Transitional Kindergarten Curriculum

 

Holy Spirit School’s Transitional Kindergarten program prepares our youngest students for kindergarten. We provide a loving environment, stressing a positive approach to success in daily activities. Our faculty encourages the development of self-respect for others and the respect of authority in and outside of the classroom.

 

As a Catholic Transitional Kindergarten, religious development is of primary importance. This is approached simple and in the total context of the child’s life. Holy Spirit School believes values are cultivated in a child, through examples experiences in everyday situations and by lessons. Students will learn short prayers at group time. Songs, stories, and activities will often be of religious nature and will: proclaim God’s greatness, center on Christ, follow scripture and the church’s teachings, relate life experiences to the Good News and prepare students for Christian leadership.

• Learn about God’s love for them
• Hear appropriate scripture stories that tell of God’s love and connect these stories to the children’s lives
• Learn respect for others
• Learn prayers and songs to actively engage the children in their desire to know and love God

• Use language to express thoughts, feelings and ideas
• Take turns speaking and listening in a group
• Develop skills related to self-expression: speaking confidently and clearly in a group and contributing to class discussions
• Think, reason, use judgement and problem solving skills and gain comprehension
• Develop phonemic awareness
• Follow oral directions and develop listening skills
• Use and learn vocabulary and visual discrimination

• Develop a positive self image and self confidence
• Develop and learn how to work cooperatively with others and relate to others in centered-group activities and situations
• Develop self-help skills

• Learn how to share and cooperate in play with others
• Learn respect of school materials and classroom routines
• Begin to develop skills in being courteous, dependable and cooperative
• Develop relationships with others

• Number and operations
• One to one correspondence
• Patterning
• Sorting
• Counting
• Recognizing and writing numerals
• Number order
• Probability

• Correct pencil grip
• Tracing
• Scissor control – cutting shapes
• Tying shoes
• Zipping and buttoning