Kindergarten

Kindergarten Overview

Teacher Demographics
Schedule/Hours
100% Degreed in Elementary Education
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. – 2:50 p.m.
23 years total tenure, 14 years with The Sloan School
Before and After School Care available

Curriculum
Other
Phonics-based, highly regarded A Beka curriculum
Lunch: Nutritious lunch provided each day

Snacks: Snack at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Student Teacher Ratio
1:20 or 2:26


Kindergarten Curriculum

 Language Arts  Science  Social Studies  Arithmetic  Bible  Activities

Language Arts


Writing Poetry
  • Formation of letters, blends and words
  • Writing of first name
  • Thirteen poems committed to memory
Phonics and Reading Language
  • Recognition of name, sound and picture for short 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
  • Recognition of sentences by capital letters and periods

Science


Plants Health and Human Biology
  • God’s plan for seeds
  • God’s plan for me
Animals Earth and Space
  • God’s plan for animals
  • God’s plan for the seashore
  • God’s plan for weather
  • God’s plan for the 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