∞ KINDERGARTEN ∞

 Stepping
Kindergarten continues the learning process, channeling the child's exuberance with strong skills.  Our kindergarten children are reading, utilizing math basics, understanding computers, speaking a second language, and have already pulled ahead of the general school population in their achievement levels.

Home Away From Home Academy offers a strong skills-based, comprehensive, full-day kindergarten curriculum.  In a stimulating learning environment, our Kindergarten Program continues developing skills necessary for future school success.  Kindergartners enhance their learning by participating in various activities such as, school performances, field trips, and special guest presentations.  They are exploring geography, grasping science, and participating in creative arts.  An extended day program, rich in extracurricular activities-music, physical education, crafts, dance, art, enhances the learning day in a fun, yet meaningful way.

 Reading
This level emphasizes phonic and oral reading and comprehensive skills.  Your child will participate in shared literature reading.  Your child's direct process of seeing, hearing, comprehension skills and beginning writing are developed.

 Language Arts
Your child learns word identification, beginner spelling, penmanship.

 Mathematics
Your child is introduced to activity-based understanding of mathematical concepts such as, sorting, classifying, graphing, time, money, measuring, left/right, patterning by color and shape, simple fractions, and addition.  Your child becomes familiar with a beginning concept of subtraction.

 Science/Health
Teachers focus on thematic instruction in life science, physical science, earth science, nutrition, hygiene, body parts and their functions, emotions, senses, seasons, weather and the environment.  Your child will develop his/her hands-on activity and observation abilities.

 Social Studies
Teachers stress an understanding of your child's environment at home, in school, and in the community.
Your  child will develop observational awareness and description clarity.  Topics include community helpers, holidays, election process and famous people.

 Spanish
Teachers highlight auditory and visual development, vocabulary building, beginner expression, greetings, numbers, months, days, colors, cultural awareness, music, and art applications related to Spanish.

 Music
Your child will learn music vocabulary, beat, interpretation, and rhythm.  Teachers emphasize your child's performances and extensive singing skills.

 Physical Education
Your child's large muscle skills will develop through cooperative play inside and outside.