Wednesday, August 27, 2008

A Sampling of Josiah's Kindergarten Year

To read phonetically is our primary goal. Confident readers are confident students in other subjects. Therefore, in grades K-2, Covenant Home devotes considerable time to thorough instruction in phonics and the application of phonics rules to reading and spelling. Using the ladder approach, students are taught to read one- and two-vowel words in the Kindergarten year.

A complete phonics manual supplies the parent with all the words to say. Instruction includes activities for Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic methods of learning. The ball-and-stick method of penmanship instruction is used. A phonics audio CD and vowel-combination charts provide the tools for what children of this age love to do - memorize!

Accompanying our excellent Bible history book, which covers the wonderful truths of Creation and early Bible history, are the Hiding God’s Word coloring sheets, which enhance the Scripture memory program.

A love of poetry is fostered in Kindergarten as well. Historical paper dolls and a beginning science reader enrich the program. Children are introduced to the concepts of money, time, addition, and subtraction in math.

(excerpted from Covenant Home Curriculum, http://www.covenanthome.com/)

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