Kindergarten

Schedule

Monday, Wednesday and Friday all day 8:30am until 3:05pm. Early dismissals will be at 1:45pm (after lunch).

Kindergarten Curriculum Overview

Bible

God's Wonders, Christian Schools International

The curriculum for Kindergarten through second grade uses the Bible story told by the teacher as the central element.  Multisensory follow-up activities encourage students to remember and retell the stories.

Students are introduced to the remarkable works of God on behalf of His people and stories of Jesus' life, death, and ascension.

Bible Memory  

Kindergarten students memorize a verse for each letter of the alphabet.  They also memorize Psalm 23 and 100, Luke 2:8-14, Matthew 28:5-6 and the Lord's Prayer.

Math

Everyday Mathematics

We use a hands-on approach to Sort and Classify, Count, Skip Counting, Geometry (shapes), Number Patterns, Money, Time, Measuring Data, Graphing, Addition, Subtraction and Estimation.

Reading 

Foundations, Wilson Reading Basics

• Students develop phonological and phonemic awareness through sound-to-symbol and symbol-to-sound correspondence. Students are directly taught the structure of the English language following the six syllable types.
•  Vocabulary is selected to correspond with the word structure being studied and its high frequency of use.
• Students memorize new sight words each week.
• Daily reading occurs in a variety of ways; teacher reading, coral reading, echo reading, shared reading, partner reading and leveled reading groups.

Journal Writing

Students write at their own individual levels using pictures, child inventive spelling and conventional spelling.

Handwriting    

Fundations, Wilson Language Basics

The goal of this program is to identify and manipulate sounds of language, learn how the alphabet works and learn the correct formation of the letters.

Social Studies

Topics covered include:  myself, my family, my community, my world, our solar system and special holidays.

Science

The curriculum was developed by the Battle Creek Area Mathematics and Science Center.  

This is a guided, inquiry instruction that takes advantage of the students' natural curiosity and thinking ability to focus their learning.

The four major units of study are: The Senses, Changes, My Earth and Plants, and Is It Living?

Library

The students have library once a week for 30 minutes.  They are introduced to library skills such as where to look for books, signing books out and the joy of books.

Art

Activities in the classroom focus on a variety of medium (crayons, markers, colored pencils, painting using sponges, brushes, hands, fingers, etc.)

Physical Education

Perceptual Motor Development-once a week

Music

Students are introduced to basic concepts of music (long/short, loud/soft, fast/slow, high/low) through the use of singing and listening. Once a week.