Cheryl Lochner Sonshine School Director

Jenni Thomas Sonshine School Assistant Director

Two Year Old Program

The long-term goal of Sonshine School is to prepare your child as he begins the journey that will eventually lead him into kindergarten and beyond as a successful lifelong learner. Sonshine School will focus on preparing your child for the next level of curriculum at Sonshine School First Baptist Church, which is our Sonshine Academy. Throughout Sonshine School and Sonshine Academy, your child will acquire a full breadth of developmental skills necessary to successfully enter kindergarten eager and ready to learn.

What Your Two Year Old's Day is Like
She'll probably begin to talk about her day even before she arrives at Sonshine School. While getting dressed or eating breakfast, she'll be focused on going to school in the mornings and looking forward to playing and learning with her friends and teachers.

Morning Circle Time
Our two year olds will begin their day with a morning devotion and prayer time with their class. Our purpose is to instill in your child the desire to put God first in everything they do, even in their school. After devotion, children will have Circle Time with their associate class. Here, the class joins together to discuss a daily topic, usually in combination with their letter of the week. They will also talk about the weather and the day's exciting activities. Your child will learn many math and language skills during Circle Time, but equally as important she will start to participate in a longer group activity and feel comfortable speaking up in front of her peers and teacher.

Class Time
After Circle Time, the Sonshine School teacher works with the children in small groups to extend their learning experience. Sonshine School incorporates the use of centers to develop your child's skills along with one on one and teacher directed concepts. Math Centers often use pattern activities where the teacher may spend time making sure that children are creating progressively complex patterns and that they all understand the concept. During their table work, the teacher will introduce letters and shapes. She may ask the children to share their drawings and label their work as a way to document and model handwriting skills.

Next, the children typically go outside to exercise, burn off some energy and develop their gross motor skills. Yes, our teachers perform assessments outside, too. Children are working on many concepts even in their play.

Back in the classroom your child's teacher will introduce literacy and language enrichment activities that are designed to foster a love for reading. Your child will gather with the rest of the class to read a story, sing a song and/or act out a favorite book. Sonshine School believes in using quality children's literature to help make your child a lifetime reader. This is another great part of our day during which your child has fun with a variety of action songs, poems and rhymes that help to expand vocabulary and listening skills.

Bible/Music and Movement
Bible and Music and Movement are an integral part of Sonshine School. Our Bible Teacher will introduce Bible stories in a new and exciting way. We want our children to know that they have a friend in Jesus who they can always count on. Our Bible time is followed with Music and Movement to help reinforce the love of Jesus. Just wait until your two year old teaches you his Music and Movement songs.