Language Arts
Junior kindergarten will provide a rich variety of language experiences with opportunities for listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Children will use oral language for social interaction and gathering knowledge of the world. They will communicate needs, feelings and ideas in response to activities sin the class.
A literacy-rich environment featuring big books, storytelling, songs, chants and poems is created for children to engage independently, in small groups, and in whole class activities in pre-reading.
The children will be encouraged to write often. They will transition from scribbling to "pretend" writing to write letter and words.
Mathematics
The WIS math program helps students to develop an understanding of concepts through the use of concrete materials. Math manipulatives facilitate inventing, creating, communicating, negotiating, sorting, counting and community building. Through counting songs, rhymes and number literature, children establish their knowledge of numbers and counting to ten. They match, categorize and sort objects. They begin to form numbers, use comparative language, name 2D and 3D shapes, and use sets to display simple data
Science
Science for junior kindergarten children is about using observational skills to investigate their world. Children begin looking at cause and effect, understanding the needs of living things, investigating seasonal changes and recording information in drawings.
Mandarin or Spanish
With little effort children can engage in a second language. Through songs and rhymes they are introduced to simple communication skills. They will learn greetings and phrases, counting and stories.
Art
Children in this grade use art to express feelings and explore ideas. They will explore aspects of design, color, shape, form and texture. Additionally they will begin to respond to and appreciate art from various cultures and develop fine motor skills.
Music
Music in junior kindergarten is designed for students to “learn through play.” By listening to a variety of music styles and responding with movement, the children will appreciate music. The children will develop a rudimentary sense of rhythm.
Physical Education
Movement education is the primary focus at the primary level, which includes activities to develop locomotor, non-locomotor, perceptual-motor, rhythmic, manipulative, control and balance. Many different kinds of developmental games and activities are planned to provide the children with opportunities to work together to improve social and cooperative interaction skills.
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