We have a ratio of 1:5 in our two-year-old program allowing us to accommodate 10 children with 2 teachers.

Our curriculum is developed with the curious toddler in mind, "High Reach." The High Reach Curriculum complements the Core Knowledge curriculum that the children are introduced to in our three-year-old program. We encourage the development of language and motor skills through exciting monthly themes. Simple games, songs, and finger-plays are just a few of the activities that enable each child to learn about the world first-hand. Each week, art, small/large motor, language, music, and rhyme activities help engage and involve your two-year-old in new learning experiences.

We have a ratio of 1:7 in our three-year-old program allowing us to accommodate 14 children with 2 teachers. 

Our Preschool Program offers a wide range of basic learning experiences. The classroom environment is designed with learning centers to provide many discoveries through the free exploration to include math/manipulative, science, art/crafts, dramatic play, language arts, sensory area, and block area. Our circle times include leader recognition, music & movement, theme-related stories, and religion.

We have a ratio of 1:9 in our four-year-old program allowing us to accommodate 18 children with 2 teachers. 

The classroom is designed with free exploration learning centers allowing for discovery which include math manipulative, science, art/crafts center, dramatic play, language arts, sensory, and block area allowing children to discover at their own pace. Our circle times include leader recognition, calendar, music & movement, theme-related story, Zoo Phonics, Handwriting Without Tears, and religion.

Our Preschool Part-Day programs offer a wide range of learning experiences, allowing children to develop at their own pace. The classrooms are set-up to provide a wide range of learning centers including, math/manipulative, science, art/crafts, dramatic play, language arts, sensory and block areas.  Our circle times include leader recognition, calendar, music and movement, theme relates stories, Zoo Phonics, and religion. 

Your children will learn to Walk like Jesus as they participate in daily "Jesus Time" as well as weekly chapels with their preschool friends.  Our preschool programs use the Core Knowledge curriculum, which is a developmentally based curriculum allowing children to develop at their own pace while challenging them cognitively and encouraging them to become avid learners.  Our curriculum is also designed to help children develop a wide variety of Important life skills.  Your children will be exposed to award-winning literature and a broad spectrum of art mediums while enhancing their lives with enriching activities.  Your children will have regular opportunities to engage in a large motor development program, which supports their growth in all areas of development.

Our Preschool Full-day programs are designed for the working parent who needs care both before and after our part-day preschool programs.

During our full-day programs, the children continue to work on the skills they are learning in our part-day. The children have an afternoon circle time, snack time, centers, art and enjoy our outside classroom, allowing them the chance to grow both cognitively and socially.

All children staying after 12:00 pm, in our full-day programs, will be having lunch. There is a microwave available for warming-up lunches. 

OSLS PTO works throughout the year to enhance our children’s educational and social experience. We will continue the well-received and highly popular events: Fall Fundraiser (Dance- A-Thon), Trunk-or-Treat, Holiday Fundraisers - Thanksgiving Pies and Easter Sees, Teacher Appreciation Week, Father-Daughter/Mother-Son Dance, Scrip, Lucky Shares, Box Tops for Education, and the End of the Year Picnic. 

We find the Beginners Bible a perfect way to introduce our children to the stories and characters of the Bible. God is integral in all that we do, your children will find that Jesus time touches every part of their day. 

The Core Knowledge Preschool Sequence is a set of model guidelines describing fundamental competencies and specific knowledge that provide coherent foundations for later learning in kindergarten and beyond. The Preschool Sequence is meant for children between the ages of three and five. The Preschool Sequence addresses physical, social, linguistic, and cognitive aspects of development. 

Zoo-phonics® is a method developed to make children strong readers and spellers using a “phono” (hearing), “oral” (speaking), “visual” (seeing), “kinesthetic” (moving), and tactile (touching)—whole-brain approach. The Animal Alphabet helps children remember the shapes and sounds of the letters. The Body Movement for each Animal Letter helps “cement” the phonemic information into memory. 

Handwriting Without Tears® strives to make legible and fluent handwriting a natural and automatic skill for all children. Our unique curriculum uses entertaining, multisensory techniques and research-based methods to help students develop skills and form letters—from prewriting to printing to cursive.   The children will meet Mat Man, wooden pieces that help children learn how to draw a person, promote body awareness, socializing, and sharing.  

During Jesus Time the children have the opportunity to hear the Bible stories through books, videos, and songs as well as acting out the story for their friends.They learn how the stories in the Bible apply to their lives. Our classrooms become a community of sharing the forgiveness and kindness we know in Jesus.

In the dramatic play area, the children learn to improvise and use things in a symbolic way to represent something else.  This is abstract thinking! The children also are able to try on different adult roles and to solve social problems through negotiation with friends.

Children are learning math and science skills as well as new vocabulary concepts of texture, color, weight, and size as they engage in sensory activities.

When the children use blocks at school, they learn concepts of shape, size, and length, all of which help with reading and math.  We also learn to use our imagination and cooperate with others!

During manipulative play the children learn hand-eye coordination, to make and repeat patterns, symmetry, shapes, order, and design.  These are all math skills.

As the children explore science they use their fine motor skills and tactile senses. They learn about cause and effect, experimentation, questioning, and logic!

During coloring and writing, the children learn to hold a pencil/crayon and to control the pressure. They use hand-eye coordination and are able to express themselves with words when describing their drawings.

The children are able to use their imagination, creativity, and express their feelings. They learn the relationship of space and size, concepts of symmetry, balance, and design. These are all math and reading skills!