Full-Day Kindergarten: 5 years Instructional hours 8:30-1:30

Beginning to read. Telling time. Adding and subtracting numbers. Kindergarten is an exciting milestone for your five-year-old, and our full day kindergarten will more than meet your expectations.

Since your kindergartner will be preparing for first grade, we understand your concerns about readiness for elementary school. And when graduation time comes, we think you'll agree your child has a considerable advantage, coming from KinderAcademy For Young Scholars.While continuing our philosophy of "learning is fun," our teachers follow a diverse and detailed curriculum that meets yet strives to exceed all Ministry of Education requirements. Young minds are stimulated by bringing lessons to life with hands-on activities which are incorporated as part of the kindergarten learning center.

Comprehension is key while kindergartners advance from words to reading and from counting to addition, but academics is not our only focus. Life skills are also reinforced such as respect, honesty and sharing with others. We continue with our thematically based curriculum in which learning objectives are advanced along with the child's development. Kindergarten provides lower student-to-teacher ratios and more personalized attention.

Curriculum:

The need for a high caliber kindergarten program coupled with an extended Afterschool program is a necessity for many working parents, and our extended day kindergarten program offers the best of both worlds. Our curriculum also includes E-learning. Each child will be required to have a tablet.

Our private full-day kindergarten allows the teacher the freedom to spend more time with children, to address their individual needs and to expand on all learning areas well beyond just the basics. Kindergarten is fun because learning comes alive!

The Three "R's" and Beyond

Reading and Language Arts

The reading and language curriculum for kindergarten will utilize

Writing

Your kindergartener will progress developmentally from talking to drawing to writing through the use of journaling. Children open their imaginations to interpret how their own writing makes them feel.

Early in the year, they start with pictures and dictation (the teachers write the words), and their skills gradually improve. Soon they are making lists, copying words, and doing shared writing with the teachers. By the end of the school year, most children are writing sentences in their journals using sight words, phonetic spelling, and their dictionaries.

Mathematics

The mathematics curriculum for kindergarten will utilize an interactive approach. This interactive program will capitalize on daily discussions and to foster children's mathematical confidence and competence while appealing to the natural way children learn.

And Beyond-Learning is fun when you get your hands dirty! We incorporate lots of interactive hands-on activities to get children involved.

Science

Children will begin to understand the relationship between growth and change, observe and make discoveries using all their senses, classify similarities and differences, make predication and explore animals, insect and climates.

Social Studies

Children develop their community awareness, appreciation of cultural diversity, identify roles people play in society and identify celebrations and holidays. Basic citizenship is explored as they study the flag, learn about the Prime Minister of our country and the National Pledge. The travel back in time and discover what life was like for our ancestors.

Spanish

Did you know that competency in a second language gives children a competitive edge, not only now but throughout the rest of their lives? we offer children the opportunity to learn Spanish through age-appropriate activities. Children's brain are like sponges, their learning potential is endless. Kindergarten Spanish learning:

• Calendar (days of the week, months, numbers 1-20, weather, seasons)
• Colors
• Shapes
• Greetings
• Body parts
• Clothing
• Culture
• Animals           

Music

Rhythm and beat, melody, style and form, performance practices, and guitar

Art

Clay modelling, painting, drawing and handcrafts.

Physical Education

Games, kicking skills, gymnastics, ball skills, manipulatives, rhythms, dance, and movement and integrated health and fitness.

Library

Library-specific skills (how to find, use, and share information), digital citizenship, literature appreciation, and support for Kindergarten curricular areas.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Extracurricular activity will be mandated for all students per school year (one class will be offered per term) for kindergarten children. We will try to offer a wide range of age-appropriate after-school activities to discover new interests and passions. Classes will hold once a week from 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.  Fees may vary based on term length and activity.

Below is a list of courses to be offered through the after-school activities program beginning in September 2022. Courses will be offered at varying times throughout the year and only applies to Kindergartners.