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The Kindergarten curriculum is presented developmentally to the children. The curriculum meets the needs of each child and promotes the growth of each individual child. The social / emotional, cognitive, physical, and creative development of each child is addressed in each area of curriculum. |
 Language Arts (Reading and Writing) |
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A balanced literacy approach to reading and writing is provided. Through the exposure and participation in stories, poems and songs presented in printed form, children will develop awareness that print has meaning. Literacy will continue to develop as children use books as sources of information and enjoyment. |
- Phonemic awareness is stressed including:
- Recognizing pairs of rhyming words.
- Identifying initial and final consonant sounds in words.
- Identifying onsets and rimes to form words.
- Recognizing and naming letters of the alphabet.
- Identifying and producing letter sounds.
- Produce early approximated writing.
- Read emergent high frequency words.
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- Recognize word families.
- Make prediction, draw conclusions, sequence and compare and contrast events in a story.
- Introduce the concepts of print.
- Introduce the writing process.
- Apply listening and speaking skills.
- To form upper and lower case letters in print.
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| Math |
The kindergarten curriculum supplies a hands-on learning approach in developing the children’s concepts in math. All lessons include visual materials for the children to enhance their mathematical abilities. The children will engage in problem solving, communicating, and reasoning.
- One-to-one correspondence
- Apply concepts of counting (by 1’s, 2’s 10’s)
- Introduce concept of estimation
- Introduce concept of measuring
- Understand concept of patterning
- Identify specific shapes
- Understand concept of a graph
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- Introducing the concept of adding and subtracting objects.
- Introduce time to the hour
- Introduce Ordinal position
- Counting money-pennies, nickels and dimes
- Introduce geoboards
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| Science |
The curriculum uses the children’s natural curiosity to problem solve, compare, and make a hypothesis. Children will investigate with living and non-living things. Units covered will include:
- Ecology / Environment awareness
- The senses
- Safety
- Dental Health
- Ocean life
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- Dinosaurs
- Life cycle of butterfly
- Hygiene
- Nutrition
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| Social Studies |
The children will develop an appreciation of themselves, families, community and the world around them. Units introduce will be:
- All about me
- Holidays / Customs
- Cultures around the world
- Community workers
- Handwriting
| Art |
Students will learn various skills and techniques while encouraged to engage in self-expression.
- Experiment with different art mediums
- Create patterns
- Use different textures
| Spanish |
Basic concepts will be introduced such as color words, numbers and other vocabulary. Songs will be learned and culture introduced.
| Music |
Curriculum incorporates movement, guided listening, singing and playing rhythm instruments.
- Rhythm
- Free movement
- Musical games
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| Physical Education |
The physical education curriculum challenges each student to perform to the best of their ability in personal health/safety, large and small muscle coordination and exercise.
- Promotion of physical active lifestyle.
- Sportsmanship
- Team activities
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- Following directions
- Use of gross motor skills
- Simple games
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| Religion |
The curriculum encourages the students to form a personal relationship with God. The curriculum includes:
- How God created the world.
- Focuses on stories of Jesus and his love for God.
- Teaches the students to share God’s love.
- Introduces the students to different saints.
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- Teaches the students to prepare for advent and Lent.
- Prayers: Sign of the Cross, Hail Mary, and Our Father
- Weekly Chapel
- Weekly Mass
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