Programs at Alphabet Soup consist of:

A. Every day experiences

1. Health - A washing of our hands and face
2. Nutrition
3. Social - Playing with other children
   1. Learning to share
   2. Trace letters (age appropriate)
   3. Working together in a group "co-operation"
   4. Encourage "positive playing" and "positive self-esteem"
4. Physical - Running outside, riding toys, games

B. Alphabet

1. Introduction to upper and lower case
2. Trace letters (age appropriate)
3. Sounds of letters
4. Association of words beginning with letters
5. Printing their name (age appropriate)

C. Numbers

1. Counting
2. Recognize numbers (age appropriate)
3. Writing numbers
4. Associating numbers with set or group of items

D. Shapes

1. Name of each shape
2. Learning to draw shapes
3. Associating shapes with objects that surround them in everyday life

E. Colors

1. Name colors
2. Use of colors
3. Creative, imaginary use of colors

F. Opposites

G. Music

1. Exciting tapes & CDs, songs, finger play

H. Cooking

1. Following simple recipes - A definite math experience

I. Reading Stories

1. Story time
2. Letter sounds
3. Rhyming words

J. Creative Writing

1. Read a story and the children draw a picture and, together with the teacher, the children write a short summation of the story meaning.