Church of the Savior

Processes and Materials

I.  Explorations in Physical Education and Health will help the child discover himself and his physical powers, and develop desirable habits and attitudes towards health.

1. Locomotor skills and self-testing activities
2. Spatial awareness
3. Balance, coordination and posture
4. Laterality, directionality, and verticality
5. Manipulation
6. Propulsion
7. Gestures
8. Nutrition
9. Exercise an rest
10. Cleanliness and clothing
11. Safety
12. Mental Health

II.  Explorations in Physical Environment are organized around the natural sciences, natural history, math and technology symbols.  They are designed to sharpen the skills of observation, classification, comparison and recording.

1. Weather, seasons
2. Wheels
3. Sandbox
4. Food
5. Motion
6. Water
7. Construction
8. Pets
9. What's alive
10. Spaces and Places
11. Our Senses
12. Magnifying glasses
13. Seeds and fruit
14. Uphill and downhill
15. Heat changes things
16. Sounds
17. Light and Dark
18. Getting wet and drying
19. Magnets
20. Gravity
21. Seesaws and balances
22. Soap bubbles
23. Number names around us
24. One to one correspondence
25. Perceiving number in a set and its subsets
26. Counting, combining and separating
27. Number line concepts
28. Geometric concepts and fractional parts

III. Explorations in the Human Environment provide the vehicle for language development and social studies.  In the area of language development, they focus on getting and expressing ideas through listening, observing and speaking.  In social studies, experiences are utilized which enable the children to improve interpersonal relationships.

A.  Interactions to help the child develop a positive self-image:

1. Awareness of physical self
2. Awareness of self in space and times
3. Awareness of self in regards to others

B.  Members of the environment:

1. Parents and relatives
2. Peers and other children in the school
3. Teachers
4. Pastor and Director
5. Auxiliary staff

C.  Interactions with language:

1. Books and poetry
2. Dramatizations
3. Flannelboard
4. Puppetry
5. Fingerplays, songs
6. Conversations
7. Rhymes and rhythmic movement
8. Child and teacher-made books
9. Show and tell

D.  Interactions in interpersonal relationships:

1. Planning together
2. Group determined rules for order and safety
3. Living together
4. Sharing, taking turns
5. Concern for others and group needs
6. Dramatic play

IV. Explorations of developing creativity and potentiality

A.  Experiences to broaden and deepen discovery of God's plan:

1. Daily discussion and prayer time
2. Baptism celebrations
3. Chapel
4. Bible stories and songs
5. Celebrations of special seasons - Advent/Christmas, Epiphany, Lent/Easter
6. Emphasis on "making love grow"

B.  Interactions with materials:

1. Paint, fingerpaint
2. Crayons, markers
3. Chalk
4. Glue
5. Paper
6. Textiles, sponges
7. Printing
8. Collage
9. Boxes
10. Puppetry
11. Found materials
12. Construction - wood, metals, plastics

C.  Interactions with movements:

1. Fundamental movements
2. Position, shape, action - alone and in combinations
3. Rhythms, dance
4. With accompaniment

D.  Interactions with music:

1. Singing
2. Rhythms, action songs, fingerplays, marching
3. Listening
4. Free response
5. Rhythm instruments
6. Records, tapes
7. Visiting musicians

E.  Interactions with dramatics:

1. Pretending
2. Acting out life situations
3. Puppetry
4. Explorations of emotions

F.  Skills in using resources for developing a positive self-image"

1. Work habits
2. Coordination
3. Speech and language comprehension
4. Computer awareness
5. Independence
6. Socialization

G. Appreciation, participation, enjoyment