Transitional Kindergarten acts as a bridge between The Carpenter’s Shop Christian Preschool and traditional kindergarten programs. It is an ideal program for children who are young fives or might need another year to develop socially or academically before moving on to a kindergarten program. Children in transitional kindergarten will strive toward similar goals as those of a kindergarten program, but will work at a modified pace. Transitional kindergarten is not just another year of preschool. Our program is designed to give children the skills they will need to tackle the challenges they will face in kindergarten.
Supply List
Phonics and Reading
- Recognition of name, sound and picture on long and short vowels and consonants
- Sounding of blends, one and two vowel words, and words with special sounds
- Beginning phonics rules and special sounds
- Reading of sentences and stories from twelve books containing one and two vowel words and special sounds
Science
- Plants
- God’s plan for seeds
- Animals
- God’s plan for animals
- God’s plan for the seashore
- Health and human biology
- God’s plan for me
- Earth and space
- God’s plan for weather
- God’s plan for seasons
Arithmetic
- Number recognition, counting, and writing 1-100
- Number concepts 1-100
- Numbers before and after 1-100
- Numbers largest and smallest 1-100
- Counting and writing by tens to 100
- Counting and writing by fives to 100
- Counting and writing by twos to 100
- Number sequences by ones
- Using number words and first tenth
- Value of coins and dollar bills
- Telling time
- Using a calculator
- Days of the week
- Addition facts through 10
- One step story problems in addition
- Beginning subtraction
Social Studies
- Community helpers
- Children of the world
- America: Our great country (map studies, famous Americans and places)
Bible
- Hymns/choruses
- Memory verses
- Bible stories
- Chapel
Fine Arts
- Music
- Arts/crafts
- Computer
