Pre-K & Kindergarten

Early Childhood Program

CAC’s Early Childhood Program is built on the belief that each child is a wonderfully unique creation of God. Our goal is to partner with each child’s family to foster an environment that promotes independence, faithful living and the exploration of new ideas. We believe learning should be creative and active! CAC has developed a rich environment that encourages the verbal, social and spiritual development of all Early Childhood students.

Our PreK program offers flexible options:

We know that our teachers are the best around! Take a look below to see the exciting things happening in our Early Child classrooms:

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Learning Independence

In CAC’s Early Childhood Program, students learn independent skills like:

  • Using the restroom independently
  • Packing and unpacking backpacks
  • Fastening and unfastening coats
  • Managing belongings
  • Opening packages and containers
  • Asking for help
  • Handling confrontation with peers
  • and more!

“Pre-K4 teachers strive to build the confidence and independent skills the children will need in kindergarten. We begin by building confidence in the children so that they believe they are capable of completing tasks. Once they believe in themselves and their abilities, we expand and strengthen their independent skillset. This is achieved through positive reinforcement, praise, and promoting opportunities for the children to attempt challenging tasks.” – Amy Zini, Pre-K4

“We teach them to ask for help using words instead of fussing and we show them how to ask for help instead of demanding it. We spend a lot of time on basic communication skills. They already know how to speak, but in PreK3, they begin to learn the proper way to communicate.” – Kate Molnar, Pre-K3 

“We begin the year with the students placing their daily folder in a purple tub to start the day.  Their parents unpack their backpacks while the students bring their folders into the classroom. From there, I show them step-by-step how to pack their backpacks to go home. Then they learn to unpack their backpack in the morning, roll their napper and nap mat at the end of the day –  just to name a few examples. At times, I include a specific skill on my Monday letter to let the parents know what we are working on and how they can help at home. I also give each student time to stand up in front of the classroom and talk about what we are learning about.” – Shannon Pitre, Pre-K3

Incorporating Faith Daily

“Most of our science units lend themselves to incorporating God into them.  When we learn about the seasons we reference creation and God’s amazing plan – how he set the sun and moon in the sky to mark the seasons; with migration, adaptation and hibernation, the animal’s fur that changes to white during the winter, butterflies that fly south and return to the same area. God’s wonder is all in that, and the list goes on and on.  When we learn about MLK in Social Studies, we stress that God has created us all equal and expects us to show love and respect to all people. This actually gets talked about a lot in kindergarten – using the Golden Rule as a guide to live by.”

– Laura Rowan, Kindergarten

At CAC, our mission to provide a distinctively Christian education that inspires excellence, independence, and a transforming faith in God begins at the PreK level. PreK is able to incorporate this mission as soon as the school year starts with our first unit, “All About Me,” where we discuss how we are all made in the image of God. God created each child with intentionality—uniquely and perfectly—for His purpose. This leads us directly into our study of creation, where we build upon this foundational understanding by connecting everything we learn to God’s amazing world around us and His love for us.

“By the end of PreK, we want our students to know, without a doubt, how deeply they are loved by God.

– Amy Rundle, Pre-K4  

Exploring New Ideas

“I look forward to teaching about apples and pumpkins! We do various hands-on activities with each of these. We paint with the apples, make applesauce, do an apple taste test, count the seeds, and this year we made apple “cloud dough” for a sensory bin. For the Pumpkin Unit, I have parents bring in different things made from pumpkin for each child to try. I was so surprised that they were willing to try different foods! I also love teaching different thematic units…from reading books, center activities, and crafts. Developing their language/vocabulary is a major aspect of PreK3.” – Shannon Pitre, Pre-K3

“I always enjoy the gingerbread unit. There are so many great books about gingerbread men, coupled with a lot of fun activities. Some years we even bake a large gingerbread man but he always escapes…fortunately, we’ve always found him…in the principal’s office!” – Laura Rowan, Kindergarten