Students entering Junior Kindergarten must be 4 years old by August 1 of the year of their admission.
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- Junior Kindergarten students study Monet and learn to use his brush stroke style to create their own class painting.
The goal of Junior Kindergarten is to prepare the 4-year-old child for a successful Kindergarten year.
In a hands-on, developmentally appropriate environment, children learn by questioning, doing and focusing on integrated thematic units. These units introduce math, science, literacy and social studies concepts and provide the basis for fine motor skills, large motor skills, and music and art activities.
As the year progresses, Junior Kindergarten students become more goal-oriented and develop a positive attitude toward work and a sense of satisfaction in accomplishment.
Junior Kindergarten students go to the library, have story time and check out books weekly. Bi-monthly they have gymnastics. Weekly they have French and music complete with conversation and Orff music instruction.
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Daily Schedule
These classes meet five days a week from 8:15 to 11 a.m. or 12:30 to 3:10 p.m., with two classes offered in the morning and two classes in the afternoon.
Each Junior Kindergarten class enrolls 14 children and is taught by a teacher with the help of a teaching assistant.