Preschool

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Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and don't prevent them.  For such is the Kingdom of God." 

Matthew 19:14

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The ABeka Curriculum

ABeka Book is dedicated to providing quality education from a Christian perspective. At NBS, we are unashamedly Christian and traditional in our approach to education.

 

Pre-Kindergarten (K3) Curriculum

Language Arts - ABeka

  • Recognizing letter names and sounds
  • Formation of vowels and consonants in upper and lower case
  • Language development and listening skills
  • Retelling and reciting stories and poems

     

 Math - ABeka

  • Counting (1 – 30)
  • Number Concepts (1-15)

Bible - ABeka
  • Old & New Testament lessons
  • Memorizing Bible verses
  • Prayer Time

 

Music – 1x/wk

P.E. – 1x/wk

Art – 1x/wk 

Library - 1x/wk

 Pre-Kindergarten (K4) Curriculum    

 

 Language Arts - ABeka

  • Recognizing letter names and sounds
  • Consonant – vowel blends
  • Sound out one-vowel words
  •  Sight words: a, the
  • Retelling and reciting stories and poems
     

      Math - ABeka

  • Counting (1 – 100)
  • Graphing
  • Basic shapes
  • Patterning
  • Calendar activities
  • Problem solving
  • Sorting/Grouping
  • Number recognition (1 – 20)

          Writing - ABeka

  •  Printing alphabet and numerals through 20
  •  Name

        Bible - ABeka

  • Old & New Testament lessons
  • Memorizing Bible verses
  • Prayer time
  • Memorizing “The Lord’s Prayer”

Music – 1x/wk

Computer – 1x/wk

Art –1x/wk 

Library - 1x/wk

P.E. – 1x/wk

 

Kindergarten (K5) Curriculum

Phonics – ABeka

  • Names and sounds of all letters
  • Co, to, do, of, you, I
  • Sentences, capitals, concept of 5 vowels
  • Consonant-vowel blends
  • One- and two-vowel rule
  • One-vowel words
  • Sight words a and periods
  • Making short and long vowel words
  • Two-vowel words

      Writing – ABeka

  •  Writing lower-case letters (manuscript)
  •  Letters, blends, and words
  •  Names
  •  Writing capital letters (manuscript)
  •  Words, phrases, and sentences

         Language Enrichment – ABeka

  •  Rhyming words
  •  Similarities and differences
  •  Simple analogies
  •  Classifications
  •  Drama

          Numbers – ABeka

  • Counting 1-100
  •  Recognition & concept of numbers 1-100
  •  Patterns
  •  Shapes
  •  Money: penny, nickel, dime, quarter
  •  Concept of larger, smaller, same size, before- after, longer, taller, shorter greater than and less than
  •  Ordinal numbers 1st – 10th
  •  Counting by 2's to 100, 5’s to 100, 10's to 100
  •  Calendar
  •  Time to the hour, half–hour and quarter–hour
  •  Combinations: one – ten addition families
  •  Fractions 1/2; 1/4

         Social Studies - ABeka

  • Community Helpers
  • America
  • Children of the World

         Science - A Beka

  • Weather/ Seasons
  •  Seeds
  •  Animals
  •  Seashores

          Bible - ABeka

  • Salvation Series
  • Creation
  • Noah
  • Abraham & Isaac
  • Jacob
  • Joseph
  • Life & Ministry of Jesus
  • Crucifixion of Jesus
  • Resurrection
  • Bible Memory Verses

      Skills Development - ABeka

  •  Habits
  •  Colors
  •  Writing readiness
  •  Cutting skills
  •  Coloring skills
  •  Concept of same/different
  •  Visual perception activities
  •  Motor coordination activities
  •  Listening/thinking activities

Music– 1x/wk

P.E. – 1x/wk

Computer – 1x/wk

Art - 1x/wk

Library - 1x/wk