The Preschool and Kindergarten at Riva Trace believe in fostering child growth and learning in a developmentally appropriate environment. We are a faith-based program dedicated to providing accessible and affordable education in a loving and nurturing setting. Our goal is to assist every child in developing academically, physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. For our 3s, 4s, and PreK
classes, we use a curriculum from the Mississippi State University Early Childhood Institute. We chose this curriculum because it meets the criteria for children going on to Anne Arundel County Public Schools. The activities are divided into thematic units, with weekly schedules and ideas for indoor and outdoor learning and play. These include skills, or “competencies,” in five major areas: language, math and reasoning, scientific understanding, social and emotional development, and physical development. For our 2 Year Old Class, we use the Mother Goose Time Curriculum. This curriculum uses themes to integrate colors, shapes, numbers, and letters each month. The curriculum is set up to allow toddlers to learn at their own pace and in their own way. The full day Kindergarten uses Abeka and focuses on Language, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Bible. The Kindergarten seeks to set students up to excel regardless of what type of school or environment they transfer to. We have an Early Literacy Specialist on staff to help keep children challenged and learning in addition to what is being learned in class. Everything we teach our preschoolers is based on one of three simple, but powerful, truths. The entire curriculum is constructed to meet your preschoolers where they are cognitively, spiritually, physically, emotionally and socially. Through age appropriate activities, preschoolers are building their spiritual foundation so that by the time they graduate to First Grade they know these three basic truths:
God Made Me
God Loves Me
Jesus Wants To Be My Friend Forever
The Preschool and Kindergarten at Riva Trace will provide a fun and creative environment where children can learn about music and art. We will help children explore how to express their talents through music, creative movement and art. Each class has planned learning activities that are age appropriate for your child. These opportunities include both active and quiet play as well as indoor and outdoor activities. We will also help them to understand how these can be an expression of praise and worship to God! We know how important it is for your child to learn how to play and interact with other children. To encourage growth in this area, we provide 3 additional opportunities for our Preschool students: Lunch Bunch, Enrichment Fridays, and Extension Afternoons. Each one of these activities adds to your child's experience at The Preschool, and helps to better prepare them for Kindergarten and later for First Grade.
