Small Kindergarten class sizes of 15 students ensure that your child will receive individual attention and instruction from our experienced, licensed teachers. Our half or full day options offer flexibility in meeting your child’s needs and your family’s schedule.
Voyages from Concordia Publishing is used. Bible stories which survey the Old and New Testaments include: creation, the exodus, Bible heroes, the birth, life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus and the New Testament church. Kindergartners attend Chapel twice each month.
Our Kindergarten students spend one- on- one time reading every day with our reading instructor. The A Beka Reading Program is used which teaches reading using phonics, sight words and context clues. Students begin by learning letter sounds, blending, reading individual words, reading in context and building comprehension skills. The students will also learn 100 sight words.
Purposeful Design is used. Learning concepts include: patterning, writing numerals, making sets, telling time to the half hour, identifying coins, counting by 5’s, 10’s, addition fact families through 10 and introduction to subtraction.
Teacher generated units include map studies, American history, cultural studies and community relationships.
Teacher generated units include studies in weather, astronomy, seasons, life cycles and human body systems.
Students learn how to play group games, develop skill building in throwing and catching, running, skipping, hopping, rhythm and dance, balance and motion in our full-sized indoor gym and on our two spacious playgrounds.
Vocal music and learning to play rhythm instruments will be the focus for music studies.
Students will learn about different authors, styles of writing and comparing different illustrators. Enjoying children’s literature is a priority.
Using the scientific method, students will explore different physics principles such as heat, friction, magnetism, simple machine, gravity, etc.
Students will learn about the life and times of a different composer each month. They will listen to famous works and learn to identify major musical works of composers.
Students will learn different art concepts such as shape, texture, line and form. They will learn about different artists and enjoy hands on exploration with different mediums. Our annual Art Show celebrates each student’s creative works.
Students will learn basic vocabulary, songs and Spanish culture.
Time is scheduled for students to paint, puzzle, build, and engage in imaginative play in the classroom. There is also unstructured playtime outside and in the gym. There are numerous opportunities during the day for students to develop social interaction skills and manners.
Writer’s Workshop is used throughout the year to teach children the components of good story-writing.
We are open on-site, every day instruction following the Oregon Early Learning Division requirements.
The guidance is subject to change by the government and parents will be updated as we receive new information.
Call or email our school office for more information: 503-645-1211 | school@princeofpeacelc.org