and subtraction
                Problem solving
                Composing and Decomposing Numbers
                Estimation

• Science:

                Exploring the world around them
                Life Processes
                Earth and Space
                Earths Resources
                Scientific Investigation
                Force and Motion
                Properties of Matter
                Engineering      

• Art:

                Color recognition
                Fine motor skills
                Scissor cutting skills
                Coloring skills
                Process Art
​                Art History

• Art addition to 4-year-old groups:

                Drawing with basic shapes
                Use of a variety of additional mediums

• Spelling (4-year-old groups):

                Color and number words​

• Learning through music and song
• STEAM
• ​Sensory
• Fine and Gross motor skills
• Zones of Regulation (self-regulation and emotional regulation)
• Social skills - sharing and cooperating with others
• Following directions and a structured routines
• Parent Involvement with Home-School Connections