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Early Childhood
Early Childhood Curriculum
In OCA Early Childhood classrooms, students will be taught a strong academic foundation through a Biblical Worldview using the Bob Jones Curriculum. OCA will be using the following content curriculum materials for Kindergarten-3rd Grade.
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For tutoring tutorials and extra practice, Bob Jones provides a free AfterSchoolHelp for students and families to use.
Kindergarten Curriculum
OCA Kindergarten students will be taught using The Bob Jones Press Little Learners Program. This curriculum focuses on:
- To teach students foundational phonics to prepare for reading with understanding.
- To guide students in applying foundational Bible, math, science, and social studies skills.
- To give opportunities to communicate through listening, speaking, and composing.
- To guide students in relating biblically to their fellow students, authorities, and other people in their communities.
- To provide opportunities for hands-on learning, discovery learning, and intentional play.
- To equip students in applying the knowledge of God to how they think, learn, and play.
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Early Childhood Reading Curriculum
For Early Childhood Reading classes, students will be taught using The Bob Jones Press Early Childhood Reading Program. This curriculum focuses on:
- Foster a joy of reading.
- Differentiate instruction with reading groups to meet the instructional needs of individual students.
- Integrate a phonogram approach to phonics teaching and word-work instruction.
- Teach vocabulary in context.
- Encourage fluency by first reading silently for comprehension and then orally for communication.
- Enhance comprehension through literary skills and strategies.
- Develop discernment by evaluating literature from a biblical worldview.
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Early Childhood English Curriculum
For Early Childhood English classes, students will be taught using The Bob Jones Press Early Childhood English Program. This curriculum focuses on:
- To foster an appreciation of language as a gift from God.
- To develop a foundational knowledge of English grammar and mechanics.
- To develop study and reference skills.
- To teach the writing process for narrative, informative, opinion, and expository writing.
- To encourage clear and effective writing through mentor text analysis and regular practice of writing in real-world contexts.
- To develop digital literacy.
- To guide the development of collaboration, listening, speaking, and viewing skills.
- To provide space for reflection on communication that serves others.
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Early Childhood Handwriting Curriculum
For Early Childhood Handwriting classes, students will be taught using The Bob Jones Press Early Childhood Handwriting Program. This curriculum focuses on:
- Pre-Cursive Fonts (Grades K-2nd Grade)
- The formation of letters through patterns.
- Learn to write continuous-stroke letters.
- The foundation of both our precursive and cursive systems.
- Developing a rhythm and flow that eases the transition to cursive writing.
- Cursive Fonts (2nd-6th Grade)
- Continue to learn and reinforce natural, legible, and attractive handwriting.
- Perfecting their handwriting through supported practice
- Practicing from memory, and creative writing.
- Introducing artistic writing with calligraphy.
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Early Childhood Spelling Curriculum
For Early Childhood Spelling classes, students will be taught using The Bob Jones Press Early Childhood Spelling Program. This curriculum focuses on:
- Guide students in developing spelling skills using phonics patterns, word studies, syllable patterns, high-frequency words, derivational suffixes and prefixes, and Greek and Latin word parts.
- Promote the spelling-meaning connection through word study and word sorting activities.
- Develop spelling consciousness through proofreading and writing activities.
- Strengthen students’ word knowledge, reference skills, and writing vocabulary by teaching dictionary skills.
- Meet the needs of individual students by using activities that differentiate instruction.
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Early Childhood Math Curriculum
For Early Childhood Math classes, students will be taught using The Bob Jones Press Early Childhood Math Program. This curriculum focuses on:
- Develop number sense by progressing from manipulatives to abstract representations.
- Promote computational fluency and automaticity through consistent, strategic practice and spiral review.
- Develop a foundation in number systems, fraction theory, algebra, geometry, and statistics.
- Build grit and problem-solving skills through meaningful, authentic applications, including word problems and collaborative STEM experiences.
- Make sense of mathematical concepts and applications in light of biblical principles.
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Early Childhood Science Curriculum
For Early Childhood Science classes, students will be taught using The Bob Jones Press Early Childhood Science Program. This curriculum focuses on:
- Develop a foundational understanding of scientific knowledge and skills.
- Guide students in applying scientific knowledge and skills in ethical ways to solve real-world problems, using activities that include collaborative STEM experiences.
- Use models to explain and describe observations and make predictions.
- Enable students to interpret and apply scientific knowledge through the lens of biblical teaching.
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Early Childhood Social Studies Curriculum
For Early Childhood Social Studies classes, students will be taught using The Bob Jones Press Early Childhood Heritage Studies Program. This curriculum focuses on:
- To develop social studies skills and a foundational understanding of geography, economics, history, government, civics, and culture.
- To evaluate sources, cultures, and events from a biblical worldview.
- To propose solutions to economic, political, and social problems.
- To become lifelong learners who value freedom, equality, and individual responsibility.
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Early Childhood Bible Curriculum
For Early Childhood Bible classes, students will be taught using The Bob Jones Press Early Childhood Bible Program.This curriculum focuses on:
- To equip students to read, interpret, and apply the Word of God to their lives.
- To teach Bible study skills through modeling and guidance.
- To teach basic Bible doctrines.
- To build the students’ belief and confidence in the authority of God’s Word.
- To teach students the gospel so they can know and proclaim Christ as their Savior.
- To help students trace the Creation, Fall, Redemption storyline of the Bible.
- To equip students with the basics of a biblical worldview for obedient living in God’s world.
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