HeartStart Preschool

HeartStart Preschool

HeartStart Preschool approaches teaching toddlers and preschoolers from a long-term perspective of educating the whole child. Each lesson is organized into active learning segments that address your child’s natural mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual development.

We create learning experiences that build on academic concepts. We eat colors to learn colors, build with shapes to learn shapes, sing numbers to learn numbers, read books to learn about the exciting world around us, and play games to reinforce our learning. If you want your preschooler to read on a kindergarten level by the time they enter kindergarten, this is not the preschool curriculum for you. However, if you want to help your child develop the skill needed to make self-education a life-long pursuit, then HeartStart is a good start—a program that will help preschoolers develop a love for learning.

Too many parents feel too much anxiety about their preschooler’s reading level and worry whether their child is lagging behind academic “norms” throughout early elementary school. Research data shows that normal development varies widely among children and that an early academic emphasis does not produce long-term benefits. Actually, the opposite holds true. A emphasis on literacy during preschool does not necessarily develop superior readers longterm. Any advantage children gain through preschool disappears in early elementary school—sometimes in kindergarten [1]. On the other hand, higher childhood levels of anxiety may remain as compared to non-preschooled peers [2].

So relax, have fun, and don’t sweat it! Your child is going to learn the academic basics—when they’re ready. Don’t feel pressured to push them to do something they’re not ready to do. There are so many stress-free, wonderful things you can do to build a strong foundation of learning, happiness, and confidence. HeartStart Preschool will show you how.