Kindergarten
Program
Classroom
Activities
Language
The main focus is placed on one letter of the alphabet each week.
Students learn each letters' sound, what the upper and lower case
letter looks like and what words begin with the letter. There is
also time spent learning to properly write each letter, both upper
and lower case. Students are encouraged to bring in something from
home each week to share with the class that starts with the target
letter.
Reading
In addition to regular letter work, we also make a book each week.
Although students are not truly learning to read the words in
these mini books, they are learning the location of the title,
the location of the page numbers, and the left to right progression
of the text. Learning basic reading skills such as looking at
pictures for context clues and following words with a finger all
help to guide their "reading." Children who are ready
to read are assessed and placed into a tiered reading program
tailored to their level.
Math
Children use math activities that involve colors, shapes, sorting
and patterning. Special attention is paid to the numerals and
quantities 1-20 through activities that stress numeral recognition,
numeral writing, and one-to-one correspondence skills. In addition
to these basic skills, we also explore money, time and fractions,
sequencing, and counting to 100 by twos, fives, and tens. The
children have many opportunities to work with a variety of manipulatives
that make the difficult concepts of math more concrete and easy
to understand.
Science
Children love science, because it is all around us! We learn about
topics in natural science such as animal habitats, animal camouflage
and body coverings, plants, birds, reptiles, and mammals. We also
devote time to discovering properties of matter with activities
that involve mixing colors, sinking and floating, and magnetism.
The class also spends several weeks studying big topics like the
solar system, the food pyramid, and dinosaurs!
Art
There are many opportunities to work with a variety of media when
the children do art projects. Many projects are created using
paint, glue, colored paper, beads, sand, tissue paper, crepe paper,
and just about anything else we can find that would be fun to
work with!
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