KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM

 Monday, Wednesday, Friday - Half Day

Tuesday, Thursday - Full Day 

In keeping with the school's developmentally appropriate philosophy, a child's acceptance   into the Kindergarten Program is based on a readiness assessment.  The screening is administered in the Spring.

Our Kindergarten Literacy development curriculum includes:

Land of THE LETTER PEOPLE, published by Abrams & Company Publishers, Inc.

Everyday Mathematics, McGraw Hill; the Wright Group

Digi-Block, Inc., Elon Kohlberg - University of Chicago

Handwriting Without Tears, Jan Z. Olsen 

Land of THE LETTER PEOPLE is an all-encompassing Kindergarten program designed to provide a thorough preparation for early success in reading.  The program builds skills in    all three cueing systems (semantic, syntactic, and graphophonic) in an environment that captures the imagination of children and develops appreciation for, and ability to function in, both spoken and written language.  Land of THE LETTER PEOPLE emphasizes phonemic awareness, print awareness, understanding the alphabetic principle, letter recognition, and    the use of initial consonants and medial vowels in reading and writing words.

The DIGI-BLOCK system gives students a solid grounding in the concepts of place value, number value, grouping, counting and more.  Digi-Block develops meaning through a consistent mathematical model.  This method propels students' math skills forward, preventing re-teaching in later grades.

Begin with a Solid Foundation

          Spiritual Development                                       Emotional Development

                 Christian Staff                                                      Individual Attention

       Integration of Faith & Learning                                 Self-Worth as a Child of God

          Monthly Biblical Theme                                                Small Class Size

                                                                               Value Tales - character development

              Hands-on Learning                                               Weekly Programs

                   Arts & Crafts                                                      Creative Movement

               Cooking, Field Trips                                              Library with a Librarian

         In-house Education Programs                                            Music class

           Handwriting Without Tears

              Small Groups/Centers

Academic

Creative Writing

Early Math - Digi-Block

Language Arts

Reading Readiness

Science and Social Studies

Spanish

Age Requirement: 5 by September 1st

The Heritage School curriculum meets and exceeds the PA State Standards for Kindergarten. 

Heritage School is registered as a Private Parochial School.