Kindergarten Curriculum

Reading

• Develop comprehension skills in a literature rich environment, development of listening and phonics skills.

Spelling

• Begin to use phonetic spelling, progressing to spelling with word families.

Language Arts

• Complete writing assignments individually and in a group setting.
• Incorporate basic punctuation in all writing.
• Write daily in their personal journals.

Spanish

• Identify vocabulary greetings & introduce cultural aspects including art, music & dance.

Math

• Identify more, fewer, and same number.
• Write numerals to 30.
• Recognize patterns.
• Count by 5’s and 10’s.
• Add and subtract to 10.
• Recognize basic coins.
• Recognize basic shapes.

Science

• Use basic science skills to explore materials, objects and living things.
• Sort, classify, and report about information they have discovered.
• Topics include: weather, plants, magnets, shadows, and recycling.

Social Studies

• Discuss specific historical figures and national holidays.
• Understand the concept of past and present.
• Use position words in geography, recognize a globe and map and their features.
• Understand needs and wants, and identify the traits of a good citizen.

Computer Technology

• Understand and learn the concept that computers help people at school, play, and work.
• Identify the CPU, keyboard, monitor, mouse, printer, disk drive.
• Learn basic operations and procedures.

Art

• Children will explore a variety of art processes: painting, drawing, sculpture, weaving, collage, etc.
• We will also learn about primary and secondary colors and experiment with mixing paint.

Physical Education

• Learn how to move using concepts of body and space awareness, effort, and relationships.
• Demonstrate competence in a variety of manipulative locomotive and non-locomotive skills.
• Learn the need for a personal fitness program.
• Learn how and why to safely perform physical exercises.

S.T.E.M.

• Project based Science and Technology Activities

Sign Language

• Students Learn to Sign the Alphabet as well as Common Phrases.