Early Childhood
Program Information
Grades PK3-K5
Hours of Operation
7:00 a.m. Early arrival
8:10a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Half day program
- Available for K3, K4, and KT
8:10 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Full day program
- Available for K3, K4, KT, and K5
3:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Late stay
- Available for K3, K4, KT, and K5
Mission Statement
“The purpose of Shannon Forest Christian School is to support the Christian home and church by providing quality education from an evangelical, Biblical perspective in order to equip and challenge students to influence culture and society for Jesus Christ.”
Overview
The Early Childhood Program at Shannon Forest Christian School (SFCS) is based on the philosophy that God created each child with unique differences. Because of these differences, each child will possess varying degrees of developmental readiness. Every child will go through a cycle of development stages, but at a rate and pattern of growth particular to him or herself.
Each aspect of development – physical, social, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual – relies on and supports the others. Our teachers appreciate and anticipate that readiness, for any task has its roots in the biological and maturational make-up of the child. Therefore, teachers do not try to produce, speed up, or ignore maturational readiness.
Christian values and character traits are encouraged in the classroom at all times. First time obedience and Christ like attitudes are continuously fostered through character development lessons and teacher modeling. Daily Bible time will include prayer time, Bible memory verses, biblical knowledge, and life application.
It is our desire to foster growth in all developmental areas for the whole child through an interactive environment. Our approach is grounded in sound child development theory and appropriate practices. In order to allow each child to develop to his or her gifts and interests, we focus on our four pillars – Academics, Outreach, Fine arts, and Athletics.
Class Size Targets:
Academics
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Curriculum
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Co-Curriculum
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Outreach
- Weekly chapel
- Chapel mission project
- CONNECT – Upper school students partner with lower school students to share their off-campus ministry work
- Food drive to purchase Thanksgiving turkeys
- Ministry to nursing home at Christmas
Fine Arts
- K3-K5 Grandparents Day program
- K3-K5 Christmas program
- K5 Graduation ceremony
- After school instrument lessons for all ages, all instruments
- Let’s Dance for 3-7 year olds
Athletics
- Physical Education classes for KT and K5
- Daily outside activity for K3-K5
- Intramural offerings for soccer, basketball, and T-ball
Special Activities and Events
- Field Trips
- Celebration Educational Garden where all classes participate
- Parent Teacher Fellowship
- Moms in Touch prayer group
- Bricks for Kidz offered after school
- Grandparents Day program
- Monthly parent volunteer days
Inquiries regarding enrollment in the SFCS Early Childhood Program may be made to Emily Watkins at 864-678-5123 or by email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
