Bible Study

The Bible study program is based on the Concordia Publishing House, Voyages curriculum, which centers around the joy of being forgiven children of God and accepted with unconditional love by Jesus. The children worship God through song and through prayer. They learn what God’s promises for His people have been in the past and about His willingness to act on behalf of His people today through Old and New Testament Bible stories. The children also worship at a weekly all school chapel service.

Language Arts

Kindergarteners are exposed to a print-rich environment through both the Harcourt and Alpha time reading series. Kindergarteners become familiar with capital and lowercase letters, the sounds the letters make and how those 26 letters are written. The D’Nealian style of handwriting is taught. Opportunities are given to each child to begin to recognize words that have meaning to them such as their first and last names, their classmates’ names, the eight basic color words, a series of sight words and words introduced in their pre-decodable books. The children have the opportunity to create and write their own stories through writing center activities and through the Storybook Weaver computer program.

Math

The Saxon math series is used throughout the year in Kindergarten. The children participate in hands-on activities. This involves number concepts, counting skills, patterning, sorting, number recognition, measuring and spatial concepts.

Science

The Discovery Works science curriculum is used throughout the year and topics covered in Kindergarten include life science, physical science, earth science and health and human body science. The program promotes the development of the processes that are integral to science: observing, communicating, classifying, measuring, comparing and predicting.

Social Studies

Kindergarten students learn about themselves, their families and the world around them. Specific Social Studies topics are studied in correlation with the curriculum themes. Weekly Reader is also a part of the curriculum on a weekly basis.

Art

Children are encouraged to create their own unique works of art through experiences with colors, lines, shapes, patterns, textures and designs. There are opportunities to work with a variety of medium: pencils, crayons, markers, paints, types of paper, scissors, glue, etc.

Computer

The Kindergarteners are introduced to a variety of computer programs during the school year that reinforces what has been taught in the core subjects. The children have daily opportunities to learn how a computer works and how information can be collected through the Internet.