Kindergarten
Curriculum
Christian Studies
Children learn Bible stories from the beginning of creation
to the acension of
Jesus into heaven. Children learn of the Triune
God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Text: Voyages Exploring God’s Word by Concordia Publishing House
Math
This curriculum is designed to employ the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards
for School Mathematics. Using bright colored pages and hands
on activities along with manipulatives, make math time fun.
- Number readiness
- Number recognition
- Measurement
- Ordinal numbers
- Patterns, classifying
- Geometry, solid shapes, plane shapes, symmetry
- Money
- Time to the hour
- Addition and subtraction readiness
- Problem solving
- Graphing
Text: The Mathematic Experience by Houghton Mifflin
Science/Social Studies
Through exploration and discovery students learn about the world God
made. Topics include…
- Senses
- Weather
- Living and non-living
- Movement
- Families
- Neighbors
- Liquids
- Our Earth
- Our Country
- Culture
- Wants vs Needs
- Sequence
Text: Weekly Reader books, Weekly Reader Newspapers by Weekly Reader publications
Art
Children create, model, interpret, express and discover art forms through various
activities and project. Basic elements to explore include color, texture,
value, form, shape, and line.
Phonics/Reading/Literature
Saxon phonics series is success-oriented program that enables student
to develop a solid foundation in phonics. Learning is presented
in increments.
Through various literature presentation and discovery children are prepared
to be successful readers.
- Alphabet letters
- Letter sounds
- Rhyming words
- Compound words
- Initial, middle and final sound
- Basic coding
- Vowel and spelling rules
- Syllable division patterns
- Diagraph
- Combinations
- Blends
- Sight words and irregular spellings
- Student readers
Text: Saxon Phonics Kindergarten by Saxon
Physical Education
Activities and movement promote growth in fitness and autonomy.
- Locomotion-crawling, galloping, skipping, hopping, running
- Balance
- Rebound/airborne activities-bouncing, climbing, moving horizontally
- Managing Objects- hitting, throwing, catching, kicking
- Physical fitness-flexibility, agility, strength, speed
Music
- Through singing of songs and hymns children
learn basic musical
elements:
pitch, rhythm, togetherness of ensemble; - Through instrument exploration children learn: beat, melody, temp, pattern;
- Through listening to music children learn: style, genre, culture.
Text: Sing and Learn by Macmillan
Handwriting
Students are introduced to proper writing skill along with letter formation
- Getting ready to write
- Sitting and hand position
- Writing numerals left-to-right progression
- Likeness and differences
- Print awareness
- Shape
- Spatial relationship
- Manuscript letters A-Z
- Lower case and capital letter
Text: D’Nealian Handwriting by ScottForesmann
Additional Guides:
What your Kindergartener Needs to Know by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Integrating the Faith by Concordia Publishing House
Colorado
State Standards
Daily Schedule 
8:00-8:30 – Arrival and Choices
8:30-8:40 – Circle Meeting (calendar, weather etc)
8:40-9:00 – Jesus Time
9:00-9:30 – Phonics/Reading/Library
9:30-9:45 – Snack
9:45-10:00 - Recess
10:00-10:30 –( Mon- Math, Tues- PE, Wed-SS/Science, Thurs-Music,
Fri- Math)
10:30-11:00 – Developmental Centers
11:00-11:15 – Good bye Meeting (Friday- show-n-tell)
Kindergarten Extension
(Monday- Friday 11:30-3:00)
Mt. Zion’s Kindergarten Extension program is an extension
of the morning Kindergarten class. The morning and afternoon teachers
work together to create a learning environment that meets the needs of
each individual child.
These are some of the extension activities in which children are involved:
- Literacy, including phonics, sight words, stories
- Gym/outdoor time
- Introductory Spanish
- Science explorations
- Cooking lessons
- Math awareness and readiness activities
- Bible stories, crafts, songs, flannel graphs
- Arts and craft projects