Junior Kindergarten

List of 5 items.

• Bible

  Using interactive flannel boards, students explore Biblical stories including Moses, Jesus, Joseph, Abraham, Noah, and many more. We pray throughout the day, and students are expected to memorize and recite key Bible verses that are important to their spiritual development. JK, along with kindergarten, participates in supporting MUST Ministries as their grade level mission.

• Math

  Using a curriculum designed specifically for Junior Kindergarten, students explore math concepts through hands-on activities, songs, and games. The concepts covered include: shapes, patterns, sorting, number recognition and counting, basic addition and subtraction, time, and money.

• Phonics, Reading, and Language Arts

  Phonemic and phonological awareness is the basis for building strong readers. We focus on letter recognition, letter sounds, decoding, word families, and word recognition. Handwriting and proper letter formation is taught through the Handwriting Without Tears program. Beginning writing skills are focused on using journal writing.

  
  Beginning readers need a strong foundation of print concepts including recognizing parts of a book, words within sentences, reading from left to right, and sequence of events. A variety of non-fiction and fiction works are utilized, including science books, fairy tales, poetry, picture books, and rhyming books.

• Science

  A variety of hands-on scientific experiments are taught, including making our own play-dough, investigating pumpkins, baking, and butterfly releasing. We also explore the rain forest, ocean life, hibernation, plants and flowers, nutrition, and seasons. Our field trip to the farm is a special day for JK.

• Social Studies

  Learning about themselves and their families is the basis for our Social Studies curriculum. Christian holidays and family celebrations are highlighted throughout the year. Community helpers, Pilgrims and Native Americans, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day help round out the program.