The L.C.A. Junior and Senior Kindergarten Program is dedicated to providing a warm and stimulating environment where children are encouraged to explore their relationship with Christ, stimulate their talents, gifts and develop a strong academic foundation with a positive attitude towards school and learning.
Students must be potty trained and turning four or five by December 31 to enter JK or SK.
The K4 program runs Monday to Thursday 8:30 to 12:15
The K5 program runs Monday to Friday 8:30 to 12:15
The Kindergarten program includes:
Reading books and bible stories
Worship and Praise
Scripture Memorization
Special Events/Guests
Dramatic Play
Fine and Gross Motor Activities
Outdoor Play (Weather permitting)
Snack Time
Speaking and listening activities
Creative activities
The K4 Pre-Reading Program uses various activities and booklets to reinforce vowel and consonants sounds in both capital and lower case; find and identify pictures that begin with these letter; find these specific letter sounds in a set of other letters (find fl in lf, fl); choose items out of several items that fit together (i.e. items that fit inside a house); pictures that rhyme and more; and many character building stories, poems and finger plays
The K4 Math Program teaches students to identify and find colors; recognize numbers rom 1 to 100 (in sequence and in isolation); match one set of objects to another; identify the set which has more; add items to the set that has less to make the sets equal; learn subtraction; complete a pattern of shapes by choosing the next shape (i.e. circle, square, circle, square) identify items that are on, under, near; left and right, up, down, etc.
The K5 Reading Program provides practice both in capital and lower case of short and long vowels, consonant sounds, consonant and vowel blends, one and two vowel words, special sounds, and sentence comprehension. Readers are introduced during the school year.
The K5 Math Program provides practice and evaluation of number concepts from 1 to 100, number formation, number words, simple combinations, money, telling time, and so much more.
Some pages in the Reading and Math Programs are designed to be completed together as a class, while others are designed as independent work for use during seatwork and oral grading.
The Writing with Phonics Cursive Program is also used cohesively with the Reading program.
The program is adjusted to respond to the needs and interests of the children, both individually and in-group settings.
