Kindergarten
Welcome to our Monday-Friday, full-day Kindergarten program that is perfectly structured to meet the needs of working families. With extended care options and an early college prep curriculum, we feel your child will be better prepared to face the challenges of our changing world.
The Kindergarten program at Madison Christian School is best suited to developmentally mature students, yet takes into consideration the warmth and care needed by beginning Kindergartners starting their school experience. We move through typical Kindergarten tasks while beginning reading and writing during the first semester. By the end of the school year, Kindergarten students should have a strong foundation and enthusiasm for future learning.
Requirement
5-years old by August 1st
Goals
Kindergarten goals are to develop:
- Positive attitude toward school and learning
- Positive self-concept
- Positive social interaction skills
- Good listening skills
- Self-confidence in oral language usage
- Self-control
- Good work habits
- Creativity
- Responsibility
- Fruits of the Spirit
Curriculum
Kindergarten curriculum includes:
- Beginning reading (consonants, blends, vowel sounds)
- Development and enrichment of vocabulary
- Using capital letters and punctuation
- Writing cohesive paragraphs of 3-4 sentences
- Counting to 100 by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s
- Learning how to measure
- Computation skills of adding and subtracting through 10
- Telling time to the half-hour
- Learning how to count money
- Foundations for spelling phonetically
- Introduction to music
- Introduction to use of the library
- Art experimentation
- Physical education:
- Basic movement skills
- Individual stunts and gymnastics
- Throwing and catching
- Rhythms and singing games
- Tag and other organized games
- Track activities
