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Pre-K through Kindergarten Curriculum

History 

Students can describe obvious differences between past and present from photos, objects or stories. They begin to use some of the vocabulary of time and can undertake basic sorting and sequencing activities using the same. Young students cannot truly understand another’s perspective; however, they are growing aware that other people have feelings and beliefs that might be different from their own. Though they may not be capable of having an historical perspective kindergarten students can begin to learn the beliefs, values and attitudes of the people in the past as preparation for future understanding and study. With teacher assistance, students can acquire information through stories and other media about the past, retell the main events and demonstrate their understanding through the use of simple drawings, words, phrases and simple sentences.

Pre-K units of study include; my family, community helpers, friendship of the Pilgrims and Native Americans, and the First Thanksgiving.

Kinder units of study include; patriotism, American symbols, famous Americans, national holidays; Christopher Columbus and the discovery of America.

Science

Young students are already curious about the world around them as evidenced by their continual questioning and their eagerness to count and organize things and tell stories about what they observe. Such dispositions and behaviors predispose them to view the world scientifically. By communicating what they see, think, and wonder about, the children are already learning a great deal about what it means to do scientific inquiry.

With an already keen sense of perception, students in these grades can sort living things into groups using observable features. They learn what is required to be healthy and safe and are able to recognize and name external body parts and basic internal organs.

Children are eager to describe similarities and differences between materials and sort them according to their properties. In order to cultivate their perceptive and explanatory properties, teachers help students to identify and classify objects by naming many different adjectives to describe objects that they see and touch.

Pre-K units of study include; observing the world through the senses, living things, plants and animals, the body and its needs.

Kinder units of study include; observing the world through the senses, animal classification, insects, the earth and it’s features, light and shadows, seasons and climates.

Mathematics

In Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten, children are beginning to understand how to represent the physical world with mathematical language and symbols. With teacher assistance students are able to use these representations to solve simple mathematical problems and also begin to understand the relationship between number and quantity which allow counting, simple addition and subtraction and comparing. The children are guided to observe that objects have properties that can be described and compared and can learn to measure time and money in simple units. The program also provides: mathematical vocabulary to help students describe physical space as well as common shapes and features; concepts of algebra through which the children recognize copy and construct patterns; and concepts of data collection and analysis, probability and statistics, through which the students collect and organize information about objects or events in their environment.  

Pre-K   Abeka/ Saxon Math K

Kinder Saxon Math 1

Language Arts

With teacher assistance, children are learning to be attentive while listening and viewing. Teacher guidance and opportunities for recitation allow the children to develop speaking skills. They are also beginning to grasp the alphabetic principle (sound-symbol match) and can use it to read phonetic text and figure out new words. Phonemic awareness allows theto construct rhymes and isolate sounds in spoken words. Exposure to print and storytelling helps the students to build vocabulary and comprehension skills. Along with their growing phonemic and print awareness that is needed to write, they are helped to develop the fine motor and coordination skills needed to write legibly. By the end of Kindergarten the children have learned the basic structure of a simple sentence. With the help of the teacher, the children begin to communicate ideas, experiences and stories through pictures, words and simple sentences. At this young age students have a natural curiosity and begin to learn with assistance how to use information from available resources to answer them.

Pre-K Abeka/ Sing, Spell, Read & Write

Kinder Abeka/ Sing, Spell, Read & Write   

Religion

The program of instruction in religion teaches simple prayers (Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be) and introduces the young learner to the feasts, celebrations, seasons and mysteries of the Catholic faith, and the love of God the Father, Jesus the Son and Savior, and the Holy Spirit.

Bible stories of the Old and New Testament, the miracles and parables of Jesus, Mary the Mother of God, the Rosary, the lives of the Saints.

Specials

Special classes include: PE/Movement, Music, Spanish, Art, Library