KINDERGARTEN - CURRICULUM

LANGUAGE ARTS

Phonics and Reading

  • Recognition of name, sound, and picture of short and long vowels and consonants
  • Sounding of blends and one- and two-vowel words, and words with special vowels
  • Beginning phonics rules and special sounds
  • Reading of sentences and stories from twelve books containing one and two-vowel words and special words

Writing

  • Formation of letters, blends, words and sentences
  • Writing of full name

Poetry

  • Thirteen poems committed to memory

Language

  • Recognition of sentences by capital letters and periods

SCIENCE

Plants

  • God’s plan for seeds

Animals

  • God’s plan for animals
  • God’s plan for the seashore

Health and Human Biology

  • God’s plan for me

Earth and Space

  • God’s plan for weather
  • God’s plan for seasons

SOCIAL STUDIES

  • Community Helpers
  • Children of the world
  • America: Our Great Country (map studies, famous Americans and places)

ARITHMETIC

  • Number recognition and counting 1-100
  • Number concepts 1-100
  • Numbers before and after 1-100
  • Numbers largest and smallest 1-100
  • Counting and writing by twos, fives and tens to 100
  • Number sequences by ones
  • Using number words 1-10 and first-tenth
  • Value of coins and dollar bill
  • Telling time
  • Using the calendar
  • Days of the week
  • Addition facts through 10
  • One-step story problems in addition
  • Beginning subtraction

BIBLE

  • Hymns/choruses
  • Memory verses
  • Bible Doctrine
  • Lessons such as Salvation series, Genesis, Life of Christ

ACTIVITIES

  • Chapel
  • Spanish
  • Art
  • Music
  • Gymnastics
  • Field Trips