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