Horizon Leadership Academy
At Horizon Leadership Academy, our Pre-K program uses the Frog Street Pre-K Curriculum, a comprehensive, research-based program designed to nurture the whole child through intentional, engaging, and developmentally appropriate instruction. The curriculum integrates academic learning, social-emotional growth, and hands-on exploration, ensuring a joyful and meaningful early learning experience.
Aligned with Frog Street’s Conscious Discipline approach, our Pre-K program emphasizes self-regulation, empathy, and positive social interactions. Students learn to identify and express emotions appropriately, cooperate with peers, resolve conflicts, and develop self-confidence. Daily routines and social stories support an understanding of classroom rules, respect, and community belonging.
Through rich storytelling, songs, read-alouds, and interactive conversations, students expand their vocabulary, listening, and speaking skills.
-Early literacy lessons focus on phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge, rhyming, and print concepts.
-Writing experiences encourage name writing, drawing, and beginning letter formation, strengthening fine motor skills and fostering a love for written expression.
The math strand in Frog Street builds number sense through concrete, hands-on learning.
Students explore:
-Counting, sorting, and patterning
-Shape and size recognition
-Basic addition and subtraction through manipulatives and everyday scenarios
-Measurement, graphing, and problem-solving skills that encourage logical thinking and foundational numeracy.
Through hands-on investigations and sensory experiences, students explore the world around them while developing observation and inquiry skills. Topics include weather, plants, animals, the five senses, and simple experiments that introduce prediction, comparison, and cause-and-effect reasoning.
Social Studies and Community
Students build awareness of themselves, their families, and the world around them. They learn about community roles, rules, traditions, and geography in age-appropriate ways, fostering curiosity, empathy, and respect for diversity.
Creative Arts and Motor Development
Frog Street integrates art, music, and movement throughout the day to promote creativity, coordination, and expression. Students participate in art projects, dramatic play, rhythm activities, and guided movement, supporting both fine and gross motor skills.
Readiness and Transition to Kindergarten
By the end of Pre-K, students have developed a balanced foundation in academic readiness, emotional intelligence, and self-help skills. The Frog Street program ensures that every child is prepared for kindergarten success - ready to learn, share, and thrive as confident, curious learners.
After attending several schools, we are thrilled with our experience at Horizon Leadership Academy. The school's commitment to safety, modern facilities, and a variety of extracurricular activities has truly stood out. With small class sizes and a nurturing environment, Horizon has provided the best educational experience for our children so far.
HLA Parent
The Pre-K and Kindergarten Fine Arts curriculum at Horizon Leadership Academy introduces young learners to foundational artistic concepts and skills. Students explore lines and shapes and learn to identify and use primary colors in their artwork. Hands-on activities teach them to safely use scissors and glue, mix white paint to achieve value, and experiment with creating texture.Students also develop spatial awareness by balancing objects within a composition and using overlapping techniques to create backgrounds. Artistic projects focus on adding highlights to create form and drawing portraits, fostering creativity, fine motor skills, and an appreciation for visual arts. This curriculum lays the groundwork for future artistic exploration and self-expression.
The program fosters curiosity and confidence while teaching basic digital literacy and early digital citizenship.Students practice navigating a computer using a mouse or trackpad, developing skills such as clicking, dragging, and scrolling. They learn to identify and care for basic computer components, including input and output devices like keyboards, monitors, and speakers. Early lessons in digital citizenship emphasize respectful online behavior and personal safety. Through interactive activities, students build hand-eye coordination and a foundational understanding of technology basics, setting the stage for future learning.
At Horizon Leadership Academy, our youngest learners discover the joy of music through movement, rhythm, and play. Students explore sounds, steady beats, and simple melodies using percussion instruments and singing activities. Through dancing, echo songs, and interactive games, they build listening skills, coordination, and self-expression while developing a lifelong love of music.
-Sharing and Taking Turns: Cooperating with peers by sharing materials and waiting patiently for a turn during group activities or playtime.
-Listening and Following Directions: Actively listening to others and following multi-step instructions in classroom and social settings.
-Expressing Feelings Appropriately: Using words to express emotions and needs instead of actions like yelling or grabbing.
-Problem-Solving with Peers: Working through disagreements or conflicts by using negotiation and compromise.
-Showing Empathy and Kindness: Recognizing others' feelings and offering comfort, encouragement, or help when appropriate.
-Use text evidence to analyze characters' actions, motivations, and growth in various genres.
-Ask and answer questions to analyze plot structure and themes in literary texts.
-Visualize and discuss how settings influence events and characters in texts.
-Connect texts to personal experiences, other readings, and societal issues.Identify and support the main idea in informational texts using key details.
-Use text structures and features (headings, charts, etc.) to enhance understanding of various texts.
-Analyze how authors use language, structure, and purpose to convey meaning.
-Recognize the characteristics of different genres, including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
-Listen actively, follow discussion rules, and contribute meaningful insights about texts.
-Reflect on reading progress and achievements through self-assessment and discussions.
-Learn and be able to recognize high-frequency words (sight words)
-Create vivid and relatable characters in writing by applying descriptive language and character development techniques.
-Plan and draft narratives with clear plots, conflicts, and resolutions centered on a defined theme.
-Develop detailed settings in writing that enhance mood and support the story’s theme.
-Use writing to reflect on and respond to connections between texts and personal experiences.
-Organize informational writing around a clear main idea, supported by well-researched details.
-Structure writing effectively using appropriate formats, such as informational text headings or poetry stanzas.
-Experiment with writing techniques and styles to achieve specific purposes, such as informing or persuading.
-Write in various genres, applying appropriate conventions and structures for each.
-Collaborate with peers to brainstorm, revise, and improve writing through writing clubs or group projects.
-Apply grammar rules and conventions effectively in writing, such as using varied sentence structures and correctly integrating parts of speech.
-Writing and Drawing: Using proper pencil grip to write letters, numbers, and sentences neatly and drawing shapes or pictures with control and precision.
-Cutting and Gluing: For craft projects, you use scissors to cut along straight or curved lines and apply glue with accuracy.
-Manipulating Small Objects: Handling small items like buttons, beads, or building blocks to improve dexterity and coordination.
-Cutting and Gluing: For craft projects, you use scissors to cut along straight or curved lines and apply glue with accuracy.
-Manipulating Small Objects: Handling small items like buttons, beads, or building blocks to improve dexterity and coordination.
-Recognize, compose, and decompose numbers up to 20 using objects, pictures, expanded forms, and place value concepts to represent hundreds, tens, and ones.
-Solve addition and subtraction problems within 20 using basic strategies like making 10, decomposing numbers, and applying number sentences.
-Use place value to compare and order whole numbers up to 20 using comparative language and tools like open number lines.
-Collect, sort, and organize data into categories, and represent it using pictures and bar graphs to draw simple conclusions.
-Use concrete and pictorial models to represent and compare numbers up to 20.
-Identify objects with measurable attributes, including length, weight, and capacity, and compare them to describe differences.
-Apply basic strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems within 20, using objects, pictorial models, and number sentences.
-Use place value to compare numbers up to 120 and represent these comparisons using symbols like <, >, and = . Generate and use sets to represent numbers greater than, less than, or equal to a given number up to 20.
-Identify, describe, and classify two- and three-dimensional shapes using formal geometric language.
-Model the actions of joining and separating to understand addition and subtraction.
-Tell time to the hour and half hour using both analog and digital clocks.
-A solid understanding of numbers 1-100
-Observe and describe how objects can move in various ways, including straight lines, zigzags, up and down, back and forth, round and round, and fast or slow.
-Understand simple push/pull ways of moving objectsIdentify and describe the location of objects to each other, using terms like above, below, behind, in front of, and beside.
-Use the five senses to explore different forms of energy, such as light, heat, and sound.
-Observe and record properties of objects, including relative size, mass, shape, color, and texture.
-Investigate how materials change when heated or cooled.
-Observe and illustrate objects in the sky, such as clouds, the moon, stars, and the sun.
-Observe and describe weather changes over time, including daily variations and seasonal patterns.Identify repeating patterns in nature, such as the cycle of day and night and the changing seasons.
-Examine the basic needs of living organisms, such as food, water, and shelter for animals, and air, water, and sunlight for plants.
-Differentiate between living and nonliving things based on their basic needs and ability to reproduce.
-Locate places on the school campus and describe their relative locations using terms like near, far, left, and right.Identify and describe the responsibilities of authority figures in the home, school, and community.
-Explain the importance of rules and laws in maintaining order, security, and safety in the home, school, and community.
-Identify and describe the roles of public officials and the importance of good citizenship in maintaining a constitutional republic.
-Recognize and explain the significance of national patriotic holidays such as Presidents’ Day, Veterans Day, and Independence Day.
-Identify the flags of the United States and Texas and recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States and Texas Flags.
-Explain the importance of contributions from historical figures like George Washington, Stephen F. Austin, and Martin Luther King Jr. shaping the nation.
-Describe the physical and cultural characteristics of places, including landforms, bodies of water, and the ways people live based on geography.
-Compare and contrast life today with life in the past, including changes in schools, work, clothing, and technology.
-Identify and describe the cultural contributions of different communities, including the significance of American Indian traditions, arts, and storytelling.
The Pre-K and Kindergarten Fine Arts curriculum at Horizon Leadership Academy introduces young learners to foundational artistic concepts and skills. Students explore lines and shapes and learn to identify and use primary colors in their artwork. Hands-on activities teach them to safely use scissors and glue, mix white paint to achieve value, and experiment with creating texture.Students also develop spatial awareness by balancing objects within a composition and using overlapping techniques to create backgrounds. Artistic projects focus on adding highlights to create form and drawing portraits, fostering creativity, fine motor skills, and an appreciation for visual arts. This curriculum lays the groundwork for future artistic exploration and self-expression.
Horizon Leadership Academy’s Pre-K and Kindergarten Technology curriculum, delivered through Learning.com and aligned with TEKS standards, introduces young learners to foundational computer skills in an engaging and age-appropriate manner. The program fosters curiosity and confidence while teaching basic digital literacy and early digital citizenship.Students practice navigating a computer using a mouse or trackpad, developing skills such as clicking, dragging, and scrolling. They learn to identify and care for basic computer components, including input and output devices like keyboards, monitors, and speakers. Early lessons in digital citizenship emphasize respectful online behavior and personal safety. Through interactive activities, students build hand-eye coordination and a foundational understanding of technology basics, setting the stage for future learning.
Horizon Leadership Academy’s Pre-K and Kindergarten Technology curriculum, delivered through Learning.com and aligned with TEKS standards, introduces young learners to foundational computer skills in an engaging and age-appropriate manner. The program fosters curiosity and confidence while teaching basic digital literacy and early digital citizenship.Students practice navigating a computer using a mouse or trackpad, developing skills such as clicking, dragging, and scrolling. They learn to identify and care for basic computer components, including input and output devices like keyboards, monitors, and speakers. Early lessons in digital citizenship emphasize respectful online behavior and personal safety. Through interactive activities, students build hand-eye coordination and a foundational understanding of technology basics, setting the stage for future learning.
