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PRESCHOOL
Our Preschool Program serves children ages two to to six-years-old, and promotes each child’s spiritual, social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development. We provide a remarkably challenging and comprehensive preschool program that fully prepares students in each of these areas for success at the next level. Equipped and staffed with qualified teachers who love Jesus and young children, our preschools provide a group setting in which each child can feel secure, learn to separate easily from parents, and interact with other children of the same age in a group setting.
On each of our preschool campuses, we provide a Christian environment of genuine respect and loving appreciation for each person and the many wonders of God’s world. Each child is encouraged to progress at his/her own rate toward enriched experiences, self-discipline, and the ability to make wise choices. Through age-appropriate, highly engaging, and playful activities, preschool students readily advance in all areas.
Our preschools are open year-round with our traditional preschool year beginning in late August and ending in mid-June. The summer session runs mid-June through late August.
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One of the hardest choices to make as a parent is who to entrust your child with. Making this decision brought me so much anxiety, however once we came to Heights, I was so relieved to know that I would be leaving my child in an environment where she would not only be safe and cared for but also an environment where she would be learning foundational faith based lessons and academics. She has now been there for 3 years and the staff at Heights feels like family!
- Amy G. - Parent, Brea Preschool
Program Details
- Spiritual Emphasis
- Two-Year-Olds
- Three-Year-Olds
- Four/Five-Year-Olds
- Learning Styles
- Communication
- Licensing
Spiritual Emphasis
One of the unique purposes and privileges of our preschool is our ability to introduce children to both the Bible and the person of Jesus Christ.
In Relationships
Our teachers and staff are to demonstrate the love of Jesus to our preschoolers, parents, and one another. Our teachers and staff apply biblical truths wherever possible in all their interactions.
In Academics
Our goal is to present each academic topic in light of the existence of God. As such, Bible instruction is not limited to a given time-period. Instead, Bible is integrated throughout each day as our faculty and staff weave Biblical truths into every lesson taught.
In addition to daily Bible instruction and integration, our preschool students also attend chapel one morning each week. During chapel, the children sing, pray, and enjoy Bible stories and special speakers in a larger group setting.
Scripture Theme
Each year, we choose a scripture theme that provides a unified direction for our chapels and that we, as a staff, use to point our preschoolers and families to a relationship with the Lord. This theme is introduced each Fall and then interwoven throughout the school year.
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
- Matthew 19:14
Two-Year-Olds
Two-year-olds are active and enthusiastic learners, busy exploring and expanding the skills and knowledge acquired since birth. They learn best by playing and getting their hands dirty. Our days are filled with investigation, exploration, and discovery designed to help each child reach their greatest potential in all areas including the development of language and literacy, math, science, creative expression, self and community awareness, and large and fine motor skills.
| Developmental Area | Activities & Goals | |
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| Language & Literacy | The transition from toddler to little kid is an exciting time of language development. Vocabularies multiply from a few hundred words to a thousand or more and comprehension of words and sentences begin to expand. Language experiences in the two-year-old classrooms contribute to the development of each child’s listening, speaking, pre-reading, and pre-writing skills. | |
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Math |
Numbers and math related activities fascinate children at this age. Whether they are counting how many fingers they have, comparing which cup is fuller, differentiating shapes and sizes, or asking for more of something, two-year-olds are constantly using and exploring mathematical ideas. The students begin to develop both number awareness and one-to-one number correspondence. Sorting, classifying, grouping, and identifying differences in shape and size are all areas of focus in the two-year-old classroom. | |
| Science | Science is part of everything preschool age children do. Preschoolers are constantly investigating, experimenting, hypothesizing, exploring, discovering, and learning how and why things do what they do. Throughout the year we focus on nurturing our students’ natural curiosity, wonder, and engagement with the world God made for us. | |
| Creative Expression | Opportunities for creative expression encourage the development of many important skills in our students and help to activate the other side of their brain. It might look like paint splotches on a page or a raggedy old costume but, in fact, it is an exercise in raising cognitive development, supporting self-expression and nurturing the creative side of each individual student. | |
| Self & Community Awareness | God created each of us with a distinct purpose. We each have different talents and abilities and one of our goals is to foster and help further develop the gifts that God has already given to each child. Our two-year-olds begin to identify physical characteristics of themselves and their peers. They begin to develop a sense of who they are and begin to express their feelings and emotions verbally. Being able to do things “by themselves” is also very important to each student. Their role in their immediate family is discussed and they begin to learn about and identify people in the community around them. Students are often very proud of each and every accomplishment and are eager to please the adults in their lives. Encouragement and praise are two things of which this age group never tires. | |
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Large & Small Motor Skills |
Promoting a healthy lifestyle begins in early childhood. Children are growing up in a society with a lot of choices - some healthy, others not. Our teachers help students to develop their physical abilities (both large and small) and nurture healthy habits while also enhancing student confidence and self-esteem. | |
Our family is so grateful for Heights Christian Preschool. The teachers and staff are wonderful. They provide an encouraging environment for students to learn. My daughter loves coming to school each day and we love hearing the many stories about her fun-filled days each evening.
- Kimberly S. - Parent, La Mirada Preschool
Three-Year-Olds
Three-year-olds are active and enthusiastic learners, constantly asking questions and building upon the skills and knowledge acquired during previous experiences. They learn best by both playing and working at their seats. Each day is filled with a variety of activities that encourage our students to investigate, explore, and discover the world around them. The goal of our staff is to help each child reach their full potential in all areas including the development of language and literacy, math, science, creative expression, self and community awareness, and large and fine motor skills.
| Developmental Area | Activities & Goals | |
|---|---|---|
| Language & Literacy | Student vocabularies continue to expand and comprehension continues to grow at an amazing rate with this age. Language experiences in our three-year-old classrooms contribute to the development of each child’s listening, speaking, pre-reading, and pre-writing skills. The students find great joy in manipulating language - from inventing a story, to creating signs and “books”, to retelling simple stories that make language come alive. These students are on the path to becoming fluent readers and effective communicators. | |
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Math |
Numbers and math related activities fascinate preschoolers. Whether they are counting how many cookies they had in their lunch, comparing who had more buttons, differentiating geometric shapes, or identifying the position of random objects, students regularly use and encounter mathematical ideas. Number awareness and one-to-one number correspondence continue to be strengthened. Classifying objects, exploring spatial relationships, using tools to measure, and identifying geometric shapes are just a few of the mathematical principles our three-year-olds explore. | |
| Science | Science is part of everything preschool age children do. Preschoolers are constantly investigating, experimenting, hypothesizing, exploring, discovering, and learning how and why things do what they do. Throughout the year we focus on nurturing our students’ natural curiosity, wonder, and engagement with the world God made for us. | |
| Creative Expression | Opportunities for creative expression encourage the development of many important skills in our students and help to activate the other side of their brain. It might look like paint splotches on a page or a raggedy old costume but, in fact, it is an exercise in raising cognitive development, supporting self-expression and nurturing the creative side of each individual student. | |
| Self & Community Awareness | God created each of us with a distinct purpose. We each have different talents and abilities and one of our goals was to foster and help further develop the gifts that God has already given to each one. The students can quickly identify and recall physical and social characteristics of themselves and their peers. They are continuing to develop a sense of who they are and are expressing their feelings and emotions verbally. Being able to do things “by themselves” is very important because it helps to make them feel “big” and grown up. Their confidence will blossom as they acquire new skills and tackle challenging tasks. Their role in their immediate family is discussed and they are able to identify the roles of many people in the community around them. Preschoolers are often very proud of every accomplishment and are eager to please the adults in their life; our students are no exception to this. Encouragement and praise are very important to this age group. | |
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Large & Small Motor Skills |
Promoting a healthy lifestyle begins in early childhood. Children are growing up in a society with a lot of choices — some healthy, others not. Our teachers help students to develop their physical abilities (both large and small) and nurture healthy habits while also enhancing student confidence and self-esteem. | |
Our daughters love their preschool. They are all smiles at drop off and all smiles at pick up. We see tremendous growth in both of them and are so thankful to the HCS community for partnering with us in the raising of our girls. Worth every penny we invest.
- Lucia R. - Parent, Chino Hills Preschool
Four/Five-Year-Olds
Pre-K children are physically and cognitively able to take on more academic challenges while still engaging in social activities like building friendships and developing a sense of self. Students spend the year advancing skills in the core pre-academic areas of language, literacy, math, and science. Many hours are spent working on the development of creative expression, self and community awareness and both large and small motor skills. Through a mix of play and seat work, pre-k students are exposed to a variety of learning activities that encourage rapid development in these areas. They are becoming creative thinkers, problem solvers, respectful collaborators, curious investigators, and smart decision makers. Pre-K definitely prepares each student for the next step – whether it be Transitional Kindergarten or Kindergarten!
| Developmental Area | Activities & Goals | |
|---|---|---|
| Language & Literacy | Enriched learning opportunities help our pre-k students to both use and build their already strong vocabularies while also developing an ability to communicate in increasingly complex ways. Our students do not just memorize letters and imitate sounds, but rather they gain a deeper understanding of language and communication. The skills mastered in language and literacy development contribute to success in all learning domains including vocabulary building, phonemic awareness, and reading readiness. | |
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Math |
Like many preschoolers, our students are fascinated by numerical concepts and mathematical thinking. They are enthusiastic participants in each mathematical activity provided. They build towers, create simple and complex patterns, assemble puzzles, and both measure and compare lengths of many items. Our goal is for each child to develop the mathematical fluency necessary for kindergarten readiness. Through play and hands-on experiences, we explore the fundamental concepts of classification, mathematical vocabulary, geometry, and statistics. | |
| Science | Our pre-k students are passionate, inquisitive, and engaged when it comes to scientific discovery. As their cognitive abilities develop, they are increasingly able to advance their critical thinking skills, develop and test their own ideas, and engage in multi-step, hand-on experiments. | |
| Creative Expression | Preschoolers are creative by nature and excited about all kinds of artistic avenues. Opportunities for creative expression encourage the development of many important skills in our students and help to activate the other side of their brain. It might look like paint splotches on a page or a raggedy old costume but, in fact, it is an exercise in raising cognitive development, supporting self-expression and nurturing the creative side of each individual student. | |
| Self & Community Awareness | God created each of us with a distinct purpose. We each have different talents and abilities and one of our goals is to foster and help further develop the gifts that God has already given to each one. Our students can quickly identify and recall physical and social characteristics of themselves and their peers. They are continuing to develop a sense of who they are and can effectively convey their feelings and emotions. Their confidence blossoms as they acquire new skills and tackle challenging tasks. Throughout the year, our pre-k students begin to develop an awareness of the big world we live in and their ability to make an impact in it. A lot of time is devoted to further developing interpersonal skills, compassion and acceptance, and personal responsibility. | |
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Large & Small Motor Skills |
Promoting a healthy lifestyle begins in early childhood. Children are growing up in a society with a lot of choices — some healthy, others not. Our teachers help our students to further develop their physical motor skills (both large and small) and nurture healthy habits while also encouraging student confidence and self-esteem. | |
| Penmanship | Our four and five year old students benefit from the use of Handwriting Without Tears from the Get Set for School’s Readiness and Writing curriculum. Based on more than 25 years of success with the very popular Handwriting Without Tears, this program complements and expands our current curriculum designed to prepare young learners for school. Writing requires skills that are essential for school; physical, language, cognitive, social, and perceptual. Handwriting Without Tears uses music, movement and multi-sensory manipulatives to teach all the core readiness skills including pencil grip, letter and number recognition, number and capital letter formation, and body awareness. |
Learning Styles
The Bible says that children are wonderfully and fearfully made. Each is unique in many ways, including the way that they learn. At Heights Christian Schools, we employ many techniques and strategies to ensure that we are meeting the needs of every student entrusted to us. Since each classroom is comprised of students with a variety of learning styles, our teachers endeavor to reach all learners by organizing activities around all of the different modalities. This results in students that are engaged, encouraged and learning to be successful in school!
Some students are visual learners. These students learn best through demonstrations and opportunities to see. They often make lists, learn through descriptions, recognize sight words and often remember faces but forget names.
Some students are auditory learners. These students learn best through listening, and prefer verbal instructions. They enjoy dialogues, discussions and plays; they like to talk! These students often remember names but forget faces.
Some students are kinesthetic learners, and they learn best by doing. Energetic, these students prefer to do rather than to watch or listen. They often like to draw or doodle to remember, and do best when they are active.
Communication
Maintaining strong communication with our parents is something that our preschool strives to do well. Our preschool uses a variety of applications available to keep our parents informed and ensure that the lines of communication are always open.
Maintaining Strong Communication
Phone Calls
Personal Phone Calls: It’s important to us that we never lose that personal touch with our parents. When appropriate and as often as possible, we speak to our parents directly.
Automated Phone Calls: On occasion, our preschool will send out pre-recorded messages from the director or other school staff concerning important preschool news. Our automated system will also be used to notify parents in the unlikely event of a school-wide emergency.
Monthly Newsletters
Student File Folders
Social Media
Heights Preschool is the best! I feel so safe dropping my son off at school each morning knowing that he will learn, have fun, and be well cared for. He is learning so much and wakes up excited to go to school each day. We feel so blessed to have found this program.
- Jennifer H. - Parent, La Mirada Preschool
Licensing
Our preschools are licensed by the state of California, Department of Social Services. The California Department of Social Services has the right to interview children and/or staff and has the right to inspect and audit childcare records relating to the operation of our preschool without prior consent (Title 22, 101200).
Facility #300603820 - Brea Preschool
Facility #364803741 - Chino Hills Preschool
Facility # 364846271 - Ramona Preschool
Facility #191591834 - La Habra Heights Preschool
Facility #198006195 - La Mirada Preschool
