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LCA Staff
The LCA staff brings talent and skill to the classroom, along with a love for children, God and Christian education. All LCA staff members have been fingerprinted and have an approved background check. All staff members are also CPR & first aid certified. Teachers are required to attend 24 hours of continuing education hours per year to comply with the State of Texas Childcare Licensing guidelines. Our staff is always available for conferences, and classrooms are a warm place for each child to learn.
In conjunction with classroom curriculum, students attend enrichment classes each week.
Physical education classes are lead by our P.E. and gymnastics teacher. Students are taught to work in cooperation, follow safety rules, develop gross motor skills, basic health awareness and body/muscle development. Students benefit from tumbling activities, relay races, strength exercises, and coordination challenges.
Music class is provided to students to further enhance a child's natural love of sounds, rhythm, and musical instruments. LCA students also learn to worship through praise songs and sing them during our weekly chapel service.
Technology classes are offered to our students who are age 3 and older. Our technology curriculum reinforces our class curriculum with phonics, letter recognition, science, and basic keyboarding skills.
Spanish is incorporated into our curriculum to give them an initial exposure to the language. Colors, shapes, and counting in Spanish are incorporated into our classroom curriculum.
CHAPEL is attended once each week. During this service, the children are involved in worship, singing, prayer, and scripture lessons. All students say the Pledge of Allegiance, Pledge to the Christian Flag, and the Pledge to the Bible. The children are given special teaching by the chapel teacher. Music and puppets are incorporated into the lessons, and each class shares cooperatively its weekly Bible memory verse.
Enrichment Classes
Our Bible curriculum is "Scripture Bites" published by Standard Publishing. the curriculum provides the weekly Bible stories and memory verses. Each class attends Chapel weekly where they will recite their memory verse as a class. Our curriculum is also used to incorporate Bible-based activities into other skill areas such as:
Bible Story CenterDramatic Play Block Play
Dramatic Play Block PlaySocial Studies Tactile Center Cooking
Tactile Center CookingMath Art Writing
Home Center Listening Center Science
Music Language Finger Plays
Poems Books Language
LanguageLanguage Arts: Nursery rhymes, songs, poetry, and books are used to introduce students to language activities. Story time is experienced daily and is viewed as crucial to the development of language, vocabulary, thinking and listening skills.
Mathematics: Classifying, counting, sorting, sequencing, shapes and recognizing numbers zero through 30 are introduced using learning centers and class activities. Manipulative materials are used to develop greater concept understanding, stimulate interest and enhance skill acquisition. Manipulative's include puzzles, blocks, water/sand play, playdoh and lacing cards.
Alphabet: Activities are introduced to beginning letter recognition and sound discrimination. Students learn to recognize the letters in their name and practice writing it. Practice work with pencils and crayons assist students in their transition from fist grip to appropriate pencil grasp. Handwriting Without Tears is utilized in age appropriate classes to further develop handwriting skills.
Social Studies: Our curriculum covers subject areas such as plants, animals, dinosaurs, ocean life, healthy bodies, transportation, weather, dental health, fire prevention and safety.
Art: Fine motor skills are developed and creativity encouraged with numerous and varied art activities. Students are exposed to many art mediums by participating in a variety of painting, cutting and gluing activities.
Preschool Curriculum
