At Holy Trinity Episcopal Day School, we recognize that God uniquely created each child. We understand that each child develops at a different pace and understands content through varying learning styles. Early childhood is a time of incredible and varied growth. Our talented teachers strive to meet each child where they are and help them learn, and grow so that they are ready for the next level in their education.

Pre-Kindergarten Curriculum

Spiritual Curriculum

Jesus Storybook Bible

We focus on a weekly bible story in the classroom that carries into our chapel lesson. The Jesus Storybook Bible is a resource that aids us in fostering an understanding of God’s presence and God’s love in our lives.

Language and Literacy Curriculum

DIG by Abrams

For over 30 years, The Letter People Puppets have proven a strong base to growth and development.  D.I.G., Develop, Inspire, Grow, is a pre-k program that builds upon this legacy and leverages the proven strength of these unique learning friends to develop, inspire and grow little learners.  This research-based, developmentally appropriate, comprehensive, thematic and play-based pre-k curriculum, engages the whole child through a balance of skills and play. DIG helps early learners develop the strong foundation they’ll need for reading and writing success in today’s much more rigorous kindergarten classrooms.

  • Thematically organized

  • Integrated learning across language and literacy, math, science, and social-emotional development

  • Oral language and listening skills

  • Print awareness

  • Phonological and phonemic awareness

  • Alphabet knowledge: letter identification and sound-symbol association

  • Vocabulary development

  • Writing and spelling

Fundations by Wilson Language Program

Pre-k Fundations makes learning to read and write fun while laying the groundwork for life-long literacy. Students receive a systematic program in critical foundational skills, emphasizing:

  • Phonemic awareness

  • Phonics/ word study

  • High frequency word study

  • Reading fluency

  • Vocabulary

  • Comprehension strategies 

  • Handwriting

  • Spelling

Phonemic Awareness Foundational Skills by Heggerty

Rooted in research, the Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Pre-Kindergarten curriculum provides daily lessons with hands-on learning opportunities to develop phonological and phonemic awareness through:

  • Rhyme

  • Phoneme Isolation (initial, final, and medial)

  • Phoneme Blending

  • Phoneme Segmenting

  • Adding, deleting, and substituting syllables and phonemes

  • Letter names 

  • Letter sound recognition

  • Language awareness via nursery rhymes

Mathematics Curriculum

Pre K Math by Tara West

Pre-K Math is a thirty-five week curriculum that takes away that monotonous way of teaching math where students sit and listen to the teacher. Instead, Pre-K Math encourages guidance from the teacher while the students teach and learn math through hands-on and engaging math activities with their peers. Pre-K Math units are made up of ten instructional days each. The units include assessments along the way to ensure student growth. Each lesson plan breaks down a sixty  minute block into movement, rhythm, whole-group lesson, small-group lesson and apply & practice. 

Science Curriculum

Little Learners Science Curriculum by Pocket of Preschool

Based on current research, NGSS standards, and state standards, Little Learners Science Curriculum provides hands-on science activities that teach students science skills and methods as well as an awareness for the world around them. Students discuss their investigations with their peers and teachers before recording their findings in their science journal. Science units are rotated every one to two weeks in order to keep students engaged with new materials and subjects. In each unit, students develop scientific inquiry skills as they:

  • Use science tools

  • Sort and classify 

  • Measure using non-standard and standard measurement tools

  • Observe and examine

  • Engineer and construct

  • Collect and interpret date

  • Predict

  • Wonder and question

  • Problem solve

 
 

Kindergarten Curriculum

Spiritual Curriculum

Jesus Storybook Bible

Our older students continue to use the Jesus Storybook Bible in the classroom. 

Language and Literacy Curriculum

Engaging Readers by Deanna Jump

Engaging Readers is a research-based reading comprehension and phonics curriculum that provides interactive read-aloud lessons.

  • Tier 2 Vocabulary is introduced and studied each week.

  • Sentence and grammar study is incorporated into each read-aloud.

  • A variety of comprehension assessments are used.

  • Aligned to. Common Core State Standards and TEKS standards for kindergarten.

Phonemic Awareness Foundational Skills by Heggerty

The Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Kindergarten curriculum provides daily opportunities to develop phonological and phonemic awareness by progressing to the phoneme level through oral play activities. It covers all consonants, short vowels, digraphs, blends, and rhyme patterns. 

  • Fast-paced lessons with embedded instructional support and modeling.

  • Includes alphabet knowledge activities.

  • Provides opportunities to make phoneme-grapheme connections, matching the sounds we hear to letters in print. 

  • Movement-based learning techniques that are grounded in research and ensure learning fun. 

Bridge to Reading Foundational Skills by Heggerty

The Bridge to Reading Foundational Skills curriculum builds on the Phonemic Awareness Foundational Skills curriculum by integrating phonics. It provides everything a kindergarten teacher needs to implement daily whole-group phonemic awareness and phonics lessons in thirty minutes. The curriculum includes a speech-to-print focus, multisensory instructional strategies, daily differentiated instruction, and engaging, instructive, meaningful decodable passages and readers. It includes a focus on standards-based assessments. 

Handwriting Curriculum 

Shared Journals

We use shared journals daily to build up writing stamina in our students. Students are given a prompt that provokes reflection. After verbally sharing their response with the class, students write their response in their journal and draw a corresponding picture. They are encouraged to use inventive spelling as well as utilize the word wall that includes learned sight words. Not only are shared journals proven to improve writing and communication skills, but they also help students develop social and emotional awareness.

Mathematics Curriculum

My Math by McGraw-Hill

My Math curriculum provides opportunities for students to build their understanding of mathematical concepts and ample practice to master important skills through a problem-solving environment, ensuring that students become life-long problem solvers. Students are taught through whole group instruction, small group instruction, collaborative learning, adaptive learning, and independent practice. The program interweaves the three components of rigor— conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency, and application— setting the stage for steady progress and confident learners.