THREE DAY

Three-Day Program (Children turning 4 by December 31st)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
9:00am – 11:30am
Extended Hours available before 9:00, until 3:00, or as late as 5:30

The 3-day program at King’s Gate is designed for children who will turn four by December 31st of the school year*. This is a developmental classroom in which the children work on academic as well as social skills. The 3-day program is designed to equip your child for success in Pre-K and beyond. While most preschools employ only one certified early childhood teacher and an assistant in each classroom, King’s Gate classrooms are taught by two early childhood certified teachers. Working together as a team, these teachers apply their combined experience to teach and assess preschoolers.

Each week in the 3-day class a new thematic unit is introduced, and the activities in the classroom are built around the theme of the week. Each day begins with Morning Meeting, which is a teacher-directed large group time during which math, language, spelling, and reading readiness skills are introduced by the teachers. The morning meeting time allows concepts to be introduced to the class as a whole, as well as providing a sense of community in the classroom.

After morning meeting, the children continue their day with small group time in learning centers. The centers provide for continued learning through age-appropriate developmental play. Some of the centers the children explore in 3-day are free-art, math, play-dough, writing, blocks, home living, computer and the sensory table. Some of the skills the two day class focuses on are free exploration, one to one correspondence, fine motor tasks, following directions, listening, illustrating, sorting and counting.

In 3-day some of the academic skills focused on are free exploration, counting, simple patterning, graphing, picture clues, matching, numeric concepts, and spelling of first names. Some of the social skills focused on are listening, respecting others, sharing and conflict resolution.

One high-light of the 3-day class is Author Week. Once a month they dedicate a week to reading books by a well-known author. At the end of the week the children choose their favorite character from a book they have read, and illustrate a picture of that character in their author journals. To help them remember the author’s names and the book they write, whey take home a book treasure to keep in a special box.

The children also participate in chapel every week and music and science every other week.

At King’s Gate we strive to meet the learning needs of every child and recognize that each child learns at their own pace. The 3-day program is designed to meet each child’s needs in a safe and loving environment. Learning in 3-day is fun!

*The child must be completely potty trained.