PREP School is an early childhood program operated as a ministry of First Christian Church in Longview that provides preschool and kindergarten education and care for young children through the kindergarten year.
PREP School operates as a ministry of First Christian Church and provides early childhood education and care for children from infancy through kindergarten. The school follows a September–May academic year and notes additional summer enrichment sessions in July.
The program emphasizes child-centered, developmentally appropriate, hands-on learning with an emphasis on language and reading development, basic mathematics concepts, nature study, art, music and motor skills. Classroom activities use learning centers, circle time and whole-language experiences to support academic skills, general concepts and monthly thematic units.
The school schedules regular resource classes such as music, art, nature, motor and computer, and organizes seasonal events including a Halloween parade, Thanksgiving feast, Christmas program with a Giving Tree processional, Western Day, Easter celebrations, and an end-of-year graduation for Pre-K and Kindergarten students.
A July summer enrichment program meeting on two days per week that emphasizes arts and crafts, literature, nature, music and outdoor games and uses weekly themes.
The infant curriculum aims to provide a safe, nurturing atmosphere and a separate indoor playroom scaled to infants' needs; rooms are organized by age with small group sizes and assigned teachers.
Kindergarten is presented as a developmental program with a limited class size, individualized instruction and the option of an extended day; enrollment requires the child to be five years old by September 1.
Four-year-old classes follow a child-centered, hands-on curriculum that emphasizes reading readiness, academic skills and monthly thematic units; resource classes mirror those for younger classes.
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Three-year-old classes use learning centers and a child-centered curriculum with resource classes such as nature, computer, music, art, motor and storytelling; classroom sizes are limited with two teachers per class.
The toddler curriculum emphasizes a secure, exploratory environment and includes a separate indoor playroom and an outdoor playground with a tricycle track and covered play area; resource classes include music, motor, art and nature.
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