Kindergarten

• Before and After Care 
• Dress Code
• 23-24 SUPPLY LISTS
• 23-24 SUMMER READING
• KINDERGARTEN CURRICULUM (pdf)

Welcome to Kindergarten!

"We believe that all children are special and are gifts from God."

Kindergarten is a very exciting and important time for children. At this age, it's critical that children's natural love of learning and curiosity about the world needs to be nurtured to set the right foundation for the rest of their formal education. At Visitation Academy, we give children the strong foundation they need for future success.  

I have been a teacher at Visitation Academy for 20 years and have a BS and an MBA in Business and a BA in Elementary Education. 

I am looking forward to a wonderful exciting new year!  Our reading, phonics and language arts program will peak and stimulate the student’s love for reading and writing. The math and science programs are enhanced by daily use of technology using iPads use and a Promethium Board.  

Our Early Childhood floor is devoted to your child's success and development. We have a center-based approach to learning and mastery. 

We have a daily morning routine which includes:

- Word Families                - Calendar                - Sight Words           - Rhyming Words 
- Beginning Sound          - End Sounds           - Time Check – Blends
 - Poems/Charts                - Opposites               - Counting by 2's, 5's, 10's
 - Vowels (Long and Short)                                 - Addition and Subtraction 
We also have Daily Group Learning Centers which allow children to work together. Students are grouped according to their ability in both math and reading.    

Daily Centers include:

-Listening Center              -Reading                  -Computers                -Language Arts 

Religion

 In our classroom, we provide a prayer table where prayers are enhanced with instruments, children pray the Rosary, and participate in centering prayers. We also have monthly classroom prayer services and frequently take trips to the Chapel, Church and Grotto and also learn monthly bible verses.  

Textbooks Used in the Classroom:

- Mc Graw Hill Reading and Sadlier Phonics
- Progress in Mathematics - Sadlier
- Writing Our Catholic Faith - Handwriting - Thomas M. and Jennifer L. Wasylyk 
- Time Magazine for Science and Social Studies 
- Religion and Activities - We Are Blessed 
 For further education please visit these websites we use in the classroom: 

www.starfall.com/
www.funbrain.com
www.abcmouse.com
www.Gonoodle.com
www.Storyonline.net