Kindergarten Curriculum

The Kindergarten program is intentionally designed to be a transitional period from play as learning and the experiential atmosphere of the preschool programs to the more traditional academic climate of first grade. As a bridge between these two, Kindergarten incorporates elements of each. The program strives to maintain a curriculum that is developmentally appropriate.

Each teacher has been appropriately trained in the use of the curriculum to achieve maximum results from the students. The program encourages students to improve their reading skills through daily practice. Students keep track of their reading using the “Book It” Reading Logs, and are awarded with pizza coupons for reading a recommended amount. Each class room receives grade level Weekly Readers, which improve the reading, reading comprehension, and critical thinking skills of the students using topics that are entertaining for the children and allow students to stay abreast of current issues.

Students are also encouraged to develop their creativity and to express themselves through the annual Student Treasure Writing Program. This program enables students to integrate writing into all areas of their studies. It is used to invite students to explore real-life situations and to think about real-world challenges using hands-on activities. The approach used throughout this curriculum allows for the needs of all students of multiple intelligences. Art integration is used to meet the need of visual learners, writing and reading are used to meet the needs of linguistic learners, and physical activities are used to address the needs of kinesthetic learners. The Science curriculum is closely linked to the Health Curriculum. Students are often able to revisit a topic, which helps to reinforce the ideas and concepts. The Health curriculum also covers daily life skills topics such as brushing teeth and eating healthy foods.

The Social Studies curriculum allows for easy integration and cross-curricular planning for all the subjects. Topics covered in the social studies curriculum can be reinforced with concepts in mathematics, language arts, and science. The curriculum provides books which are used for developing the reading and comprehension. Audiocassettes are provided and can be used to enhance the lesson plan, meeting the needs of different learning styles. Hands on projects are used to emphasize the lesson topic and give the students the opportunity to explore social studies outside the classroom.