Junior Kindergarten provides a solid readiness foundation laid for future reading and math. Children will vary in their mastery of these subjects for many reasons: age, interest level, and maturity, for instance. However, we strive to help each child in Junior Kindergarten develop proficiency in the following areas:

• Reciting and printing correctly the letters of the alphabet
• Learning the sounds of the letters
• Sounding out and blending short vowel words
• Recognizing and printing correctly their own names
• Recognizing the numbers 1–100
• Counting up to 100 objects
• Printing correctly the numbers 1–100
• Counting 1’s, 10’s, and 5’s
• Adding and subtracting through the 5 family
• Understanding a variety of math concepts such as the use of clocks, calendars, thermometers, money, fractions, ordinal numbers, story problems, place value, and measurement
• Learning various unit themes (seasons, friends, shapes, animals, helpers, body, machines, etc.).
• Developing fine motor skills, coordination, forms of movement: eye-hand -foot -body coordination
• Developing social skills: self-control, cooperation, trust, feelings, manners, empathy, etc.
• Developing communication skills, imagination, following directions, problem solving skills, listening skills, etc.
• Developing spiritually: prayer, thankfulness, forgiveness, kindness, respect for God and creation, patience, etc.