Sonshine Preschool
since 1996
Our Background
Sonshine Preschool has been established by the Sweetser Wesleyan Church for the purpose of providing a 2½ hour program that will benefit the child, the parent, and the community. The school is a non-profit, nonsectarian, interracial, and nonpolitical institution.
The school is governed by a board consisting of six members. Five of those are members that attend the Sweetser Wesleyan Church. One serves as a parent representative.
The Director oversees the daily operations of the school and assists in teaching skills classes as needed. It is recommended the director hold a four year Bachelors Degree and have experience with administrative as well as early childhood development.
Teachers are required to have a high school diploma, with a recommended certification in Early Childhood. Pre-Kindergarten teachers oversee a group of children with a focus on teaching targeted goals that prepare the student for entrance into Kindergarten. Early Learner teachers prepare their students for entrance into Kindergarten.
The school is governed by a board consisting of six members. Five of those are members that attend the Sweetser Wesleyan Church. One serves as a parent representative.
The Director oversees the daily operations of the school and assists in teaching skills classes as needed. It is recommended the director hold a four year Bachelors Degree and have experience with administrative as well as early childhood development.
Teachers are required to have a high school diploma, with a recommended certification in Early Childhood. Pre-Kindergarten teachers oversee a group of children with a focus on teaching targeted goals that prepare the student for entrance into Kindergarten. Early Learner teachers prepare their students for entrance into Kindergarten.
Our Goals
Our goal is to provide opportunities for children to be with other children in a setting conducive to the development of wholesome social relationships. To provide appropriate play experiences that contribute to the developmental needs of a child. And to provide opportunities for learning that is based on a child's individual needs, interests, handicaps, and abilities that will build foundations for further reading skills, and other academic and developmental pursuits.
Centers developed around the use of fine motor manipulation, gross motor activities, creative play and introduction to writing skills, allow for each student to begin preparedness for Pre-K and Kindergarten. Readiness skills are listed below:
- Pre-reading skills
- Visual Discrimination
- Visual Memory
- Perceptual Motor
- Auditory Discrimination
- Auditory Memory
- Alphabet Recognition
- Beginning Phonics
- Literacy Readiness
- Language Development
- Listening Skills
- Number Readiness
- Handwriting Readiness
- Social Values
- Intro to Art and Music
-Scissor Skills
Centers developed around the use of fine motor manipulation, gross motor activities, creative play and introduction to writing skills, allow for each student to begin preparedness for Pre-K and Kindergarten. Readiness skills are listed below:
- Pre-reading skills
- Visual Discrimination
- Visual Memory
- Perceptual Motor
- Auditory Discrimination
- Auditory Memory
- Alphabet Recognition
- Beginning Phonics
- Literacy Readiness
- Language Development
- Listening Skills
- Number Readiness
- Handwriting Readiness
- Social Values
- Intro to Art and Music
-Scissor Skills
