Mission: “The mission of the Al-Iman Academy Pre-School is to provide safe,
affordable, high quality child care while educating the children between 3 and 5 year old in the greater Richmond area.”
Our goal is to provide an Islamic environment where children are encouraged to learn both western as well as Islamic education. Our staff is committed to enhancing the social as well as academic learning of the children, and to prepare them for the future ahead.
Al-Iman Academy pre-school curriculum is designed to enable both Islamic as well as academic learning in students while providing necessary social skills to succeed in the future. Below are the areas that this curriculum will focus on.
Islamic Studies
- Be comfortable in an Islamic environment and learn basic Islamic etiquettes
- Memorize 1st Kalima, some basic duas and surahs
- Memorize Arabic alphabets
- Learn some basic facts about Islam and the prophets
- Numbers and Counting
- Learn to identify and memorize the numbers one through 10 and correctly count 10
- or more objects.
- Learn to memorize and identify the numbers 11 through 20 and correctly count them
- As they advance, they will learn that the numbers and objects actually correspond.
Letters and Sounds
- Learn to recognize and name all 26 uppercase letters (lowercase letters are harder
to learn at this age)
- They will recognize their own first name and be able to print it, along with some other
letters and meaningful words
- Children will also develop a connection between letters and sounds and know some
of the sounds that letters make
Colors, Shapes, and Objects
- Learn or continue to learn the names of many colors
- Learn basic shapes and body parts
Drawing and Cutting
- Learn to hold a crayon and draw basic shapes
- As they develop better hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills, they will start
drawing and coloring beyond just scribbles and will learn to use pencils,
paintbrushes, and glue.
- Learn to cut with scissors in a safe manner and cut basic shapes
Socializing and Sharing
- Developing important social skills is necessary and to know how to ask for help
- Learn how to share and cooperate, to participate in group activities and to work
- together and take turns
- Learn to follow simple directions, and to communicate wants and needs