Kindergarten
Kindergarten is an exciting time for both children and parents. The School of Saint Mary offers a full day of kindergarten with a focus on learning the school routine, organization and fun. The morning begins with calendar time where students will learn the seasons, patterns, counting, weather, place value, money and counting. Following calendar time, the morning will consist of center rotations. Center rotations cover language, math, listening, writing, art, computer, pretend and religion. Afternoons include nap/quiet reading, Spanish, art, music, physical education, library and a special time for each student to tell about their family and have special family members visit.
Curriculum
- Language Arts
- Phonemic awareness, letter names, sound-letter correspondences
- Listening skills
- Handwriting
- Vocabulary and rhyming
- Learning simple words by sight
- Mathematics
- Counting
- Comparing
- Sorting and ordering objects
- Quantities, shapes, patterns, and measurement
- Science
- Theme – exploring the world
- Participate in investigations that lead to the discovery of science concepts
- Describe the properties of materials
- Determine the different types of plants and animals that inhabit the Earth
- Social Studies
- Learn about important people in history
- Explore the geographic characteristics of home, school and community
- Use maps and globes to study the Earth’s surface
- Learn the responsibilities of a good citizen
- Understand that people do different jobs
- Religion
- Learn that God is our loving creator and that creation is an expression of God’s love
- Discover that Jesus is the greatest gift of creation
- Recognize the Bible as a special book
- Learn about the sacraments and the importance of Christian living
- Enrichment
- Art
- Music
- P.E.
- Library
- Computer
- Spanish
- Special activities and celebrations
- One Hundredth Day of School
- Letter People Day
- Show and Tell
- Grandmother Spider comes to tell stories
- Special time with 6th grade buddies (6th graders act as mentors to the kindergarten and sit with them during the Friday all school Mass)