12-18 months to 2 years

Our Older infants class participates in individual and group activities that enhance socialization, fine motor, gross motor, and cognitive skills. Your child will engage in art, music, sensory, and early learning language activities. They will begin introduction to following directions, the alphabet, and number sense. They will have fun engaging in worship as they hear Bible stories, sing, and pray. To enhance their gross-motor development skills they will have several opportunities to play in our school gym and outside playground.

1 to 2-3 years

Our Monkey room is full of fun daily activities that will enhance your child’s individual creativeness. The children will experience art, sensory, play, and music throughout their day while strengthening their early learning literacy and verbal skills. They will continue to develop their socialization skills as they play alongside their friends learning to share and be a part of a group. They will have fun spending time in God’s word, singing songs, and praying, to help teach them about God’s character and His deep love for them. They will also have several times throughout their day to use their gross-motor skills in our school gym and outside playground.

2 to 2 1/2-3 years

The Polar Bear room is filled with daily activities that will help your child become more independent and regulate their own emotions and behaviors. They will have fun interacting with their teachers and their peers as they engage in art, music, sensory, and literacy skills. They will begin demonstrating knowledge of the alphabet and use and appreciation of books. They will engage in prayer time, worship time, and hear different stories from the Bible while learning Jesus’ love for them. This classroom is a potty training classroom that works with your little one as they become familiar with the milestones of recognizing and making the connection of using the bathroom.

3-4 years

Our Turtle room is full of fun daily activities that help your child explore their individual uniqueness. They will use language to express their thoughts and needs, demonstrate knowledge of the alphabet, and use emergent writing skills. They will explore a variety of activities such as story time, art, music, math and science. Each activity provides children with an assortment of learning experiences that help them learn and grow at their own pace. The children will explore all God has to offer as they read daily Bible stories, sing songs, pray, and learn Bible verses. The children will have fun using their gross-motor skills while playing outside on the playground, and running/playing games in our inside gym.

4-5 years

The Eagle class is a room that is filled with daily activities to get your child ready for Kindergarten. Sunshine Early Learning Center uses Creative Curriculum, which gives the opportunity to incorporate a teaching guide called D.i.G. (Develop, inspire, and Grow) inspiring children to learn at his/her own pace. D.i.G. focuses on each interest area (Math, Science, Language, Cognitive, and Literature). The children will learn how to recognize and write their names, have phonics identification, recognize upper and lower case letters and learn to rhyme words. The Eagle class learns new vocabulary words each day, while learning about quantities, counting, patterning, and shapes.  D.i.G. also provides children with the opportunity to develop necessary skills for cutting and writing. Each child will be given opportunities to grow socially by exploring many activities and centers. The children will explore Bible stories throughout the year, teaching  the children everything God has done for us and expressing his unconditional love. They will continue to show a love of worship by singing songs, praying, and understanding how God wants them to treat others.