Pre-Grammar Curriculum
Religion
- Bible stories showing God’s love for us
- Daily prayer
- Learning about sin and why Jesus died for us all
- Worshiping together during Chapel
- Learning weekly Bible memory verses
Language Arts
- Phonics
- Letter recognition
- Letter sounds
- Blending sounds to make words
- Writing in journals
- Handwriting
- Use capital and lower case manuscript letters correctly
- Proper posture, pencil grip, and paper positioning to enhance writing skills
- Spacing between letters introduced
Science
- Materials and motion
- Plants and animals
- Air and weather
Physical Education
- Develop basic locomoter skills and movement in the areas of walking, running, hopping, skipping, jumping, leaping, galloping, and sliding
- Begin to develop ball handling skills of throwing, catching, bouncing, and kicking
- Introduce apparatus, stunts, and tumbling using floor mats and balance beams
- Introduce simple game activities that include running, tag, circle games, and simple ball games
Math (Hands-on approach covering the following areas)
- Sorting and classifying
- Patterns
- Matching and counting
- Numbers 0 – 20
- Shapes
- Money
- Measuring
- Time
- Addition
- Subtraction
Social Studies
- Citizenship
- Then and now
- Holidays around the world
- My community
- Our world
Music
- Introduction to musical elements whereby students will learn to identify loud and soft
- Recognize and use steady beat
- Recognize and use long and short
- Recognize high and low pitches
- Identify fast or slow
- Recognize speaking and singing voices
- Practice correct posture for singing
- Introduction to hand bells