Kindergarten Curriculum
Religion – Bible
- Recount the story of God and His people in chronological order
- Daily prayer, singing of hymns, and worship time
- Weekly chapel
- Weekly Scripture memory verses
Language Arts – Spalding / Memoria Press
- Systematically teaches recognition of letters and phonemic awareness
- Introduces sound/spelling systematically
- Direct instruction in blending sounds into words
- Builds fluency through use of decodable books
- Connects spelling to phonics through dictation and spelling activities
Math – Saxon
- Systematically teaches math concepts through active participation
- Introduces problem solving activities
- Math concepts incorporated in daily discovery process during “Math Meeting”
- Exposes students to calendar concepts, coin counters, and graphs
- Challenges students to analyze data, see patterns, and explore mathematical relationships
- Introduces addition, subtraction, measurement, time, and money concepts
Science and Geography
- Basic overview of physical, life, and earth science
- Scientific vocabulary
- Using a map to find places
- Using directions of North, South, East, West
- Picturing places like United States, treasure map, street map
- Learn about the globe with continents and oceans
- Identify topography using map key
History
- Learn how a timeline works
- Learn histories of people, holidays, places, and things
- God’s work in history
- An understanding of what happened and when
Enrichment Activities
- Library
- Music
- Physical Education
- Art
Kindergarten Special Events
- Field Trips
- 100th Day of School
- Field Day
- Outdoor Education
- Class Parties
- Splash Day
- Reading Partners
- Thanksgiving Feast