Kindergarten Curriculum

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

 

By the end of this course students will be expected to know:

• How to follow directions

• How to use good manners

• How to work well with others

• How to use good hygiene

• How to use polite words

• How to take turns

• How to wait and have patience

• How to greet others

• How to be a good sport

• How to listen to others

• How to understand and have an awareness of personal space

 

ACADEMIC SKILLS

 

ARITHMETIC

We follow the Bob Jones University (BJU) math curriculum. ​​The BJU kindergarten curriculum covers number concepts, arithmetic, and skills like time and money using manipulatives and interactive lessons.

• By the end of this course students will be expected to:

• Recognize and write numbers 0-100

• Count by 1’s, 5’s, and 10’s to 100

• Know addition and subtraction facts 0-6 families

• Know time to the hour (identify and write)

• Be familiar with calendar parts (finding days, month, yesterday, today, tomorrow)

• Recite days of the week and months of the year

• Identify, name, and compose shapes: circle, triangle, rectangle, square, sphere, cylinder, cones

• Know sequence or order events

• Sort objects into equal parts; dived shapes into equal parts

• Have an understanding of smaller/larger; tall/short; heavy/light

 

HANDWRITING

We follow the Abeka handwriting curriculum which is a comprehensive program that integrates cursive from early levels.

By the end of this course students will be expected to:

• Identify and write all lowercase cursive letters

• Identify and write all uppercase cursive letters

• Write consistently in appropriate upstairs, downstairs, and basement writing lines

• Be working on appropriate spacing between letters and between words in a sentence

 

PHONICS / READING

By the end of this course students will be expected to:

• Identify, name, and say sounds for all uppercase consonant letters

• Identify, name, and say sounds for all lowercase consonant letters

• Identify, name, and say the short and long sounds for the five vowel letters

• Identify, name and say the sound for the “sometimes” y consonant

• Identify, name and say the sound for the

• five long vowels

• Read CVC words with 80% accuracy

• Be an emerging reader of long vowel words with the CVCV patterns or other patterns such as CVVC words

• Read sentences that include some sight words with CVC words without sounding out each word

• Have emerging fluency with words with some consonant blends

• Retell a story with chronological order of events

• Identify main events in a story

• Answer listening and reading comprehension about an unknown text

• Identify the job of both an illustrator and author

• Compare and contrast main characters and events of different texts

• Identify main points or key details of different types of texts

 

WRITING

By the end of this course students will be expected to:

• Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I

• Recognize and name end punctuation

• Demonstrate an understanding of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and pronouns

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PAIDEIA

"Paideia" refers to a holistic approach that nurtures the "whole child" through academics, social-emotional growth, and character development. It involves hands-on, engaging activities that build confidence, critical thinking, and social skills like empathy and collaboration, while fostering a supportive learning community.

By the end of this course students will be expected to:

• Understand that the sequence of events is important when describing the past

• Recognize that geographic tools represent places and spaces

• Identify how the environment influences the way people live

• Explain how individuals make choices based on needs and wants

• Describe choices people make about how to use the money they earn