Early Kindergarten - Mrs. Hernandez

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Requirements For 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.

Early Kindergarten Monthly Field Trips

We take a field trip once a month.  Field trips include:

• Zoo

• Planetarium

• Theater

• Teddy Bear Factory

• Many more fun places.

The majority of filed trips are transported by parent volunteers.  We need parent cooperation to drive and chaperone.

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.

• Recognition of letters A-Z, both upper & lower case.
• 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.

• 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.

We have a daily card system.  The student's goal is to stay on green.  Each color has its reward or consequences.

Green-Excellent Behavior

Blue-Good

Yellow-OK

Orange-Fair

Red-Unacceptable Behavior

Our class has a macot.  It is a stuffed animal which gets to go home for the weekend with a child that has shown commendable behavior.

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