The Kindergarten Religion curriculum focuses on having the children know that God loves us and forgives our sins. God does not like our disobedience but He continues to love us and gives us free and total forgiveness through Jesus Christ. The children will listen and learn a different bible story each week during their classroom "Jesus Time". Once a week the Kindergarten children will come together with other children in the school for a weekly Chapel Service. The Concordia Publishing House Voyages curriculum forms the framework of the Kindergarten religious instruction.
In Kindergarten we focus on oral language, learning to write a sentence, counting the words in sentences, and syllables in words. We discuss different types of words like action words, describing words, color words, and number words.
The goal of the Kindergarten reading curriculum is to build the skills upon which all other reading instruction will build upon. In Kindergarten, our Reading Curriculum is the Hough-ton Mifflin Reading Series. We focus on letter names and sounds, phonemic awareness, and word attack skills. The children learn the short vowel sounds and how to use those sounds to read words. Children are taught to decode words using the phonemes and context. Word recognition and comprehension are emphasized. The children are introduced to various types of literature such as folk tales, fables, nonfiction, fiction, poems, etc.... Skills are developed through listening, acting, writing, and discussing.
Kindergarteners learn the necessary traits in living a healthy life. Topics discussed through stories and activities include responsibility, caring, citizenship, fairness, respect, and honesty.
The Kindergarten Math curriculum is hands-on. We use the Math Their Way curriculum. The children are immersed in math daily through calendar time with patterns, rote counting, place value, graphing, and numeral recognition. As a part of our math curriculum, the children are exposed to comparing and contrasting, and simple addition and subtraction.
Our handwriting curriculum emphasizes proper letter formation and uses the D'Nealian form of letter writing.
Children are encouraged to create their own works of art. The children have opportunities to work with a variety of medium including pencils, crayons, markers, chalks, paints, clay, and other elements of nature. The focus of art is on the process rather than the product. In Kindergarten Art projects are theme related.
The focus of the elementary Spanish program is on oral communication. Students repeat words after the teacher, follow simple commands, ask and answer questions, and write in the target language. Students also sing songs and play review games to reinforce vocabulary. Throughout the lower grades students practice their numbers, colors, greetings, and actions. As much as is possible the Spanish lessons incorporate content knowledge and vocabulary from what is currently being studied in the core curriculum classes.
The primary focus of computer classes at Saint Peter is to equip the student with the necessary skills to succeed in an increasingly complex technological society. Young students are exposed to various educational games in order to build basic computer skills as well as providing support for regular classroom instruction.
The music curriculum is supported through a series entitled "God Made Music.," which is published by Praise Hymn Inc. In this series students will explore various musical elements as they strengthen their knowledge of our loving God and Savior. Students learn to read, write and perform music while at the same time deepening their understanding of the role music plays in their lives.
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