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School Climate
The school programs are designed to meet the needs of young children. The school provides a nurturing environment with emphasis on both assisting children to learn appropriate ways to solve problems and to obtain the academic skills necessary to be successful.
Pre-Kindergarten
The pre-kindergarten curriculum includes a wide range of subjects and experiences that help prepare a child for success. An introduction to reading is taught through the "Letter People" program, a fun, hands-on activity. Mathematics and the other subjects are also taught through hands-on and teacher directed activities.
NOTE: A detailed list of the learning objectives for the pre-kindergarten curriculum can be found at the Texas Education Agency web site, www.tea.state.tx.us/teks/, click on "Pre-kindergarten Curriculum Guidelines."
Kindergarten Curriculum
Because each child is a unique individual, a variety of methods are used to meet the needs of the children. Basic methods used for each subject are:
In reading/language arts, children learn and/or expose to:
| Names and sounds of letters |
Rhyming |
| Phonics and the blending of letter sounds into words |
Readers with limited vocabulary and predictable wording |
| Sight Words |
Small take-home readers |
| Book and print awareness |
Literature rich environment |
In mathematics, children learn through rote learning and the hands-on use of:
| Calendar activities |
Measurement (length, height, weight, volume) |
| Real objects |
Symmetry |
| Recognizing/identifying shapes |
Problem solving/number stories |
| Classifying and sorting |
Introduction of penny, nickel, dime, quarter, dollar |
| Graphing |
Calculator activities |
| Matching objects (one-to-one) |
Skip counting by 2's, 5's and 10's |
| Writing numbers 0-10 |
Counting to 100 |
| Developing concepts of more or less, larger or smaller |
Numerical order (sequencing) |
| Telling time to the hour |
NOTE: A more detailed list of the learning objectives for the total kindergarten curriculum can be found at the Texas Education Agency web site, www.tea.state.tx.us/teks/, click on "Grade Level TEKS." |
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