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General Objectives of the Kindergarten Curricula
1. To create a community of learners who respect and care for one another and the environment.
2. To foster the desire to learn, explore, create and attend school.
3. To develop and reinforce social skills through sharing, cooperating in a group, exercising self-control, taking care of personal belongings and using simple forms of courtesy.
4. To develop the good work habits necessary for life.
5. To develop language usage through the expression of ideas and thoughts, and to develop and extend vocabulary.
6. To develop motor skills and coordination, and a desire for fitness.
7. To foster a desire to learn to read and to provide a superior program for both reading and language experiences.
8. To provide a literacy environment with daily sharing of books and writing.
9. To develop listening skills that encourage students to focus for extended learning.
10. To develop an interest in community through the teaching of appropriate social studies units.
11. To enhance an interest and curiosity in nature and to develop an awareness of science.
12. To develop number concepts, to become aware of the need for mathematics in daily life, and to develop skills in counting, measuring, money, fractions, geometrical shapes, time, graphing, patterning and simple problem solving.
13. To express ideas, thoughts and feelings through artistic expression such as drawing, painting, coloring, constructing, modeling with clay, singing and dramatics.
Art
Kindergarten classes participate in art each week. Through a wide variety of materials each child is encouraged to explore, investigate, invent, and enjoy creative artwork. Art lessons are chosen to provide the opportunity for growth in the creative process, and to develop fine motor skills and visual awareness through a variety of 2 and 3 dimensional activities. The process of creating is emphasized rather than the finished product. Whenever possible, art lessons are holistically integrated with classroom activities to reinforce learning and to relate the visual arts to students’ lives in a meaningful, dynamic way.
Library
The mission of the Library Media Center is to instill in students the skills necessary to become lifelong users of ideas and information.
Library skills are taught as they relate to the classroom curriculum. Throughout the year, students will gain a better understanding of such concepts as placement of books, special authors, types of books, and the care of books.
Kindergarten children visit the LMC once a week to select and/or exchange books. They may check out one book at a time and there is a one week limit for borrowing. Students do not pay fines for overdue books but they will be asked to pay for the replacement of lost or damaged books.
Music
All young children enjoy using their singing voices, therefore, we begin the instruction of proper vocalization as soon as students enter Porter. This is done by learning simple songs and presenting an annual concert which stresses concert etiquette. The children also participate in singing games, dances, song stories from many cultures, and playing rhythm instruments.
Physical Education Program
The Physical Education program at Horace W. Porter will introduce your child to movement concepts. The loco-motor movements the children will focus on will be walking, running, skipping, jumping, hopping, galloping, and side-sliding. They will learn to apply these movements using various pathways such as curved, zig-zag, and straight. They will also be introduced to a variety of non-locomotor movements such as turning, twisting, stretching, and balancing. These will be applied in concert with the concept of low, medium and high levels. The students will also learn manipulative skills. Among these are throwing, kicking, striking, striking with implements, volleying, and catching. All skills and concepts will stress the importance of personal space.
Once the students have displayed a degree of proficiency in these skills, they will be given the opportunity to use them in non-competitive, dynamic, game situations. These games are designed to be fun so that our students will play them outside of school to create further opportunities to practice their skills while encouraging physical activity outside of school.
Our new Health Education program discusses the benefits of good nutrition and physical activity, hygiene, their five senses, and feelings.
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