PRIVATE KINDERGARTEN

(1) Learning COLORS
– Circle Time: Flashcards (Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, White, Black, Brown, Gray, Purple, Pink, and Orange)
– Combining Primary Colors (examples: Yellow + Blue = Green, Red + Blue = Purple, Red + Yellow = Orange)

(2) Learning SHAPES
– Circle Time: Flashcards (Circle, Square, Triangle, Rectangle, Star, Diamond, Hexagon, Pentagon, & Octagon)
– Playing Games in Centers to reinforce lessons

(3) Learning LETTERS & their SOUNDS
– Circle Time: Flashcards
– Playing Games in Centers to reinforce lessons

(4) Identifying NUMBERS (1-100)
– Circle Time: Flashcards
– Playing Games in Centers to reinforce lessons

(5) COUNTING (1-100) forward and backward
– Circle Time: Flashcards
– Playing games in Centers to reinforce lessons
– Learning to count by 5′
– Learning to count by 10’s

(6) General MATHEMATICS
– Introduction to using a ruler
– Identifying Coins
– Basic Addition and Subtraction
– Hours of the Clock
– Puzzle Solving
– Patterns
– Grouping Similar Items
– Logical & Abstract Thinking

(7) Building Early READING COMPREHENSION Skills
– Reading short stories aloud in class
– Focus on understanding the Main Idea, Sequence of Events, and Characters of a story.