Kindergartners learn that the Bible teaches who God is: Creator, Savior, and Lord. They learn to talk to God through prayer. They learn that the Bible tells the story of how God gave special promises to Abraham and his descendants. Kindergartners learn that the Bible tells the story of how God sent His Son, Jesus to be born from one of Abraham’s descendants. Jesus came to be the Savior of His people. They learn that the Bible teaches that everyone has sinned and is separated from God. His plan for salvation is in Christ alone and that we bring honor to God when we walk in His ways.

Kindergarten students begin the school year learning to recognize the letters and sounds, beginning consonant sounds, blends, and short and long vowel sounds. They continue to learn longer words throughout the year as they apply the phonics rules.

The students are introduced to the correct printing position and how to properly hold a pencil. They are introduced to the alphabet letters, where they are positioned on the lines and how to correctly print the letters. They learn to correctly print their names, first and last, short vowel words, color and number words, sight words, poems, Bible verses, and short stories.

Students learn reading readiness skills, how to identify vowels, consonants and their sounds. Students are grouped into reading groups as they begin reading through a variety of reading series. Students learn sight words and review them with flash cards.

Kindergarten students will listen to stories and talk about what God’s message might be in the book. They will learn about setting, character, plot and story -telling patterns. The students will also learn about authors and their works and learn the difference between fiction and nonfiction books.

We begin with learning shapes, days of the week, months of the year, patterning, graphing and the concrete and pictorial stages of numbers 1-100. The students sort, classify and count objects. They learn about place value up to the hundreds place, how to add and subtract, mental math exercises and story problems. They also learn about telling time to the hour and half hour and the value of coins.

Kindergartners will begin to classify between living and non-living items, along with seasonally related concepts such as hibernation and estivation. Animal studies include bears, penguins, and birds. Nutrition and food groups are introduced and the basic organs of the human body are explored. Farms and harvest as well as weather and graphs, changing seasons, and the five senses are also introduced.

We begin the school year with the basics of personal responsibility and good manners in various places at school such as the classroom, bathroom, hall, recess, and lunchroom. We learn about school rules, community and community helpers. We learn the pledge of allegiance and some of the history and meaning of the American flag and symbols of our nation. Figures such as Christopher Columbus, Pilgrims, Native Americans, Thanksgiving, and Christmas are all explored in the fall and early winter. The new year, winter fun, President’s Day emphasizing George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are introduced with accompanying lessons and crafts.

Kindergarten students will begin to identify and draw differences in lines and shapes and will identify colors as primary and secondary. They will recognize the difference in art media and use them to begin to appreciate God’s gift of the visual arts. The students will learn to communicate ideas that are personally important and talk about their own art and the art of others. They will learn to be good stewards by taking care of equipment and tools.

Students will have a variety of musical experiences focusing primarily on singing and moving. Students will learn to match pitches with others, move with a steady beat and will recognize and perform basic rhythm patterns. They will also grow in music appreciation by listening and responding to selections of music in varied styles.

Kindergarten students will learn that God has specially designed their body to move in many different ways. They will learn basic locomotor and non-locomotor movement and balance skills, as well as how to move, secure and strike an object. The students will learn to give their best effort and cooperate with others in games and class activities.

Students will be taught a basic introduction to a computer and its parts. They will learn to open and close programs and use Kid Pix to learn about computer drawing tools. They will begin to apply skills by learning to open, close, save, add text and print a document.