Preschool
Red Hill Lutheran Preschool provides a developmentally and academically appropriate curriculum for each child. Challenging activities are planned to support and encourage the young child's natural way of learning while fostering an understanding of basic concepts upon which future learning depends.
We offer a child-centered, hands-on curriculum prepared and facilitated by our Christian, professionally-trained educators. Our academic program includes Zoo Phonics-a phonics-based reading program, Houghton Mifflin-a hands-on math program, Language Arts, Music and Creative Movement, and One in Christ-our preschool bible curriculum. Through simple activities, stories, questions, and conversations, children learn that they can pray and praise God at any time and in any place. Parents and school staff work together to nurture the faith of young children.
Children explore, learn and create with the goal to emphasize “process” rather than the end “product.”
GOALS
The primary goal of the RHLS Preschool program is to make Preschool attendance a meaningful and happy experience in which children develop in all areas towards their highest potential - physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually.
Dedicated and committed Christian teachers provide children with numerous opportunities for growth and development by fostering a realistic and lasting relationship with Jesus Christ. Our goals include:
- Encouraging and developing a positive attitude towards the Christian family.
- Encouraging the child's appreciation and delight in God's world and the products of human culture.
- Integrating lessons with Biblical truths, which are related to the child’s experience and level of development.
- Encouraging the child in self-confidence and self-regulation.
- Helping children to observe, investigate, seek and acquire information and to think critically and analytically.
- Promoting health, physical growth, and motor coordination.
- Assisting each child in learning to play cooperatively with other children and to relate with individuals and groups.
PHILOSOPHY OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT
- We believe that teaching is a ministry with the objective to assist parents in the development of their children.
- We believe that the early childhood program can expand the child's perception of God, of other people, and of the physical world which God created.
- We believe that Christian education is unique and that its quality lies in the fact that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is part of the thought processes used to interpret, determine, and evaluate education. It can help develop the conscience, feelings, and attitudes which form the foundation for a positive self-image and good relationships.
- We believe that the spiritual or religious aspect of young children cannot be separated from their total growth process.
- We believe that each child is "special" in the eyes of God, and that the child has a right to be appreciated and respected for his/her individuality.
Child Care License #300600825
MUSIC
The overall goal of our Music Program at Red Hill Preschool is to allow children to learn, experience, and love music in a safe and caring environment where they can learn to express themselves as unique individuals. The musical activities used during the program, while emphasizing joy, will also contribute to improving children’s socialization, heightening self-awareness and self-discipline, and expanding their spatial reasoning and physical coordination. The children will laugh, play, dance, and sing all while expanding their cognitive, physical, and emotional abilities. The activities, all based in music, involve rhythm, movement, sound recognition, instrumentation, and beginning notation.
STAFF
Our Preschool teachers are experienced early childhood educators. They are dedicated Christians who provide a warm and loving environment for each child. Each teacher has met the requirements set by the State of California. The Preschool is licensed by the State of California Department of Social Services. We are inspected on a drop-in basis annually by Child Care Licensing to verify adherence to all requirements. The teachers, Preschool Director(s), and Principal participate in regular planning meetings and attend regional conventions, workshops, and conferences to keep the staff alert to the ever-changing needs of today's families and current research in early childhood education.
Our Preschool teachers are experienced early childhood educators. They are dedicated Christians who provide a warm and loving environment for each child. Each teacher has met the requirements set by the State of California. The Preschool is licensed by the State of California Department of Social Services. We are inspected on a drop-in basis annually by Child Care Licensing to verify adherence to all requirements. The teachers, Preschool Director(s), and Principal participate in regular planning meetings and attend regional conventions, workshops, and conferences to keep the staff alert to the ever-changing needs of today's families and current research in early childhood education.