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 - 7th 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 - 7th 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 -7th 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, Part 1 continued -
4th through 7th grades
​Lower Elemenary-TBD
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Handwriting:
Handwriting Without Tears
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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 - (Chemistry and/or Physics)
Various outside sources for hands-on projects (all levels)
Lower Elementary - Christian Kids Explore Series (Chemistry and/or Physics)
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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, Part 1 continued -
4th through 7th grades
​Lower Elemenary-TBD
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Science:
Apologia (Young Explorer Series) & library books - (Chemistry and/or Physics)
Various outside sources for hands-on projects (all levels)
Lower Elementary - Christian Kids Explore Series (Chemistry and/or Physics)
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.
Poetry Tea Time!
Five times a year, a fun thematic meal with poetry readings is provided for the children's enrichment. They are held in fall, at Christmas, on Valentine's Day, at Easter, and at graduation. The students may dress in costumes or dress-up on those special days.
