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About Our School
History
First Presbyterian Kindergarten was founded in 1968 with Jane Smith as its first director. Our school was the first preschool and kindergarten in Peachtree City. Jane held kindergarten classes in the downstairs section of her home on Hip Pocket Road. Through its small origins, it has grown to one of the largest preschools in Peachtree City.
Our goals remain the same today as in 1968. We strive to provide a rich environment geared to the young child's rhythm of development and to nourish his or her spiritual, intellectual, emotional, and physical growth. Individualized teaching is stressed so that each child is allowed to progress at their own speed. Cognitive and social growth is recognized in the child’s development.
Our Programs
Our Programs
Our Programs
Our Programs
Our Programs
Group Bonding: Experimentation and exploration; sharing; self expression and development through drawing, painting, cutting and gluing.
Free Choice Time: Self development through dress-up, puzzles, manipulative, home living, play-dough, painting at the easel.
Physical Activity: Gross motor skills, general coordination, cooperative play and free expression.
Cultural Arts Events: Dancers, puppeteers, storytellers, musicians, and magicians.
Developmental Readiness: Rhyming words, reading pictures, recognition of likes and differences, concept of numbers, recognize alphabet and sounds, phonetic awareness, word attack skills and comprehension.
Learning Center: Free play, computer center, transportation center, blocks center, seasonal games.
Free Choice Time:The child has his own choice of an area in which to spend a portion of time for his own self-development.
Field Trips: Field trips may be taken to give the child first-hand information about his surroundings. Some of these include a farm, Legacy Theatre, nature trails, and walking trips.
Religious Education: Chapel & Classroom Bible Stories; Christian values in everyday experiences; prayer.
Routine: The routine of the child's day at school offers stability and security.
Music: Children sing with their teachers, listen and sing along with CD’s and tapes, respond rhythmically to songs and play rhythm band instruments in the classroom. All children also attend special music classes once a week where they sing and interact with our music teacher.
Language Arts: Children’s literature, conversation, dramatization, poetry, storytelling, library.
Readiness Program: The program helps the child make an easy transition into Kindergarten and first grade work. The child is taught left-to-right eye movement, eye-hand coordination, rhyming words, reading of pictures, and recognition of likes and differences in picture cards. They are taught the concept of numbers 0 to 10, to recognize the alphabet by sight and sound, to spell and write their name, and recognize simple sight words. A comprehensive phonics program is introduced at the four-year-old level in which phonetic and word attack skills are emphasized.
Special Events: Fall Costume Parade, Fall Sing-along, Thanksgiving feast, Patriotic Day parade, Patriotic Sing-along, Christmas Program, Spring program, Transportation Day, Be a Builder Day, Water Day, and Spring Fling.
Spanish: (for 4s and 5s) Simple words & phrases, counting, colors.
