The three-year-old pre-kindergarten is an academic program. Westwood Christian uses the ABeka Curriculum in the preschool classes. During the class time the children will be introduced to the following:

• Bible: Themed and Bible Character Lessons, Bible memory, music, and story retelling
• Development: Motor skills, socialization skills, organization, and good character are emphasized daily
• Language Development: Listening skills that include, animals, transportation, countries, community helpers, health, safety, manners, and science
• Language Arts: Letter recognition in upper and lower case, beginning letter sounds
  Recognition: Name, sound, and picture for short vowels and consonants.
• Numbers: Counting 1-30, number concepts 1-15, concepts of number words - more, less, bigger, smaller, etc.
• Spanish: Music, vocabulary, and language development

In order to enter the three-year-old program, each child must be potty trained.

Many children who complete their preschool education at Westwood Christian Preschool go above and beyond the basic capabilities that are required for kindergarten entrance. Many kindergarten programs expect students to enter with the ability to recognize letters and numbers, trace and cut with scissors, and have social skills such as the ability to follow classroom rules and obey authority. In fact, many pre-kindergarten students can read simple one- and two-vowel words and even sentences. Most students can clearly write their name as well as many other words and numbers. Classroom rules are based on Biblical principles such as kindness, respect, and obedience.

Bible

• Incorporating Bible truths into daily living
• Prayer, memory verses, and songs
• Lessons from Old and New Testament
• Story retelling

Phonics and Reading

• Recognizing consonants and sounds
• Recognizing vowels and sounds
• Learning to blend two letters together (for example: ta, te, ti, to, tu)
• Learning to sound out one-vowel words
• Learning to sound out two-vowel words
• Reading Circles beginning during the second semester

Writing

• Students learn cursive writing in a program that is correlated with phonics

Numbers

• Counting 1-100
• Distinguishing between more or less and before and after numbers
• Identifying Ordinal Positions (for example: first, second, etc.)
• Identifying simple combinations
• Moving from concrete to abstract
• Recognizing and understanding the concepts of numbers
• Writing numbers 1-20