Senior Kindergarten

Double-letter sounds, vowels and 72 sight words.

• Taught Monday and Tuesday, with a spelling test every Monday
• 20 double-letter sounds, 5 short vowel sounds and 15 long vowel sounds
• 72 tricky and sight words, reviewed after each group of 12
• Daily printing, letter formation and dictation
• Book bags carry work home each day

One-on-one reading, a lending library and daily stories.

• One-on-one reading with a teacher, plus independent and group reading
• A lending library for children and parents
• Poetry units and a themed story every day
• Word games and social stories

Sentences, plurals, tenses and journaling.

• Taught Wednesday and Thursday
• Uppercase and lowercase letters, sentence formation
• Alphabetical order and dictionary use
• Using a and an, initial and final blends, plurals
• Past and future tense, and journaling

Counting to 100, telling time, money and measuring.

• Taught on Fridays
• Counting to 100 and counting by twos
• Number recognition and placement, left and right
• Telling time, addition and subtraction
• Money awareness, measuring with a ruler and graphing

Weather, colour, the human body and more.

• Weather and colour
• Theme topics such as space and polar animals
• The human body, rainbows and the cola clock

Circle songs, instruments and gross motor games.

• Daily welcome songs and circle time
• Themed songs, movement games and action-song breaks
• Shakers, drums and bells
• Tunnels, a balance beam, bean bags and a parachute
• Daily Super Brain Yoga

Daily art planned for SK skills, in many mediums.

• Daily art planned for SK skill levels
• Activities that reinforce phonics and grammar lessons
• Creative stations for painting, cutting, gluing and collage

Central to social growth, with toys that rotate regularly.

• Themed play areas, a dramatic play area, floor toys and block play
• Toys and equipment that rotate regularly
• Time to play every day, because SK children work hard