Kindergarten Curriculum

 Religion
  • ​​The kindergarten religion curriculum goes through the main bible stories. The class will learn about creation, the fall of man, God's unending love, the 10 Commandments and other bible stories. Religion it taught with the use of art activities, puppet shows, worksheets, memory work, and short video clips. We highlighting Christmas with a Christmas program with our class as well as with the rest of the school. We focus on God's love for each student and what it means to be a disciple in his church.


Art
  • Young students will explore and create with a wide variety of media, such as painting, drawing, collages as well as others.  The focus is to allow the students to create using imagination while being introduced to the basic elementary elements of art.


Drama
  • Along with classroom dramatic activities (readers' theaters, short plays, etc.) Students have the opportunity to participate in two dramatic activities yearly. The first is our Christmas Eve program which is presented by students in kindergarten through 8th grade. The second is our spring play presented by the Kindergarten through 4th grades, In both productions students are required to memorize lines, deliver them in an audible manner with feeling and emotion, and work well with directors and other performers.
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Health/Physical Education​
  • Students learn gross motor skills in dynamic ways.  Each month is a different unit with age appropriate drills and activities.  The units are as follows:  running, volleyball, basketball, dance, cooperative games, gymnastics, jump rope, soccer, badminton, and parachute games.


History/Social Studies
  • In kindergarten Social studies focuses on students everyday communities. Over the course of the year the students will learn about Community workers, Church community, Classroom community and what it means to be a good citizen. The goal is to build their knowledge of  what it means to be a strong Christian and to understand how others live in the world around them.


Literacy
  • Kindergarten students are constantly making connections between reading, writing, literacy and other classes. The students are involved in daily guided reading, read – alouds, center based play, student led activities, teacher directed activities and group discussions. With the small classes each student is able to develop their skills at their own pace. The students learn how to be good presenters as well as good listeners. The students have daily use of a Smart board, lab tops and manipulatives that are used to expand their learning.


Math
  • Kindergarten students are taught math in a hands on environment. With the use of hand on manipulatives, trial and error and teacher directed instruction the students learn how to sort and classify, create patterns, count and compare, label shapes and numbers, add, subtracts and start to read graphs. Math is integrated into their daily routine. We use math in centers, group time, and daily math small group activities and lessons.


Music
  • Students are given an introduction to music.  Lessons are a variety of songs, activities, dance, movement, and playing rhythm instruments.  Age-appropriate music concepts are taught as well as exposure to a variety of music including sacred, classical, folk music, and children's songs.


Science
  • The kindergarten science curriculum ties in with the classes monthly themes. It is a hands on curriculum that has the main focus to learn more about the world around them. The students learn to ask questions and challenge what they already know. The year begins with focusing on the difference between living and non living. During this time the students learn about different types of animals. The class rotates every year from learning about farms and farm animals to learning wild animals in their Zoo unit. From their the students begin to learn about habitat and environments. Over the coarse of a year they will learn about their senses, plants, bugs, dinosaurs, colors and planets. They will get to test their engineering skills with many STEM activities and work with basic science tools such at thermometers, measuring devises, microscopes, telescopes, and binoculars. They will learn how to make observations and record what they observed. The students also have access to a science centers during their free play activity time. This allows for student lead observations and experimenting.


Spanish
  • Students are introduced to Spanish through the use of greetings, songs, calendars, and vocabulary learning in context.  The emphasis is on words that relate to their lives and community.  They will learn words related to greetings, manners, colors, numbers, family, zoo animals, and fruits.  They will also learn about some aspects of the Spanish culture.

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