Higher Ground Academic Academy
OUR PROGRAMS
Higher Ground Academic Academy is committed to helping each child attain their developmental and educational objectives.
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For the complete development of each child that attends our facility; HGAA follows the A Beka curriculum. This curriculum is designed to help children develop physically and mentally, spiritually, and socially. Each lesson provides guidance and activities appropriate to the child's stage of development that provide language, reading, writing, and math skills and phonological awareness.
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Each classroom level within our school is created for the various learning stages children go through during the early development stages. For many, the way a child develops at 16 months is different from their development at 3 years old. At HGAA, we embrace this fact and teach your child on the level they should be learning on as we prepare them for their future educational journey. Take a look at our classroom levels and find the one that's perfect for your growing child!
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Two-Year-Olds
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Language development and listening skills that include color words, shapes, animals, transportation, countries, community helpers, health, safety, manners, science
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Simple counting 1–25
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Number concepts 1–10
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Hymns /choruses Memory verses
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Traditional and fun songs
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Three-Year-Olds
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Recognition of name, sound, and picture for short vowels and consonants
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Formation of vowels and consonants in upper and lower case
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Simple counting 1–30
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Number concepts 1–15
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Language development and listening skills that include color words, shapes, animals, transportation, countries, community helpers, health, safety, manners, science
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Lessons such as Creation, Noah, Boy Samuel, Daniel, Boyhood of Jesus, Zacchaeus, Good Samaritan
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Colors, shapes, following directions, eye-hand coordination
Pre-K
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Phonics and Reading
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Recognition of name, sound, and picture of long and short vowels and consonants
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Sounding of blends and one- and two-vowel words
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Reading of sentences and stories with one- and two- vowel words
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Math
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Number recognition and counting 1–100
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Number concepts 1–20
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Numbers before and after 1–20
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Bible
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Lessons such as Creation, Noah, Boy Samuel, Daniel, Boyhood of Jesus, Zacchaeus, Good Samaritan (includes memory verses and hymns /choruses)
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Traditional and Development of motor skills in drawing, fun songs coloring, cutting, and gluing
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Before & After Care
The Before and After School program offers enrichment activities for school age children. The program is not an extension of school, but rather an environment carefully designed to fulfill a comprehensive educational and fun experience. The program includes:
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Arts
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Crafts
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Gross motor development
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Computer instruction
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A shuttle is provided to and from area schools.
NUTRITION
At HGAA, we know that good nutrition contributes to effective learning in children. Numerous studies have demonstrated that eating healthy snacks regularly will boost your child's ability to learn, to think quickly, to pay attention and even to get along with others. With that in mind, a nutritious, well-balanced breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack is planned for the children at Higher Ground Child Development Center. Menus are posted monthly and a daily schedule of meal times is available. Children should not bring food to the Center without permission; please have your child present at those times. If your child is not present at the scheduled meal times, please prepare him/her a meal before they arrive at the Center.
The Center will not make substitutions on food items that your child does not like to eat.
Substitutions will only be made with a written statement from a physician on the physician’s letterhead.
When bringing snack items for parties and special events, remember healthy treats are the best. No home baked goods are allowed. For a copy of our nutrition schedule, please click here.