What our program provides?
Our program utilizes the best development opportunities that Douglas County School District has to offer:
Teaching Strategies/ Creative Curriculum
Learning Without Tears
Everyday Math
Second Step Social Emotional Learning and the 4 Zones of Regulation
Unique learning environments
Individualized learning
We are 100% invested in the Cougar Run Elementary School community.
We participate in the fun run, field day, and school-wide assemblies.
Little Cougar Goals
To be excited about learning and coming to school each day
Comprehension of letters and letter sounds
Number recognition and counting
Pattern recognition
Listening comprehension
Social and emotional development
A sense of independence
100% kindergarten readiness
The handwriting curriculum used in Little Cougars is Learning Without Tears and Get Set for School which uses multi-sensory, developmentally appropriate strategies to increase success with early writing and math skills. Learning Without Tears and Get Set for School is incorporated into the daily curriculum and children will gain both fine motor strength as well as confidence in their math and writing skills based on the implementation of the LWOT strategies.
The leading research-based, top-ranked, whole-child early childhood curriculum designed for and developed in partnership with educators. Our Pre-K curriculum nurtures children's curiosity and promotes development and learning in the year before kindergarten.
Little Cougars uses Zoo Phonics for developing children's phonemic awareness and pre-reading skills. Zoo Phonics is a multi-sensory kinesthetic curriculum that teaches children how to identify different sounds in words and the distinct sounds of each letter. More information about the curriculum can be found here.
Little Cougars uses a combination of several different social/emotional programs to enrich our whole child learning experience.