Kindergarten
Kindergarten
Kindergarten is for children who are five years old by June 1. Covenant Classical School offers a half day program (Monday through Friday, 8am-12:30pm) and a full day program (Monday through Friday, 8am-2:30pm.) For some children, Kindergarten is the first opportunity to experience a formalized learning environment.
Covenant Classical School goals for Kindergarten are the following:
- Develop a love for God’s word and knowledge of its overall content and purpose.
- Develop a love for reading through the instruction in skills and exposure to good literature.
- Develop a knowledge and confidence in math skills and understand their God-given purpose.
- Develop an expanding knowledge of themselves, as made in the image of God, their families, and their communities.
- Develop an interest in discovering more of the world God has made.
- Develop a teachable attitude through instruction in self-control, appropriate speech and kindness, and respect toward others.
Curriculum Overview
Bible: Beginner's Bible (Zonder Kids)
This study takes students through a survey of the prominent characters of the Old Testament and includes the birth, ministry, death and resurrection of Christ. Kindergarten students memorize a Bible verse each week and a poem each month.
Phonics/Language Arts: The Good and the Beautiful; Spell to Write & Read
This program employs a multi-sensory approach and methodology that appeals to every type of learner- kinesthetic, auditory, or visual.
Math: Abeka
Students master many number skill concepts and facts such as rote counting by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s, patterns, ordinal numbers and positions, coins, telling time, addition, and subtraction.
Unit Studies
The unit studies span a range of topics focusing on the humanities and science. The topics include a study of: the Body, the Five Senses, Community Helpers, Explorers, Native Americans, Pilgrims, the Solar System, Snow, Oceans and Continents, North Carolina, Famous Americans, Dinosaurs, Seeds and Plants, Spiders, Insects, Frogs and the Rainforest.
Special Classes
Kindergartners attend art class and music class two times a week, PE three times a week, the library and Reading Buddies once a week.
Field Trips
The kindergarten class goes off campus for the following field trips:
Fire Station, Post Office, Library, Patterson Farm, Children’s Theater of Charlotte
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