Our Educational Programs
At Valley Ranch Academy, we believe children benefit when they are exposed to structured, developmentally appropriate, and joyful experiences. We believe every school should offer a fun, safe place to explore and learn.
Learning Through Play
Children learn thru exploration, imitation, and play. Learning should be fun, joyful, and interactive. We will provide a daily schedule that offers children safe opportunities to explore and understand their world, develop life and school ready schools, and learn to take care of themselves while being kind to others.
We have articulated clear expectations for each age group we serve. To learn more, click any link below.
Infants:
- Infant rooms monitored by close circuit cameras. Parents have internet viewing access free of charge
- Infant rooms are exceptionally sanitary: all surfaces sanitized daily, toys sanitized daily or more often as needed
- Infants are nurtured by being held, talked to, cuddled, and read to every day
- Classical or children’s music played every day
- Regular outside time in specially designed infant/toddler playground
- Visual stimulation with high contrast infant graphics in cribs
- Daily developmental activities designed to increase awareness, motor skills, attention span, and build trust
Toddlers:
- Classical or children’s music played every day
- Children read to every day
- Regular outside time in specially designed infant/toddler playground
- Self-feeding skills with spoons
- Spanish
- Vocabulary skills: body parts, animal names and sounds, colors, common everyday objects
- Art activities
- Cooperative/Social skills
- Introductory Circle Time
Two’s:
- Potty Training 101
- Regular outside time on specially designed playground
- Circle Time
- Music, singing, listening, and dancing
- Spanish and American Sign Language
- Reciting and recognition of alphabet
- Art experiences
- Reciting and recognition of numerals 1 to 20
- Children read to every day
- Vocabulary development: animal names, body parts, common everyday objects
- Colors & Shapes recognition
Three’s:
- Reciting and recognition of alphabet
- Beginning phonics: basic letter sounds
- Beginning writing: capital letters and first names
- Rote counting 1 to 50. Recognition of 1 through 20. Writing numerals 1 through 10
- Counting objects- one to one correspondence 1 to 20
- Patterning, classifying, sequencing
- Spanish and American Sign Language
- Beginning journal keeping
- Basic science knowledge: animals, plants, seasons, magnets, etc.
- Social studies: multicultural, maps, manners
- Regular outside time on specially designed playground
PreK:
- Recognition of all letters, capital and lower case
- Sounds of all letters
- Writing of all capital letters, beginning lower case knowledge
- Beginning phonic blending. Basic short vowel words. Recognize several sight words
- Rote counting 1 to 100, counting objects 1 to 50
- Recognize numerals 1 to 100. Skip counting by 5’s and 10’s
- Sort & classify, basic graphing, predictions, sequencing, patterning, logical reasoning
- Beginning addition and subtraction using manipulatives
- Spanish and American Sign Language
- Journal keeping
- Science: animals, magnets, earth science, plants, seasons, etc.
- Regular outside time on specially designed playground
After School:
- Nutritious afternoon snacks
- Homework club
- Arts & crafts
- Sports and outdoor games
- Dress up and home living center
- Board games and chess club
- All-day care provided on select school holidays
- Afternoon pick-up provided from some schools
Summer Program:
- Nutritious afternoon snacks
- Homework club
- Arts & crafts
- Sports and outdoor games
- Dress up and home living center
- Board games and chess club
We are now accepting pre-applications to enroll for early 2024.
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21617 Valley Ranch Crossing Drive.
Porter, TX 77365
1(281)747-7281