Kindergarten

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Mrs. Elizabeth Hall .	Mrs. Vickie Smith .

Kindergarten provides an enriching environment where each child may find success and enjoy the learning process. There is continuing emphasis on self awareness and sensitivity to others.

As five year olds’ abilities to perceive and internalize the world around them increase, so do their abilities to deal with ideas, concepts, patterns, and facts. Kindergarten provides opportunities for more formalized instruction in reading readiness, phonics, and number skills. Much time is spent in developing and sharpening the skills needed for further learning. Children in kindergarten are encouraged to work within a framework appropriate and beneficial for each individual.

The kindergarten curriculum includes: math, language arts, social studies and science. Students in kindergarten also receive the benefit of specialized instruction in Physical Education, Music, Bible, Computers, and Art. In addition, the students go to the Media Center weekly for instruction in library skills and story time.

LANGUAGE ARTS
Phonics and reading:

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

Manuscript writing:

• Letters, blends, words, and sentences
• Names

Language:

• Recognition of sentences by capital letters, periods, question marks, and exclamation points

MATH

• Number recognition, counting, and writing 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 through tenth
• Value of coins and dollar bills
• Telling time
• Using the calendar
• Days of the week
• Addition facts through 10
• One-step story problems in addition
• Beginning subtraction
• Geometric shapes, spheres, and cubes

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Community helpers
• Families
• Children around the world
• America; Our Great County (map studies, famous Americans and places)
• Transportation

SCIENCE
Life Science:

• Plants and seeds
• Animals
• The seashore

Health/Human Biology:

• Self awareness

Earth Science:

• Weather
• Seasons

Scientific process:

• Properties of common objects
• Tool

Textbook List

READING
A BEKA
My Blend and Word Book
Publisher/Copyright Date: Pensacola Christian College © 1995

A BEKA
I Learn to Read, Books A – D by Knowles and Hedquist
I Do Read, Books 1 – 4 by Knowles and Hedquist
I Can Read Well, Books 1 – 4 by Knowles and Hedquist
© 1996

PHONICS
A BEKA
Letters and Sounds K by Knowles and Johnson
© 1994

WRITING
A BEKA
Writing with Phonics K5 by Hedquist and Sleeth
© 1995

ARITHMETIC
A BEKA
Number Skills K by Knowles
© 1995

SCIENCE
A BEKA
God’s World K by Morris
© 1995

SOCIAL STUDIES/CULTURAL HERITAGE
A BEKA
Social Studies K by Hedquist and Knowles
© 1995

ART/READINESS SKILLS
A BEKA
Readiness Skills K by Knowles and Hurst
© 1995