The Good and the Beautiful is leading a movement to return children to a love of wholesome literature that strengthens families and that creates beautiful hearts and minds.

If we were to explain our approach in two words, those two words would be 

“WHAT WORKS!” 

• What works to make learning joyful?

• What works in teaching strong academics?

• What works to help children become good writers and good thinkers?

• What works to help children appreciate wholesome, top-quality literature?

• What works to bring children closer to God and to their families?

The answers to these questions drive how we form our curriculum.

Learn more at https://www.goodandbeautiful.com/ 

We believe schooling is not just about checking off all the subjects to be taught each day—it’s about shaping children’s hearts and minds and, above all, leading them closer to God. Thus, our nondenominational Christian curriculum is rich with nature, beautiful art, and literature that supports faith, character building, and strong families.

Learning should be fun and creative while ALSO being academically solid and thorough. Our intentional and planned curriculum is thorough and academically robust, leaving no holes in your child’s academic foundation.

Our lessons are open-and-go, and we maximize learning by teaching multiple concepts in each activity or lesson, reducing busywork and teaching time so that you and your child have time for the many other opportunities that homeschooling brings.

In short, we focus not on one educational philosophy but rather on what works! Because our curriculum is so balanced and does not lean toward any extremes. 

A Pocket of Preschool was designed by a Preschool Teacher who taught multiage full-day preschool programs, this is precisely what Gateway Academy is! Our student range is Preschool 3, PreK 4, and Kindergarten (ages 3-6)! 

A pocket of Preschool curriculum is play-based, hands-on, engaging-themed centers and activities that support and nurture a child's learning. The materials evolve and change as our studies/themes change.

For a better look, check out her website here: https://pocketofpreschool.com/

Ranked the #1 reading instruction resource in an independent survey of more than 18,000 K-5 teachers, Reading A-Z is famous among educators for its extensive collection of leveled reading resources. With more than 2,000 books at different levels of text complexity, you can easily put developmentally appropriate content into each student's hands. The product also includes thousands of corresponding resources to enhance instruction and strengthen students' reading skills, such as guided lesson plans, worksheets, assessments, and much more.

• Differentiate student reading with more than 2,000 books at different levels of text complexity.

• Hone reading skills with lesson plans, worksheets, discussion cards, and comprehension quizzes that accompany every leveled book.

• Teach important 21st-century skills and address critical ELA curriculum standards with thousands of downloadable, projectable, and printable teaching materials.

• Utilize hundreds of world language / translated books ideal for bilingual, ELL, and dual-language programs.

To learn more - https://www.learninga-z.com/site/products/readinga-z/overview

Heggerty lessons are designed to provide daily instruction in 8 phonological and phonemic awareness skills. We have created an explicit and systematic approach in which students are practicing blending, segmenting, isolating, and manipulating words, syllables, onset-rime, and/or phonemes each day. Most literacy curricula currently available place minimal focus on phonemic awareness, only practicing 1-2 skills each day.

“The two best predictors of early reading success are alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness.” (Adams, 1990) With our curriculum, students receive daily practice in both alphabet recognition and 8 phonological awareness skills. This explicit instruction scaffolds support for students to work with early, basic and advanced phonemic awareness skills. Phonemic awareness instruction, along with phonics, provides students with the foundational skills they need to become automatic decoders of print.

For more information: https://heggerty.org/ 

Secret Stories® is the “secret” reasons WHY letters get together and make the many different sounds they do. 

They offer logical explanations for letter sound behavior that learners’ brains crave! 

Rooted in the science of reading and cognitive neuroscience research, 

Secret Stories® targets backdoor learning channels to accelerate phonics skill mastery for reading and writing. 

Secret Stories® works seamlessly with any reading curriculum or phonics program to fast-track the critical “code-based” phonics skills needed to read and write—while fitting perfectly into existing instruction.

For more information: https://www.thesecretstories.com/ 

SPARK is dedicated to creating, implementing, and evaluating research-based programs that promote lifelong wellness. SPARK strives to improve the health of children and adolescents by disseminating evidence-based physical activity and nutrition programs that provide curriculum, staff development, follow-up support, and equipment to teachers of Pre-K through 12th grade students. SPARK is committed to providing outstanding customer satisfaction through timely delivery and exceptional service. SPARK believes in fostering a positive working environment that values professional growth, upward mobility, and opportunities for people to work together toward common goals.

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Prodigies Music Lessons

https://www.youtube.com/@ProdigiesMusic/about 

The easiest way to teach young children music! Prodigies Music is full of interactive learning videos that get kids singing, hand-signing and playing their first instrument. We sing about the musical alphabet, about Solfege, about scale numbers and colors! Your kids will learn how to play their favorite songs and you'll be amazed at how fast their musicality will develop.

Early exposure to pitch

Develop a strong tonal center by focusing on the individual musical notes during a child’s formative years.

Brain-based vocabulary

Memorize the sound of the musical notes by learning them through hand-signs, numbers & colors.

Error proof learning

With color-coded instruments, videos & curriculum, children have more opportunities to get it right! We want to inspire confidence & positivity in these early, formative years.

Creative Arts and Crafts Book

While this notebook is specially designed for children in Grades K–5, it is likely to appeal to older students as well.

Twenty-seven fun, creative projects will keep your children engaged in good things. Easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions guide children through watercolor projects, pastel pictures, nature crafts, and much more.

Some of the projects include:

Sunflower Watercolor  •  Changing Trees  •  Yarn Pumpkins  •  Bird Feeder Ornaments  •  Nature Crowns  •  Kaleidoscope Rocks  •  Colorful Grid Landscape  •  Galaxy Watercolor  •  Beaded Corn on the Cob  •  Craft Stick Bracelet  •  Lined Landscaping  •  Moon Forest  •  Peacock Prints  •  Cork Sailboats

We will utilize other items as needed. 

https://kinderart.com/

KinderArt® and The KinderArt Club are for classroom teachers, art educators, homeschoolers, after-school program directors, future teachers, college students, artists and parents who want to enrich their children’s artistic lives at home.

The goal of KinderArt® has been and always will be, to make art lessons accessible to everyone. We’ve been doing it for more than 20 years and we’ll continue to do it for many more. We’ve had more than 80 million visitors make use of our collection of lessons and we can help you too.

American Sign Language is an amazing visual language that uses our hands, facial expressions, and body language to express ourselves to those who have difficulty hearing or speaking. We'll learn to communicate nonverbally through easy-to-follow diagrams of more than 180 signs, plus the signed alphabet and numbers 1-100. We will master conversation basics, including commonly used phrases and everyday vocabulary. 

We will utilize various tools to teach ASL :

• Sign Language for Kids Activity Book: 50 Fun Games and Activities to Start Signing

• Miacademy Learning Channel 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvJNSf-7NfrNpkL6B9TLlk48pzttTNRCW

The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name

Jesus Storybook Bible Curriculum

The Jesus Storybook Bible Curriculum invites children to join in the greatest of all adventures, to discover for themselves that Jesus is at the center of God’s great story of salvation—and at the center of their story too.

Progress Monitoring for Success

Easily collects, reviews, and reports data to inform instruction!

Effortlessly track progress of skills across content areas

Seamlessly report personalized data to parents

Gain access to a free library of customizable assessments

Instantly determine students' strengths and weaknesses

Use this link to read more about the expectations for kindergarten students. This is our guide for all areas at Gateway to ensure student success in their educational needs. 

Kindergarten TEKs 

First Grade TEKs

Second Grade TEKs

Third Grade TEKs

Fourth Grade TEKs

Fifth Grade TEKs