Our Programs

"Where learning comes alive"

Our Programs

Fort Mill Preparatory School is committed to maintaining low staff to child ratios. We firmly believe that the beginning of any quality environment begins with creating close and nurturing relationships between teachers and children.

Activities

Circle Time/Small Group Activities: Greetings and good-byes, songs, story telling and dancing offer opportunities for self- expression in a group setting. Cooperative games and dramatic play build social skills, cooperation creativity.
Free Choice Time: Creative arts, painting, construction, and cooking, imaginary play, manipulative activities, a sand/water table, craft and play dough are available. Children play independently, in small groups or one-on-one with a teacher or parent. Clean up time encourages children to practice responsibility and cooperation.
Snack Time: Age appropriate manners can be practiced while children share a snack and conversation.
Outdoor Play: Children explore their large motor skills in a wonderful outdoor play area that includes a variety of playground equipment, playhouses, sandbox, big toys, bikes, garden boxes and play around trees. Activities include outdoor games, dramatic play and exploration.
Special Events: Opportunities for sharing experiences might include: field trips to a farm, fire station, bakery or pizza parlor, nature walks, roller-skating and picnics, or visits from a doctor, firefighter or other guests with special skills.

Teacher Reports

Each day our teachers contribute a report on class activities and events for the monthly newsletter.

Admission

Enrollment priority is based on the date of receipt of the completed FMPS application, registration fee and first week deposit
The FM Prep Cooperative Preschool does not discriminate against applicants or students on the basis of race, religion, sex or national origin. Children need not be potty-trained to attend.
Join us and discover a child-centered preschool that celebrates learning through play.

To learn more, call 803-548-8123 or email fmprepschool@comporium.net - where learning comes alive

Our Curriculum

The curriculum is based on each age group. We use the creative curriculum method of teaching. Some of our attendant beliefs of a developmentally appropriate, child-centered curriculum are:

Play is the child's way of working and learning.
Children's play becomes their work as they discover new materials in the environment.
Learning is what children do; it is not something that is done to them.
The classroom environment will be designed to encourage self-learning with guided practice from the teacher.
Children grow and develop at unique, individual rates that are often unrelated to their ages.
Classroom activities should support this developmental approach for each child.
Every child has the right to feel good about him/her.
Enhancing of the child's positive self-concept will be the focus of many classroom activities.
Children's natural curiosity and eagerness to learn are enhanced if children are free to follow their natural interests.
A discovery approach to learning will be incorporated in the classroom to encourage and develop children's curiosity.
Children learn from interactions with other people.
The environment will be designed to encourage children to observe other children working, work with other children, and work individually.
Children need a variety of opportunities in order to encourage creativity.

The classrooms contain interest centers thereby encouraging simultaneously occurring learning activities. In this way, each child has an opportunity to work in a variety of centers using a variety of materials.

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