Early Childhood
Early Childhood education at Maccabee Academy includes a series of three English courses designed for students aged 3 to 5. This exciting program instills a love for learning by engaging students with a variety of resources and activities that are designed to enhance all aspects of English-language utilization — including reading, listening, speaking and writing. Designed as students’ first formal interactions with English, the courses are meant to create a solid foundation upon which students can build life-long learning. The individual courses include:
Level 1
Target Student: Age 3-5; Not able to recognize and pronounce all 26 letters
Course Description: Time in class is spent developing children’s speaking and listening skills and laying the foundation for early phonics practice. The course is organized so that half of each class is spent developing early phonics skills and half is spent focusing on a special unit of study. These units of study vary from rainbows, transportation, weather, community helpers, and so on, and are concerned with building vocabulary skills. Students explore each special topic through books, songs, dance, movement, coloring, and crafts.
Level 2
Target Student: Age 3-5; Able to recognize and pronounce all 26 letters
Course Description: In this fun and engaging phonics course, children will build foundational literacy skills that will support their success in pre-k and kindergarten. Through a mix of body movement, song, phonics games, and storytelling, children will engage in activities that grow their proficiency in letter identification, beginning letter-sound correspondence, and reading comprehension. Each class will have a letter of the day and an interactive read-aloud where students will be asked to engage in conversation about the book.
Level 3
Target Student: Age 3-5; Able to sound out CVC words, such as cat, dog
Course Description: In this fun and engaging phonics course, children will build foundational literacy skills that will support their success in kindergarten and prepare them for 1st grade. Through a mix of body movement, song, phonics games, and storytelling, children will engage in activities that grow their proficiency in letter identification, letter-sound correspondence, reading comprehension, and critical thinking. Each class will have a letter of the day and an interactive read-aloud where students will be asked to engage in conversation about the book.
These courses combine proven approaches to academic advancement and social emotional learning to deliver the best educational experience possible for Pre-K students. Through a mix of body movement, song, phonics games, and storytelling, children will engage in activities that grow their proficiency in letter-identification, letter-sound correspondence, reading comprehension, and critical thinking. Each class will have phonic knowledge of the day and an interactive read aloud where students will be asked to engage in conversation about the book. Additionally, social-emotional learning components will ensure appropriate development beyond academics.
