Kindergarten Program: Frequently Asked Questions
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What should my child learn in kindergarten?
Your child will learn to:
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What reading and writing skills will he/she learn?
Your child will learn to: |
- Name and write upper and lowercase letters
- Match sounds to letters
- Blend sounds to make words
- Rhyme words
- Read and write words
- Retell stories
- Ask and answer questions about stories
- Write simple sentences
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What math skills will he/she learn?
Your child will learn to: |
- Count and order numbers up to 30
- Name and write numbers up to 30
- Name and compare shapes
- Draw and cut out shapes
- Sort things into groups
- Distinguish time, months and days of the week
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What social skills will my child learn?
Social skills your child will learn: |
- Share with others and take turns
- Be creative and curious about learning
- Use school equipment appropriately
- Speak in complete and coherent sentences
- Tell stories in order
- Listen and follow one and two-step oral directions
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What about exercise?
Your child will have: |
- Opportunities to play on the swings, slide, and playground structure at recess and lunch
- Opportunities to play with balls and games with other children at recess and lunch
- Opportunities to participate in our physical education program, which emphasizes non-competitive activities and cooperative learning
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What can I do at home to prepare
my child for school?
Provide your child with: |
- Healthy foods and plenty of sleep
- Clear and consistent daily rituals/routines
- Clear and consistent expectations and consequences
- Preschooling
- Celebrate successes
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Here are a few things you can do together: |
- Talk and tell stories together
- Use your imaginations
- Read together daily
- Play with letters and sounds
- Sing songs
- Blend sounds into words and rhyme words
- Complete simple experiments
- Play with numbers, shapes, blocks or puzzles
- Play with time, calendars, months and days of the week
- Play with money, count numbers and/or shapes
- Draw and cut out shapes together
- Start a collection of animals, rocks, baseball cards, etc.
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