Our Curriculum

The goal of every curriculum implemented at MSP is to teach children to recognize God as He is revealed in His creation, through His Word and through His son. Here are the different curriculum areas:

The Catechism

The Children's Catechism is derived from The Shorter Catechism of the Westminster Standards. It is a systematic question and answer tool set to music, which aids in memorization. Children learn the first 35 Q/A, which cover the doctrines of creation, of God, of man, and of sin. Additionally, the children memorize scripture which defends the catechism questions.

Music

The preschoolers are taught the basics in music theory by learning to play the hand bells. They learn about pitch, volume, scale, rhythm, beat, note duration, reading and more. They will also be exposed to classical composers and orchestra instruments.

Art

The basics of painting and drawing are taught weekly: color, shape, form, value, as well as the five elements of drawing. Preschoolers are also exposed to art history and a major artist whose work exemplifies the subject area they are studying.

Language Arts

MSP is a language-rich environment with a carefully selected literature list. Hundreds of books are read throughout the year. The children will begin to learn narration, left to right orientation, sounds of letters, the beginning, middle and end of a story. Daily circle times is an important venue for the teacher to expose and teach language as they progress through learning the alphabet and recognizing letter sounds. Centers activities are designed and implemented to help the students learn their letters, hand-writing, sequencing, left to right orientation and more.

Math

Students learn counting, shapes, sorting, and grouping during centers, primarily, but also through music, art, circle time and discovery time.

Humanities/Discovery time

God's creation is the theme for our humanities curriculum, which we call discovery time. the aim is to learn not only about the creation, but the Creator Himself. We have 3 different curriculums for the 3 age groups.

Threes

They study aspects of creation: Water and what fills it, Land and what fills it, and the Sky and what fills it.

Fours

Fours study the chronology of creation, starting with Day one to Day six.

Fives

Fives study creation in the context of the larger story: Creation, Fall, Redemption and Consummation. They review God as Creator, and then jump in at day 6, with a study of Adam and Eve pre-fall: body, mind and spirit. They study the respiratory, circulatory, digestive and skeletal systems. they learn about how God made man to reason and think, and how He made man to be in community. From there they study the effects of the fall on mankind, the redemption through Jesus Christ, and the hope of heaven - the consummation.