Happy Hearts
Schoolhouse
"A happy heart makes the face cheerful..." Proverbs 15:13
Love Jesus, Love Others, Love Learning!
1X a week or 2X a Week Option Available for our Kinder & Up Grades
Full Program Tuesday & Thursday 9:30 am - 2:30 pm
Our 2X a week program covers core and elective days and is open for grades Pre-K4 - 6th grade. Detailed descriptions of core and elective day topics are given below, so the 2X a week program will include take-home work for both core and elective subject material.
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We start the day all together with our Morning Time: prayer, character trait & memory verses, calendar time, weather song, phonemic awareness activities, and Fantastic Fingers' fine and gross motor activities and continue the day with both indoor & outdoor activities, lunch, music and movement opportunities. We begin the day with small group/independent learning centers and follow up with individual work and story time.
Full 2-day Program will include the following subjects and is open to
Pre-K4, Kinder - 6th grades:
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Language Arts/ Pre-Reading/Reading :
Below is a list of some of the curriculum we will be using:
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Phonemic Awareness - Heggerty (Pre-K & Kinder)
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Gift of Reading - Phonics (Pre-K to 1st grade)
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Reading Better Together material (Kinder)
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Explode the Code Workbooks (optional) (elem. levels)
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Independent work from various sources - phonics & fluency activities
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Spelling Rules & Syllabication Rules (for those who are ready for spelling)
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ABeka ELA (3rd+grades – vocabulary & spelling)
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Charlotte Mason Style Language Arts Approach
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Literature-based read-alouds to coincide with our unit studies
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Math:
Kate Snow - Math With Confidence Workbooks (Kinder & 1st grade)
Math Mammoth (1st -6th grades & handouts posted on our Canvas website)
Various other sources – handouts given in class
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Geography & History:
Literature/History – selected literary works
Notgrass History – From Adam to Us World History (adjusted with activities for younger students for family unit studies)
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Handwriting:
Handwriting Without Tears
Fundanoodle (Pre-K & Kinder as needed)
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Fine & Gross Motor Activities:
Fantastic Fingers (Pre-K to Kinder)
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Art/ Art Appreciation:
Art Appreciation
Process Art
Ms. Sarah will use her unique program (developed for Happy Hearts) to coordinate with unit studies we have at the time.
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Science:
Apologia (Young Explorer Series) & library books - TBD (Either Earth Science or Chemistry & Physics)
Various outside sources for hands-on projects (all levels)
Nature Walks & Scavenger Hunts:
On site
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1X a Week Option: Elective Day Thursday - 9:30 am- 2:30 pm
Art/ Art Appreciation:
Art Appreciation
Process Art
Ms. Sarah will use her unique program (developed for Happy Hearts) to coordinate with unit studies we have at the time.
Geography & History:
Literature/History – selected literary works
Notgrass History – From Adam to Us World History (adjusted with activities for younger students for family unit studies)
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Science:
Apologia (Young Explorer Series) & library books - TBD (Either Earth Science or Chemistry & Physics)
Various outside sources for hands-on projects (all levels)
Nature Walks & Scavenger Hunts:
On site
Field Trips
Whether you choose our 2X a week program or 1X a week, you get to participate in all field trips and any special activities; some field trips may fall on non-class days.