Kindergarten — Language Arts

Language Development

This is intensely phonetic with letter and sound recognition, the beginning process of blending sounds into words, words into sentences, vocabulary enrichment and the development of a firm basis for future reading ability. Part of each day is devoted to story time, which stimulates students' interest in reading and gives them an opportunity to experience and discuss various forms of imaginative literature. Teachers' transcriptions of student stories provide first experience with the process of writing.

Spanish

Rhymes, songs and games introduce young students to greetings, numbers, colors, days, months, parts of the body, and other Spanish vocabulary. This provides the basis for study of Spanish in the primary grades.