About
Our Saviour's Lutheran Preschool/Child Care (OSLPS) is a Preschool program that accepts children 2 years of age through kindergarten. We do require all students to be fully potty-trained. We use the Wyoming early childhood standards (the Wyoming Early Learning Guidelines and Early Learning Foundations) as a framework for preparing children for kindergarten. Our program integrates various approaches, methods, and educational philosophies to accomplish our goal of building the optimal foundation for learning in children. Knowledge of child development and the individual needs of the children we serve are the keys to success. In meeting the cognitive, physical, social/emotional, and spiritual developmental needs of all the children, we incorporate the following curriculum:
Emergent Curriculum using the Reggio Emilia approach
- Planning is focused on being responsive to children's interests to create meaningful learning experiences
- Prioritizing active participation, relationship building, flexible and adaptable methods, inquiry, and play-based learning
- Activities are child-initiated, collaborative and relative to their needs.
- There is an understanding of child development; of observing the children to discover their interests; of providing documentation, reflecting, and brainstorming (webbing the ideas); as well as being responsive, flexible and patient in the optimum learning environment.
- An environment is created that is the third teacher - inviting and typically using centers with natural materials and "loose parts" which encourage independent thinking, creativity, exploration and vocabulary building
Social Emotional Curriculum - Conscious Discipline©
- With the importance of building relationships, Conscious Discipline helps us with our school family, focusing on social/emotional development
- Conscious Discipline ensures optimal development in all domains through established routines, rituals and structures to help children develop empathy, intrinsic motivation, helpfulness, problem solving, and communication. Children learn to identify feelings and learn appropriate ways of expressing how they feel.
- Skills are developed to practice self regulation, resolve conflict, prevent bullying, and develop pro-social behaviors necessary for success in school and life.
Spiritual Curriculum - The Spark Story Bible©
- Developmentally appropriate Bible stories and related activities based on the seasons and themes of both Old and New Testaments
- Children learn to understand how the stories are applicable to everyday life situations
- Partnering with the Pastor, Spark is used for daily devotions in the church sanctuary. A weekly Spark worship bulletin is distributed to families for extending the lessons at home.
- Includes prayers and related songs throughout our daily activities.