Kindergarten

• Before and After Care 21-22
• Dress Code
• 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 chldren the strong foundation they need for future success.  

I have been a Kindergarten teacher at Visitation Academy for the past 12 years and have a Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education K-8 and a minor in Elementary and Reading from the College of New Jersey. 

My assistant and I formed an educational program to help students achieve and perform to the best of their abilities.  

We are looking forward to a wonderful exciting new year! This year we have many new programs, technology. media and the arts program that will enhance your child's ability to grow and develop into a full rounded student. Our reading, phonics and language programs will stimulate all areas of learning. 

The math and science programs will be enhanced by daily use of technology by both individual IPad use and with our state of the art 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 Sounds  - End Sounds   - Time Check  - Blends  - Poems/Charts 

- Opposites    - Counting by 2's, 5's, 10's  - Vowels (Long and Short) 

- Addition and Subtraction   - Planets 

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   - Computer   - 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 versus.  

Textbooks Used in the Classroom: 

- Journeys  Reading and Phonics System - HMH 

- Progress in Mathematics - Sadlier- Oxford 

- 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: 

http://www.starfall.com/  

http://www.funbrain.com/ 

https://www.abcmouse.com/