Curriculum

In the kindergarten year, our focus is on preparing students to be strong readers and disciplined students. There are three hours of reading instruction each day, and 1.5 hours of math. This nearly doubles what is seen in most kindergarten classrooms. Students also have writing, science and social studies instruction. Village Prep also begins exposing children to computers in the first year, with a software package that builds reading skills.

Formal art and physical education will be introduced next year. For now, art activities are built into the core lessons, and there is singing and movement to help students transition between their activities.

All curriculum used at Village Prep is research-based and aligned to Ohio’s academic content standards.

Specifically, the school uses Reading Mastery, which stresses decoding skills, and Text Talk for the morning read aloud sessions, stressing comprehension. Scholastic Books are used for guided reading and teachers design those lessons themselves. Everyday Math is used as a guide for math concepts but teachers design their own lessons. For Science, Social Studies and Writing teachers design their own lessons and create their own curriculum. All lessons and curriculum are based on the Ohio Benchmarks and indicators for kindergarten and first grade.

Teachers also use the following: 
    Word Building 
    Glass Analysis 
    Syllasearch 
    Repeated Reading 
    Text Talk 
    Questioning the Author 
    Robust Vocabulary

Additionally, students and their families are asked to do at least 20 minutes of reading each night, and Village Prep teachers provide books for each student to use through the Village Prep Reading Backpack Program.