BEFORE ENTERING EARLY KINDERGARTEN

Students are encouraged to know the following before entering Early Kindergarten:

• Students are encouraged to attend preschool
• Familiarity of letters
• Familiarity of numbers 1-10
• Recognize basic colors
• Count 1-10

MONTHLY FIELD TRIPS

We continue to need parent volunteers to drive and chaperone during these monthly adventures. Trips include:

• Zoo
• Planetarium
• Theater
• Teddy Bear Factory
  
  

CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

Our program involves non-denominational Biblical teaching and prayer.  A Beka text books are used for language, art and Bible.  Houghton Mifflin is used for math and "Why do ducks quack?" for science.

Language

• Recognition of letters A-Z, both upper & lower cases
• Writing capital and lower case letters
• Vowel and consonant sounds
• Short and long vowel sounds
• All letter sounds
• Letter Blends: ex. ba, be, bi, bo, bu

Arithmetic

• Counting 100
• Recognition of numbers 1-20
• Graphing
• Patterns: ABAB, AAB, ABB, ABC
• Addition
• Subtraction
• Money
• Time
• Fractions
• Shapes

Music

• Teacher Directed
• Along with being lead by guiter

History: United States

• Our Flag
• Our President
• White House
• American Heroes

Science

• Environment
• Human Body
• Space

Art

• Projects with letters.
• Projects with beginning sounds.
• Seasonal projects.
• Free choice projects.

Bible

• Bible song
• Memory verses
• Lessons from both the Old and New testament.
• Lessons such as Salvation series, Genesis, Life of Christ, missionaries, and many more.