Religion

The kindergarten religion curriculum concentrates on proclaiming the goodness of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We encourage prayer and a personal relationship with Christ, as well as the nurturing of faith, hope, and love in all students. The children are encouraged to relate God’s message to real-life experiences. The rich traditions and doctrine of the Catholic faith are presented.

Text: Loyola Press, Christ Our Life, 2002

Social Studies

The social studies curriculum integrates weekly themes into the children’s awareness of the world, emphasizing people and cultures. The kindergarteners learn about themselves and their families, and how they relate to home, neighborhood, and school environments. Special emphasis is on holidays and the joy of celebrating all people.

Text: Teacher-generated materials

Language Arts
 

The Harcourt Trophies reading program incorporates daily routines for kindergarteners. These routines include a rich variety of activities in phonics, writing, oral language, critical thinking, and comprehension. Instruction is based on a “theme of the week,” sight words, and phonetic sounds. Verbal expression and interpersonal interactions are highly encouraged throughout each day.

Text: Harcourt, Trophies, 2007

Science

The kindergarten science curriculum provides many opportunities for children to develop and maintain the essential skills that form the basis for lifelong learning. The science process skills are important inquiry tools and are essential for investigating our natural world. These skills include observation, comparison, classification, communication, experimentation, and the gathering/recording of data. The program strongly incorporates reading, writing, and math skills.

Text: Harcourt School Publishers, Harcourt Science, 2002

Math
 

Sadlier-Oxford Math is a hands-on, success-oriented program which enables kindergarteners to develop a solid foundation in the language and basic concepts of all areas of mathematics. New learning is presented in increments with time provided between increments for practice. Math concepts include patterns, counting, numeral recognition and writing, graphing, identifying shapes, one-to-one correspondence, story problems, time, and money.

Text: Sadlier-Oxford, Progress in Mathematics Grade K, 2006