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.
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