Ms. Linyear, Full Day

Ms. Southard, Full Day

Mrs. Gaona, Dual Language Full Day

The world of kindergarten is a busy and happy place filled with many interesting, hands-on experiences. Children thrive in an environment that encourages and celebrates lifelong learning.

Kindergarten Objectives:

*We believe children are valuable & unique individuals, capable of learning.
*We believe children develop socially, emotionally, physically, and intellectually with individual patterns of growth.
*We believe children learn best when home, school, and community work as a team.

Math and reading are daily activities in the kindergarten classroom. Children are given many hands-on opportunities to count, collect and compare data, weigh and measure items, find number sets and graph data. These activities help build an understanding of the mathematical concepts used in kindergarten. Math lessons are designed to make math concepts relevant to every day life experiences; hands-on activities help the kindergarten child see himself or herself as a successful problem solver.

Through listening, speaking, writing, and working with letters and sounds, the kindergarten child develops reading readiness skills. Shared reading and writing activities help children learn the skills necessary for independent reading and writing. Students practice reading and writing skills daily in learning centers. Kindergarten children are provided with many activities that strengthen small muscle control and build skills needed for paper and pencil tasks.

Links:   

Alphabet Game                http://pbskids.org/lions/games/abcow.html

Letter Sounds Game            http://pbskids.org/lions/games/pounce2.html

Rhyming Words Activities      http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/reggie/index.htm

Counting Backwards        http://www.aaamath.com/B/k5g_cox1.htm#section2

Number Patterns           http://www.aaastudy.com/patk2fma.htm