“The developmental question,then, is not what young children can do but what should young children do that best serves their development in the long term.”

From: Early Childhood Education: What Research Tells us

By: Lillian Katz, 1988, page 12

Room 203's Kindergarten Curriculum

• Religion: Our textbook is titled: Blest Are We. We also use a liturgically based magazine titled: Promise. This magazine introduces us to the readings that we will hear at Mass on Sunday.

• Math: We use materials from three programs: Math Their Way, Box-It-Bag-It Math, and Power Blocks.

• Language Arts: We use the Building Blocks framework for the Success in Kindergarten Reading and Writing program.

• Science: Beginning with a unit on “water” and using an investigative approach, we will learn the Scientific Method as we design and conduct our experiments.

• Social Studies: Topics discussed in the magazine titled Let's Find Out (published by Scholastic) will be the basis of our social studies curriculum.

• Art is taught by Mrs. Warmke

• Music is taught by Mr. Krausz

• Physical Education is taught by Mrs. Leonard

• Spanish is taught by Mrs. Torres

• Computer Education is taught by Mrs. Pardo

• Our Librarian is Mrs. Apprill