Orange Crescent Preschool, Garden Grove

The vision of Orange Crescent School is to provide an enriched environment where students, faculty, and staff seek the pleasure of Allah by His grace, His mercy, and complete awareness of His presence. Guided by the primary sources of Islam, the Qur’an, the Sunnah, and the Seerah of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), OCS is dedicated to providing its students with a learning environment of the highest caliber. As a belief that the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is still the best model of character, we strive to support our students by giving them the tools to follow in his footprints in ensuring that they will be successful in this life and the eternal Hereafter. We use the Montessori method and materials in our program adapted to our Islamic needs. This makes for a unique cycle of learning designed to take advantage of the child’s sensitive years between three and five where he/she can absorb information from an enriched environment. A child who acquires the basic skills of reading and math in the natural way without boredom or discouragement can gain an early enthusiasm for learning. Our classrooms use the child’s natural need for movement to guarantee balanced physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development. Children are free to move about the room at will, to talk quietly with other children, to work with the materials, and to develop positive self-esteem.