Just for the Kindergarten
Our Kindergarten program encompasses the academic standards set by the Ohio Department of Education.
Kindergarten will include Music classes, Art classes, Computer lab, Introduction to Spanish & Physical/Health Class.
Child must be 5 years old on or before September 30, 2011 to enroll.
Registration and Tuition Fees apply.
5-Day- 8:30am - 3:00pm
Kindergarten begins in Fall of 2011-2012.
- Spiritual
- To develop an appreciation and response to God's love for them.
- To experience prayer as talking with God.
- To encourage a growing faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, experiencing that faith on their individual developmental level.
Language Arts-
Phonemic Awareness, Word Recognition & Fluency:
Being able to read well by sounding out words, recognizing them by sight and reading out loud with ease and fluency.
Acquisition of Vocabulary:
Being able to recognize clues in reading, ask questions, listen and converse with adults and peers.
Reading Process:
Through reading, students will understand the basic concepts and meanings of different types of print materials.
Reading Applications:
Reading, understanding, explaining and critiquing different kinds of written materials such as magazines, essays, maps and online sites.
Organizing and interpreting results through collecting data to answer questions and solve problems, show relationships and make predictions about different types of literature (e.g., fables, tales, short stories).
Writing Processes:
Using the steps of prewriting, drafting, revising and editing to publish different types of writing.
Writing Applications:
Learning about, using and choosing appropriate words for different kinds of writing, from letters to scientific reports, and for different audiences.
Writing Conventions:
Understanding and applying punctuation, grammar and spelling rules.
Research:
Knowing how to gather information in all subjects using different kinds of tools (e.g., books, computers, magazines) and communicate what is found.
Communication: Oral and Visual:
Delivering presentations on different topics for different types of audience.
Mathematics
Numbers, Number Sense and Operations:
Using number sense and number skills, from basic counting to paper and pencil calculations, to age-appropriate use of calculators and computers.
Measurement:
Making accurate measurements using appropriate tools, terms and technology.
Geometry and Spatial Sense:
Identifying, classifying and analyzing one, two, and three dimensional objects, understanding their properties and using that knowledge to solve problems.
Patterns, Functions and Algebra:
Representing patterns and relationships using tables, graphs, and symbols and using them to solve problems.
Data Analysis and Probability:
Organizing and interpreting results through data collection to answer questions, solve problems, show relationships and make predictions.
Mathematical Processes:
Applying problem-solving and reasoning skills and communicating mathematical ideas.
Science
Earth and Space Sciences:
Understanding the interconnected cycle and systems of the universe, solar systems, and Earth.
Life Sciences:
Understanding the structure and function of living systems and how they interact with the environment.
Physical Sciences:
Understanding physical systems, concepts, and properties of matter, energy, forces and motion.
Science and Technology:
Understanding the relationship between science and technology to design and construct devices to solve problems.
Scientific Inquiry:
Using scientific processes to ask questions, construct investigations, gather, analyze and communicate information.
Scientific Ways of Knowing:
Learning how to think scientifically and understanding how people have shaped the study and practice of science.
Social Studies
History:
Understanding the pattern of events that have happened in the past.
People in Societies:
Identifying both similarities and differences in the traditions of various groups of people.
Geography:
Identifying the locations of places, understanding how places are connected and how human activity affects them.
Economics:
Understanding how to make decisions in our economic systems.
Government:
Understand why government is necessary, and how it works.
Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities:
Preparing to become active citizens.
Social Studies Skills and Methods:
Collecting information, organizing it and using it to make decisions.
