Kindergarten Curriculum

The kindergarten curriculum is a full-day program.  The program allows children to experience special classes, such as, art, library, computer, gym, Spanish, and music on a weekly basis.

Ø       Religious education is integrated across the curriculum.  Emphasis is placed on faith formation, daily prayer, and participation in weekly liturgies and prayer services.

Ø       Language arts incorporates a large sight word vocabulary, a wide variety of hands-on activities, dramatizations, role playing, singing, computer skill games, library research, show and tell, listening activities, story tapes, and journal writing.

Ø       Mathematics’ instruction includes a variety of instructional methods.  The program is designed to systematically develop math skills, including number sense, measurement, estimation, computation, problem solving, and geometry.

Ø       Science instruction seeks to develop concepts and processes through discovery of the world around us.

Ø       Social studies emphasizes the cultures and customs of other countries.

It is the goal of the kindergarten to emphasize the development of confidence and the desire to learn, to encourage curiosity, and to enhance the students’ ability to focus their attention, and to acquire social skills and techniques which enable them to relate to other children and adults.