Kindergarten

 
 

Our four hour a day, five day a week Kindergarten program is taught by a Washington State certified elementary school teacher.  Our Kindergarten program is based on Washington State Kindergarten goals.  Children are always engaged in developmentally appropriate activities.

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Concepts and skills include

Social Emotional Skills

  • Respecting Others
  • Accepting Responsibility
  • Becoming An Independent Worker
  • Following Directions
  • Handling Transitions and Mistakes Easily
  • Listening and Sharing Appropriately

Christian Values

  • Participate In Monthly Chapel and Daily Prayer or Bible Readings
  • Recite Monthly Bible Verse

Reading

  • Identifying Upper and Lowercase Letters
  • Sounding Out Words
  • Identifying 100 Common Sight Words
  • Blending, Counting and Segmenting Syllables
  • Creating and Identifying Rhyming Words
  • Identifying Character, Setting and Plot in Stories
  • Retelling and Comparing Stories or Information
  • Vocabulary Development

Writing

  • Creating and Editing a Piece of Writing
  • Using Conventions of Writing (spaces between words, capital letters, punctuation)

Math

  • Counting to 100
  • Counting Forward From a Given Number
  • Writing Numbers From 0-20
  • Counting Objects to At Least 20
  • Knowing What Is Greater, Less Than or Equal to a Number
  • Adding and Subtracting Numbers
  • Solving Word Problems
  • Using Base 10 Operations for Numbers 11 Through 20
  • Measuring Objects
  • Identifying, Describing and Comparing 2D
    and 3D Shapes

Science

  • Observing and Asking Questions About a Science Experiment or About Objects and Organisms