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All Day Kindergarten
The Stepping Stones kindergarten curriculum is designed to meet each child's individual needs and stimulate learning in all developmental areas.
Our low student-to-teacher ratio allows for personalized instruction. At Stepping Stones, children will spend most of their day actively engaged allowing them to construct their knowledge from meaningful experiences. In addition to the student's core curriculum, they will be engaged in other specialty activities including foreign and sign language instruction, Small People's Music, and physical education. Our outcomes exceed state and local standards.
- Class size: Approx. 12-15
Langauge Arts
Language arts instruction are woven throughout all areas of the curriculum. Students are immersed in a print and language rich environment and have many opportunities to apply developing skills in purposeful reading and writing. On-going assessments are used to plan developmentally appropriate activities. Examples of language arts experiences:
- Modeled, shared, interactive, guided, and independent reading and writing activities
- Phonological awareness activities (rhymes, beginning & ending sounds, syllables)
- Writer's Workshop
- Creating class books
- Daily participation in literacy centers that reinforces skills that have been previously taught
Mathematics
Children explore math through a variety of hands-on, concrete learning experiences. Daily activities are a balance of skills-driven strategies and real-world practice. Examples of math experiences:
- Daily calendar activities
- Exploration of manipulatives
- Creating patterns
- Sorting objects by size, color, shape, etc.
- Graphing
- Using manipulatives to model addition and subtraction
Science
Science will be taught using a hands-on, investigative approach which allows students to explore our classroom and the natural world through the use of skills such as observing, measuring, comparing, sorting, classifying, and predicting. Examples of science experiences:
- Measure the growth of a plant over time
- Build and maintain a classroom aquarium
- Exploration of the five senses
- Observe color, shape and texture of objects in nature
- Compare the four seasons
Social Studies
Students will explore the topics of families and friends, our country, and our world through a variety of books and activities. There will be a strong emphasis on character education. Examples of social studies experiences:
- Creating classroom rules
- Exploring holidays celebrated around the world
- Identifying national symbols
- Learning about community helpers
Health & Wellness
The primary focus of the health curriculum is to teach students the important skills for achieving good health. Examples of health experiences:
- Fire safety
- Proper hand washing
- Daily exercise
- Nutrition
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