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Kindergarten Program Kindergarten Program The Kindergarten Program at Lakecrest, under the guidance and direction of Mrs. Michelle Lethbridge boasts one of the most comprehensive and well thought out programs in the city. We are proud to offer a FULL DAY Kindergarten Program which runs from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM and also an After School On-Site Daycare Program which runs from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. The Kindergarten students are introduced to advanced programs such as Computer Technology, French and an expanded Physical Education and Music programs to enrich the body and the mind. The maximum Kindergarten class size is sixteen and we feel this is an optimal number to ensure that each individual student receives an equal amount of time from the teacher, ensuring a quality start to a higher education. Below shows what the typical day would be like for the Kindergarten students. Class starts promptly at 8:30 AM and ends at 3:00 PM with time in between for play, music and snacks. 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Classroom centers Read Home Reading books to the teacher. 9:00 AM - 10:05 AM Routines - Calendar, Weather, News, Maurice Sendak Poem, Movement Activity Language Arts - Introduce the letter Bb. Discuss the sound and formation of this letter. Have the students brainstorm words that begin with Bb. Write these words on a Bb chart. Students will complete the accompanying activity sheet. 10:05 AM - 10:20 AM Recess 10:20 AM - 10:35 AM Snack 10:35 AM - 11:15 AM Language Arts/Science - Read the story Corduroy by Don Freeman. Discuss the plot of the story. Discuss the fact that Corduroy in a fictional teddy bear. Name other fictional bears. Show the class a picture of a real bear. Compare/contrast real bears and teddy bears (living/non-living). Give each child a picture of a bear and have him/her decide if it is a living or non-living bear by gluing it, under the correct heading, on a class chart. Complete the accompanying activity sheet. 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Students may choose to work in one of the following areas: Math Corner, House Keeping Area, Writing Center, Listening Station, Classroom Library or Science Corner. 11:45 AM - 12:35 PM Lunch 12:45 AM - 1:15 PM Math - Teacher will begin an AB pattern such as, clap, snap, clap, snap) and the students will join in. Volunteers will begin AB patterns for their classmates to continue. At their tables, students will make AB patterns with multi-link cubes. On a given signal, each child will move to a friend\'s chair and continue to build the friend\'s pattern. 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Music 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM LEARNING CENTERS - Students independently sign into the learning centers that they would like to work at. When an activity is completed, the student chooses a new station. Each child will complete each center. Math - Making AB patterns with Gummi Bears. Recording their patterns on record sheets. Art - Making upper and lower case b\'s with modeling clay. Using modeling clay to make an object that begins with b. Language Arts - Completing a What\'s in bear\'s bag activity sheet. 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Story: A Pocket for Corduroy. 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Prepare to go home. |