Equipping Saints for the Kingdom

Pursuing Academic Excellence

Education Grounded in Christian Values

FBC Academy Preschool

A Lifelong Love of Learning Starts Here

Our exceptional preschool programs lay the foundation for our students' future learning. Academy preschoolers enjoy an effective mix of music, reading, math, art, drama, social relating time, science, and physical activities that aim to improve small and large motor skills. Your child will be provided a strong foundation academically and socially. With several preschool programs available, we have one that will fit your family's schedule.

PHONICS



Children are often intensely interested in reading at an early age. Since reading is essential for future success in all other subjects, FBC Academy uses phonics to teach students to read. Rather than memorizing every word (using the whole word method, taught at many preschools), Academy students, using phonics, learning how letter sounds blend together to form words. Our preschoolers use phonics concepts to sound out words without guessing. As a result, Academy students are confident in their reading abilities and are ready to tackle new subjects.



MATHEMATICS

FBC Academy uses delightful songs and activities to help students remember numbers and geometric shapes. Students learn to count forward and backward and recognize place value. We teach them to understand the concept of quantity—that numbers represent how many or how much of something—by relating it to items they see or touch. They practice arithmetic using addition and subtraction story problems about familiar things.

SCIENCE, LOGIC and COMMUNITY

Exploring exciting things like dinosaurs, insects, weather, plants, and human senses helps fuel students’ natural desire to understand their world. Presentations and experiments in these areas also help students improve their ability to focus, concentrate, and stay on task. Students are encouraged to ask questions and use reason to understand concepts and make conclusions. Throughout the year, they also learn about explorers, holidays, customs, and presidents.

MUSIC

FBC Academy strives to teach students to be confident, musically educated performers and listeners. Preschoolers learn to sing with proper vocal technique, play simple percussion instruments, and dance with partners. They learn to feel the tempo of different rhythms as well as the beat, and they are encouraged to freely express themselves and use their imaginations with the music. Four times a year—at Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and year-end—classes put on performances showcasing their musical and intellectual prowess.

ART

FBC Academy preschoolers become able to look at animals, people, and buildings to see the basic shapes that visually compose them. Students learn fundamental skills needed in art expression—cutting, gluing, painting, drawing, and sculpting. Art work is on display throughout the school and can be showcased in the front office.

LARGE/SMALL MOTOR SKILLS

Our preschool curriculum includes activities such as working with manipulatives, performing imaginative finger plays, zipping and buttoning garments, and cutting with scissors. These activities are specifically designed to help students strengthen small muscles and improve dexterity. To help develop hand-eye coordination, our students toss and catch beanbags. We also teach proper pencil grip. Students learn to form numbers and letters and write their own names.

We also encourage the development of large motor skills by engaging students in activities that promote balance, spatial awareness, rhythm, coordination, aerobic fitness, hand-eye coordination, and muscle tone. Our curriculum incorporates dance and drama in addition to traditional PE skills encouraging balance and tossing and catching balls.