This fall marks the beginning of St. Philip Pre-School’s
14th year.
Our goal at St Philip Pre-School is to
show children that school is a fun place to be.
We want your child to wake up every
morning asking, “Is today a school day?”
We accomplish this goal by providing
children with a safe, nurturing, and loving environment where
they can explore and learn without undue pressure.
We let children be children.
We, Miss Connie and Miss Cathy, appreciate and encourage
every child’s individuality and creativity.
We work together to create lessons that
develop skills necessary for success in the children’s upcoming
school year.
Learning independence, working and
playing in groups, listening while others are speaking,
interacting positively with peers and adults, following
directions, and adjusting to changes in routines are just a few
of the important skills children develop by attending St. Philip
Pre-School.
Each day emphasizes having fun while learning colors, shapes,
numbers and alphabet letters.
A typical day in the Pre-School
classroom begins with free play, free art time, and computer
time.
The day continues with circle and
calendar time, weather forecasting, snack, and a group activity.
We also have story time and music time
where we sing and dance.
On special days we play in the front
yard or have show and tell.
We believe field trip experiences are important and we
schedule several each year.
The field trips come to our classroom
and include: a firefighter with his fire truck, a registered
nurse, a dental hygienist, a postal worker, and a police
officer.
Other visitors include the Evansville
Blind Association, who perform a screening for Amblyopia (lazy
eye), and the Bookmobile librarian who visits the
Pre-Kindergarten class twice each month. In addition, Posey
County Special Services provides screening and free speech
therapy to children who may benefit from these services, at the
parents’ request.
Finally, our year concludes with a
graduation program for the Pre-Kindergarten children.
Please feel free to call us (Miss Connie and Miss Cathy) at
985-2447 if you have questions about our program at St. Philip
Preschool.
St.
Philip
Pre-School
Philosophy
St.
Philip Pre-School
believes in providing an environment, which encourages
spiritual, academic, emotional, physical and social development.
We facilitate a nurturing environment in
a home-based atmosphere so our children feel loved and safe.
We provide a “hands on experience” such
as field trips in the classroom so the children are actively
engaged in their early childhood curriculum.
It is our intent to develop activities
and themes that surround the interest of the child.
Above all,
we model a Christian environment in our daily lives.
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