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Our Junior Kindergarten program provides a safe and nurturing environment for a child’s first educational experiences. It is important to instill a sense of wonder and an excitement for learning at this young age. Children are eager to learn and their school experiences during this important time will create a foundation upon which their future education will be based. Each child’s days are filled with activities that are interesting, challenging and fun while the program creates a structure for learning.
The Junior Kindergarten program is offered five days per week. It includes indoor and outdoor play, French, art and music. There is an emphasis on language development, spatial arithmetic concepts, listening discrimination, motor perception, and coordination. Our staff is chosen for their loving concern to help each child live up to their potential.
READING AND WRITING
Beginning sounds and final sounds
How to hold a pencil
Forming lower case letters
Pre-reading skills
Focus on reading comprehension
Books:
Learning Consonants
Learning Names and Sounds of the Consonants
LANGUAGE ARTS
Speech
Develop diction, enunciation, and rhythmic speech in preparation for reading
Improve speech, pronunciation, and vocabulary
Grammatical expressions and rhythmic verses
Introduction and recitation of poetry
Nursery Rhymes
Literature
Books:
Keep Running, Allan! Clyde Robert Bulla
The Runaway Bunny, Margaret Wise Brown
Minnikin, Midgie and Moppet, Adelaide Holl
Angus and the Ducks, Marjorie Flack
MATHEMATICS
Counting the days of the week and months
Counting by 2’s, 5’s, 10’s
Counting to add objects
Learning to form numerals
Recognizing groups of things given a number
Language of the Blocks—Develop understanding of the language of numbers through the use of colored blocks
The Story of Ones
SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES
Animal : Duck species, Dog breeds, Rodents, Birds, Insects, Reptiles, Hibernation, Animal youngster
Plants: Trees, Fruit, Vegetables
Earth: Weather, Seasons, Solar system, Rocks
Health: Nutrition, Hygiene, Safety, The Five Senses
Community Helpers—Firemen, Policemen, Paramedics, Mailmen
ART AND ART APPRECIATION
Drawing, painting, and various art activities
Special holiday, seasonal, and curriculum-based crafts
Art lessons twice monthly with the art teacher
Discussion and appreciation of the work of the masters
Directional coloring
MUSIC
Singing and rhythmic movements
Participation in two all-school musical performances per year
FRENCH
Counting, colors, songs, rhymes, phrases and simple objects
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Structured PE class to facilitate gross motor skills and following directions through activities, games, and simple exercises
Recess in playground area
GUIDANCE IN PERSONAL BEHAVIOR
Learning to share
Accept suggestions
Take turns
Waiting patiently and good-naturedly
Generosity
Learning to be independent
Respect for self, others, and environment