| About the Kindergarten Program
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- Birthday cut off-September 1 of the entering year
- Must be toilet trained
- Full day program
- Class size: Preschool-16; Kindergarten-20
- Full time teacher and assistant in each class
- Large, small and 1:1 learning groups
- Developmentally appropriate curriculum
- Structured daily routine
- Daily snack provided
- Weekly chapel/Sacred Studies
- Play clothes with sneakers
- Extended Day option
- Communications: Daily folder
Students entering kindergarten must be five years of age by September 1 of the entering school year.
Reading/Writing: strong phonics-based letter and sound recognition, thinking, speaking, listening, emergent literacy, phonemic awareness, comprehension, decoding, reading strategies, language and prewriting skills
Mathematics: sorting, classifying, directional concepts, patterning, one-to-one correspondence, numbers, counting, introduction to geometry, time, addition/subtraction and fractions, identification of money, emphasis on graphing and estimation
Science: classifies living/non living, growth and change of living things, experiments, physical earth, health and body
Social Studies: family, community, state, country, America’s beginnings, citizenship, transportation, holidays
Art: colors, creativity, patterns, mediums
Technology: software to support learned skills
Fine motor skills: manipulatives, drawing, writing, painting, using small utensils
Gross motor skills: skipping, kicking, catching, throwing, balancing, running
Morals and values
Daily prayers
Weekly chapel: moral/values, Bible stories, and singing
Social and Emotional Development
Self-help skills
Cooperation with adults and peers
Problem solving
Self control
We have specialized, subject-specific faculty to teach the following:
Music
Physical Education
Library
Sacred Studies
French
Computers
Special Programs/Events Field trips: Green Meadows Farm, theatre, Baltimore Zoo, Science Center
In house: theatre, music events, kindergarten tea, holiday celebrations |
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