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Children
in Kindergarten continue to learn from the same types of activities they
enjoyed in preschool. They build upon their prior experiences to develop
expanded knowledge and understanding. Daily they are offered experiences in
art, music, literacy and language development, science, physical
development, math and social skills. They have time for block building,
dramatic play, talking and listening, and opportunities to make discoveries
and learn from each other in both small group and whole class activities.
It is within this framework that these skills and concepts are introduced
and reinforced:
Literacy and writing skills
- Left-to-right and
top-to-bottom orientation
- Recognition of upper and
lower case letters
- Writing upper and lower
case letters
- Recognition of the
phonetic sounds of letters
- Recognition of basic
sight words
- Recognition and writing
of first and last name
- Listening
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- Speaking
- Viewing
- Directional words
- Rhyming
- Opposites
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The use of quality literature (books, poems, chants, fingerplays) and
the development of a basic sight word vocabulary are incorporated daily.
These skills are the basis for independent reading, yet it is important to
note that most children do not begin to read until they are between 6 and 8
years old.
Mathematics Skills
- Calendar skills: days of
the week, months of the year
- Shapes: circle, triangle,
oval, rectangle, square, crescent, arch, semicircle and octagon
- One to one correspondence
- Identify money: penny,
nickel, dime, quarter, dollar
- Identify fractions:
whole, half, fourth
- Recognition of and
writing numerals 0 - 10
- Understanding number
quantity 0 - 10
- Count sets to 10
- Rote count to 100
- Number families
- Concept of addition and subtraction
- Concept of more or less
- Patterns
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- Sequential order
- Spatial relationships
- Ordinals
- Comparing by size and
quantity
- Measuring
- Estimation
- Colors
- Graphing
- Seriation
- Time to the hour
- Story problems
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These math and literacy skills are introduced and reinforced within the
context of themes explored by the class throughout the year. We do not
expect each child completing Kindergarten to have mastered everything
presented.
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