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Preparing Your Child for School and Life
Five-year-olds are eager to discover and learn new information. They love to plan and enjoy playing with their peers. The 5-year-old curriculum, On My Way at Kiddie Academy[ofACADEMY], provides learning and social activities to meet your child’s needs.
Explore Our Kindergarten Curriculum
Language & Literacy
STEM
Social Studies
Gross & Fine Motor Skills
Character Essentials®
Music & More
Learn On®
Explore Our Kindergarten Curriculum
Language & Literacy
Language & Literacy
Advancing Reading and Writing Skills
Children explore content-rich literature and expand their vocabulary tremendously throughout the year. As your child begins to decode words in print, we help them combine letters to make words, and eventually combine words to write sentences and stories.
Key Focus Areas
- Practicing writing
- Using our Literacy Essentials program to identify sounds phonetically
- Composing stories
- Using complete sentences of varying length
- Participating in shared reading and writing projects
- Associating long and short vowel sounds
- Recognizing sight words
STEM
STEM
Supporting Your Child’s Curiosity with STEM
STEM is integrated into the curriculum using hands-on activities to spark your child’s natural curiosity. Children discover the fascinating world of science, technology, engineering, and math, turning everyday tasks into opportunities to learn.
Key Focus Areas
- Learning to estimate and calculate
- Sorting and identifying objects
- Using technology to communicate and solve problems
- Using magnifying glasses and microscopes
- Comparing and interpreting data
- Exploring life sciences
Social Studies
Social Studies
Getting To Know Your Community
We provide opportunities to explore the local community, our government, geography, American history, and different cultures.
Key Focus Areas
- Learning about elections and voting
- Exploring geography and cultures
- Engaging in group decisions
- Beginning to take on leadership roles
Gross & Fine Motor Skills
Gross & Fine Motor Skills
Developing Strength and Coordination
Our classrooms have an assortment of materials to assist your 5-year-old to continue to develop fine motor skills. Our playgrounds and fitness activities allow your child to strengthen large muscles and build coordination and dexterity.
Key Focus Areas
- Refining hand-eye coordination for fine motor tasks
- Fostering a foundation for a healthy lifestyle
- Moving with balance and coordination
- Promoting dexterity
Character Essentials®
Character Essentials®
Character Is at Our Core
Our educators guide your child through activities inspired by our Character Essentials curriculum that build upon positive character traits like compassion, respect, and generosity.
Key Focus Areas
- Encouraging children to be helpful to others
- Instilling a sense of community
- Supporting cooperation in various settings
- Exploring the meaning of fairness
- Fostering the use of praise and appreciation
Music & More
Music & More
Learning Through Song and Movement
Research shows music improves cognitive development, learning skills, communication, and memories. Our age-appropriate curriculum develops your child’s language skills through song using our proprietary Music and More program.
Key Focus Areas
- Playing instruments
- Understanding rhythm and tempo through dance
- Participating in music through performance
- Expressing emotions through movement
- Introducing musical vocabulary
Learn On®
Learn On®
Learning Beyond the Classroom
There is no end to learning, and there is potential in every moment, everywhere. We designed our Life Essentials curriculum with this in mind, giving you access to projects and activities that extend the learning from your child’s classroom to your home through our Academy Link® app.
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A Day In Our Kindergarten Program
Every moment is an opportunity to learn. Our academic kindergarten program sets the foundation to prepare your child for school and life.
Play is the best way to start the day
We explore and discover in learning centers
We learn in two languages: English and Spanish
I practiced math by making patterns with blocks
Time for music and dance
Today we learned how to take a survey and make a bar graph. We count how many people in the class have pets, then show the results in a graph.
I love learning with technology
Reading and writing time
Let’s play outside!
What a day!
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KindergartenFAQs
What is your health and safety policy?
Each Kiddie Academy has secure entries, authorized pick-up procedures, cleaning protocols, and completed background checks for all staff. To keep children healthy, Kiddie Academy follows our Health Essentials℠ guidelines to uphold the highest level of health precautions and cleanliness.
What are teacher qualifications and training requirements?
All Kiddie Academy educators must meet or exceed the state requirements for child care providers, including background clearance, education qualifications, and ongoing professional development.
How do you use technology in the classroom?
In our kindergarten programs, technology is incorporated as a supportive learning tool in a balanced way to encourage gross motor skills, fine motor skills, early literacy, and mathematic skills.
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