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Bluebag Media
EUM students in
demand; prepared for kindergarten
GREENVILLE – “How are we the same?” We all have hair, lips, skin… “How
are we different?” Our hair is curly, straight, long, short, brown,
black, blonde… We all have feelings! Surprise, worry, lonely, scared,
excited…
“We’re all the same,” said Greenville Public Library children’s
specialist Julie Frona. “We’re all different. That’s what makes the
world exciting.” She was reading to a class from EUM Pre-School. It was
one of two trips a year where children from the pre-school walk to the
library for the reading and activity session.
According to pre-school director Elaine Snyder, the trips are part of a
“well-rounded curriculum” that focuses on five areas: intellectual,
emotional, spiritual, physical and social. She said they work off the
“Handwriting without Tears” concept which focuses on a lot of different
things, including language and literacy, math and numbers.
Snyder said they run the same as the typical school year and have a
focus for each week. It includes a letter, color, shape and number. The
teacher, Lorraine Grote, said lessons also include reading and singing
every day. Snyder added the activities are theme based: body, pets,
crafts and so on.
“We read a Bible story based on the themes,” Snyder said. “That’s our
mission statement: Loving God, Loving Family...
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