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CONTACT INFORMATION
Preschool Director: Shannon Luxford
Phone: 919-781-3310
E-mail:
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EARLY YEARS PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
Serving children ages 12 months-2 years
Hours - 9:00am-1:00pm
Toddler Ratio: 2:8
Twos' Ratio: 2:12
PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS
Serving children ages 3 years to 5 years
Hours - 9:00am-12:00pm (with an extended day option to 1:00pm)
Ratio: 2:13 and 2:14
Twos' Ratio: 2:12
Transition Class-five year old
Hours - 9:00am-1:00pm
Ratio: 2:16
Testimonial from a Benson Memorial parent: "As a long time Benson parent, I always knew it was the best kept secret in Raleigh but until I had to leave and move to a different church preschool I really did not know how much i loved it. The Benson teachers are wonderful, loving and so organized! The communication is amazing and you know exactly what your child did each day in music, discovery, and movement so you can reinforce it at home. Myself and many of my neighbors wish our kids could stay at Benson forever and wish they had an elementary school. I am so glad to be back with my 3 year old."
Superior Curriculum.
Our literacy based curriculum enhances our student’s ability to attend to stories and to recall and re-tell them. Through the use of games and activities we expand upon the children's understanding of the characters, the sequence of events and comprehension of the text. We guide students in the use of picture cues, using illustrations to predict and hypothesize what might be coming next in the text. We build an understanding that text reads from left to right. Students begin to grasp that the written text has meaning and that each word is essentially a symbol. Therefore, we work on sight words. We use letter sounds, rhyming, alliteration and other word play to assist students in a deeper understanding of the written word. We practice the above strategies while reading mini books and Big Books. We work with books that use repetitive text and good picture cues to promote success.
Curriculum Enrichment Programs.
Each week, all the children attend music class. Twice a week, five-day students three and older participate in Spanish. Every other week, students three and older participate in Movement Class, a gross motor activity class. Children enjoy activities such as parachute games, ribbon stick dances, scarf dances, obstacle courses just to name a few. Science Discovery Class is a hands on class covering topics such as sinking and floating, life cycles, static electricity and others in a small group environment. Once a month, we also offer to many:
Chapel, in the Sanctuary.
Literacy Enrichment Program: designed to expand on the Literacy curriculum beyond the classrooms.
Field Trips: for children in the four-year- old program and Transition.
Occasional Programs will be scheduled on-campus to enrich programming.
Weekday Programs Calendar
Preschool
