Take A Tour
Welcome to our school!
To set up an appointment for an in-person tour, contact Nancy Higgins at nhiggins@firstchurchnewark.org.
The Garden Room
The Garden Room is our 3-day a week classroom. (T/W/Th) It is a pre-k classroom for children going to kindergarten or moving to the Rainbow Room in the following year. Children must be at least 4 by October 31 to be enrolled in the Garden Room.
Like the Ocean and Rainbow Rooms,this classroom features centers or stations. All of our centers are open during center time and the children are required to try each one. You will see a dramatic play area with dress up clothes. There is a book center for browsing and relaxing. We have a writing table and a math/science table where activities are available for exploration or a teacher-planned activity. The big carpet is for circle time or large group games. The area with blocks and small toys includes an easel for painting and many other art supplies
A typical morning schedule in the Garden Room begins with center time. Next the children go to the playground or our indoor play area, followed by a restroom break and circle time. During circle time, the children have stories and participate in large group activities. This is a time when we work on speaking in front of people, taking turns to speak, listening to the one speaking and lengthening attention spans as well practicing academic skills as a large group. Nut-free snacks, provided by parents, come next and then children return to the carpet for free play until parents arrive for pick up.
Learning social/emotional skills is a big part of our curriculum throughout the whole day. The children learn important life skills like taking turns, talking through problems and being a good friend. Some of the many kindergarten readiness skills we work on are, name writing, recognizing the alphabet/numbers, learning letter sounds,patterning, sequencing and recognizing quantities.
Teachers select and plan activities for the centers and circle time based on the Ohio Early Learning Standards. Our curriculum is designed to prepare the children for kindergarten. Each classroom plans their own themes and we have one Bible theme per month. A calendar is emailed monthly to families with the themes and special dates or events.
Something that sets Child of God apart from other preschools is that we are a Christian preschool. Throughout the year,we emphasize general truths about the Bible such as God made everything, He made you special and He loves you. We also teach that God wants us to be kind to everyone and He will take care of us. The Bible theme of the month is emphasized during the same week that we have chapel. In addition, the classrooms have prayer time, Bible verses are read and the children pray before eating their snacks each day.
Contact Nancy Higgins at nhiggins@firstchurchnewark.org for more information about enrollment.
The Ocean Room
The Ocean Room is our 2-day a week class. (M/W or T/Th) This classroom is designed for 3-4 year olds that will have another year at preschool before kindergarten; this is likely to be a child’s first experience at preschool. Children must be at least 3 years old and completely toilet trained to attend. Enrollment can happen at any point in the school year when there is space available.
In the Ocean Room, as with our other classrooms, we feature centers or stations. You will see a dramatic play area with dress up clothes. There is a book center for browsing and relaxing. We have a writing/math/science table where activities are available for exploration or a teacher-planned activity. The big carpet is for circle time or large group games. The area with blocks and small toys includes many other art supplies. During center time, all of the areas are open and we encourage the children to try all of them.
A typical morning schedule in the Ocean Room begins with center time. Next is circle time during which the children have stories and participate in large group activities. This is an opportunity to work on speaking in front of people, listening to the one speaking and lengthening attention spans. The teachers read stories, do experiments and play games with shapes, numbers and ABC’s. Following circle time is a restroom break and a nut-free snack, provided by parents and served by the teacher. Next the children go to the playground or our indoor play area. And last, the children gather at the art table to work on a journal page until parents arrive.
Learning social emotional skills is a big part of our curriculum throughout the whole day. In the Ocean Room, we work on social/emotional skills such as separating easily from family, taking turns,talking through problems, following a school routine and learning to listen to the teachers. The children learn the important life skills like taking turns, talking through problems and how to be a good friend. We also work on basic academic skills such as colors, shapes and counting. The children begin to work on writing their names by tracing what the teacher wrote on art projects.
Teachers select and plan activities for the centers and circle time based on the Ohio Early Learning Standards. Each classroom plans their own themes and we have one Bible theme per month. A calendar is emailed to families monthly with the themes and any special dates or events.
Something that sets Child of God apart from other preschools is that we are a Christian preschool. Throughout the year,we emphasize general truths about the Bible such as God made everything, He made you special and He loves you. We also teach that God wants us to be kind to everyone and He will take care of us. The Bible theme of the month is emphasized during the same week that we have chapel. In addition, the classrooms have prayer time, Bible verses are read and the children pray before eating their snacks each day.
Contact Nancy Higgins at nhiggins@firstchurchnewark.org for more information about enrollment.
The Rainbow Room
The Rainbow Room is our 4-day a week classroom. (M/T/W/Th) It is a pre-k classroom for children who are 4 or 5 and going to kindergarten the following year.
As with the Ocean and Garden Rooms, this classroom is divided into centers or stations. During center time all of the centers are open and the children are required to try each one. You will see a dramatic play center with dress up clothes. There is a book center for browsing and relaxing. We have a writing table and a math/science table where activities are available for exploration or a teacher-planned activity. The big carpet is for circle time or large group games. The area with blocks and small toys includes an easel for painting and many other art supplies.
A typical morning schedule in the Rainbow Room begins with center time. Next is” morning business” on the carpet. This is a time for the Pledge of Allegiance, calendar, weather and the news report. The Rainbow Room also does a straw count to keep track of how many days we have been in session. They learn to count by ones and tens during the process and they have a 100 Day celebration. Next the children go to the playground or our indoor play area, followed by a restroom break and nut-free snack, supplied by parents. Following snack is circle time during which the children hear stories and participate in large group activities. This is where we work on speaking in front of people, taking turns to speak, listening to the one speaking and lengthening attention spans as well as practicing academic skills as a group.
Learning social/emotional skills is a big part of our curriculum throughout the whole day. The children learn the important life skills like taking turns, talking through problems and how to be a good friend. Among the many kindergarten readiness skills we work on are, name writing, recognizing the alphabet/numbers, learning letter sounds,patterning, sequencing and recognizing quantities.
Teachers select and plan activities for the centers and circle time based on the Ohio Early Learning Standards. Our curriculum is designed to prepare the children for kindergarten. Each classroom plans their own themes and we have one Bible theme per month. A calendar is emailed monthly with the themes and special dates or events.
Something that sets Child of God apart from other preschools is that we are a Christian preschool. Throughout the year, we emphasize general truths about the Bible such as God made everything, he made you special and He loves you. We also teach that God wants us to be kind to everyone and He will take care of us. The Bible theme of the month is emphasized during the same week that we have chapel. In addition, the classrooms have prayer time, Bible verses are read and the children pray before eating their snacks each day.
Contact Nancy Higgins nhiggins@firstchurchnewark.org for more information on enrollment.
