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Kindergarten at Abernethy

Abernethy offers both half day and full day fee-for-service kindergarten. Both classes strive for a balance between structure and unstructured activities.

Curriculum includes:

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   Activities
counting, patterning, predicting, estimating, graphing, problem solving
Reading daily read alouds, shared reading, guided reading, reading groups 3rd & 4th quarter
Writing journals writing both school and home, modeled writing lessons, handwriting, story re-telling, drama, guess and go spelling
Math Activities counting, patterning, measurement, graphing, sorting and collection, estimation, story problems, manipulative math, money, telling time, geometry
Science Themes animals (farm, zoo, wild, pets and native), observation and recording, trees, plants and seeds; weather, water, simple machines, ocean, fish, starts, astronomy, night sky, seasons, life cycle
Home Visits Family and friends, neighborhood storyline
Art Easel for daily painting, color mixing, print making, collage, glass, mosaic tile, clay, ceramics, paper mache

For more information on signing up your child, see our Kindergarten Round Up information page.

 

 
 

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