Curriculum

Learning with Purpose. Growing Through Play.

At Sonshine School, we believe childhood is meant to be filled with wonder, exploration, and joyful discovery. Our comprehensive, school-developed curriculum has been thoughtfully designed to meet the unique needs of our students while providing meaningful, developmentally appropriate learning experiences.

Rooted in applicable state early learning standards and guided by current research on early childhood education, our curriculum embraces the understanding that young children learn best through intentional, play-based experiences. Every activity has a purpose—even when it simply feels like fun.

Intentional Learning Through Play.

Play is the foundation of learning at Sonshine School. Through hands-on exploration, children naturally build critical thinking, communication, creativity, and problem-solving skills while developing confidence and independence.

Our teachers thoughtfully create learning experiences that encourage children to:

  • Explore and ask questions

  • Create and imagine

  • Build friendships and social skills

  • Practice language and communication

  • Develop early math and literacy concepts

  • Strengthen fine and gross motor skills

  • Grow emotionally, spiritually, and academically

Rather than relying on worksheets, we believe children learn best by actively engaging with the world around them through meaningful play.

  • LITERACY AND EARLY WRITING

    Language and literacy are woven naturally throughout each day.

    Children build early reading skills through stories, songs, conversations, dramatic play, games, and hands-on literacy activities. These activities include things like playdough, fine motor activities, monthly writing journals, and dry-erase activities, just to name a few!

  • MATH

    Children build strong mathematical thinking through games, manipulatives, investigations, and everyday experiences.

    Concepts such as counting, number recognition, patterns, sorting, measuring, comparing, and problem solving.

  • CREATIVE EXPRESSION

    Our classrooms emphasize process art, allowing children to experiment freely with a wide variety of materials rather than focusing on creating identical projects.

    Children have opportunities to paint, sculpt, draw, collage, explore different artistic media, and express their own ideas and creativity.

  • SCIENE AND SENSORY EXPLORATION

    Children are naturally curious, and our curriculum encourages that curiosity through hands-on science investigations and rich sensory experiences.

    Students explore nature, weather, life cycles, simple experiments, textures, water play, loose parts, sensory bins, and seasonal discoveries.

Growing in Faith Every Day

Faith is woven naturally into each day at Sonshine School. Through daily chapel, Bible stories, worship, prayer, and meaningful conversations, children learn about God's love.

In partnership with our Assistant Director of Spiritual Development, students participate in age-appropriate Bible enrichment that encourages both spiritual growth and strong character. Our desire is for every child to know they are deeply loved by God and to carry that love into their relationships with others.