90 Millville Rd.
Lapeer, MI 48446
(810) 895-1954
St. Paul K-8 School
St. Paul Child Care Center
Free Play
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Preschoolers need lots of time to play & explore. Free play time allows them to learn how to interact and share with other children. Students can choose from a variety of activities during free play time which include:
Our Curriculum
Completing the art project for the day
Our curriculum emphasizes Christian principles and kindergarten readiness. Academic concepts are introduced through group times, games, and within the play atmosphere.
A typical daily schedule consists of alternating between group times and free play. Our group times are designed to teach students to sit in a group situation, take turns speaking, and talk in front of a group of peers. This is great practice for the more formal setting of elementary school.
Drawing or painting at the easels
Group times include:
Playing dress-up
Opening Circle Time - students review the calendar, practice counting, discuss the weather, practice name, letter and number recognition, learn about colors, shapes, patterns, and more.
Looking at books
Bible Story
Playing with blocks, tools, trucks, trains, dolls, kitchen, and many other toys
Music
Playing on the climber or at the sand table
Group Story
Listening to music
Gym or outdoor play - students go in the gym or outdoors once a week for special large muscle activities.
Computer games
Checking out the science table
Play-doh, puzzles, Potato Heads
We also arrange special field trips for our students and hold holiday parties in the classroom.
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Weekly Reader (4/5-year-old classes)
"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it."
Proverbs 22:6
We are in the process of expanding and improving our curriculum for the 2012-2013 school year due to the longer, 3-hour class schedule we will be adopting.