Welcome to Kindergarten!
St. Mary of Gostyn Kindergarten is comprised of two classrooms each with accredited teachers. In K-1 Sister Michael teaches with her full time aide, Sister Lorraine. Mrs. Sarah Malik teaches K-2 with her full time aide, Mrs. Mary Mahlke.
Children will learn a variety of subjects leaving them well prepared for the years of schooling to come. They will develop positive work habits by learning to use their time efficiently. They will develop socially by gaining confidence, learning to adapt to different situations, exhibiting leadership and accepting the leadership of others. They will learn to exhibit self-control by sharing and taking turns, listening without interrupting within adequate attention spans.
Daily Class Schedule
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8:00am |
Reading (letter recognition, sound recognition, handwriting, phonics using SuperKids Reading Program by Rowland Reading Foundation)
Math (number recognition, counting, patterns, money, time, addition, subtraction)
Religion (daily prayers, Old & New Testament Bible stories, sacraments, respect for others.)
Playtime
Art, Gym & Music |
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11:15 am |
Dismissal of Half-Day Students
Lunch, Recess, Quiet Time for Full-Day Students
Social Studies (discussions about national holidays, our country and others)
Science (hands-on experiments)
Computer Technology
Art, Gym & Music |
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2:15 pm |
Dismissal of Full-Day Students |
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2:20 – 6 pm |
After-School Care Available as an Option |
Special Kindergarten Activities:
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Hosting all-school mass
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Religious Celebrations – Stations of the Cross during Lent, Blessing of the Throats
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Fifth-grade/Kindergarten Big Buddy ceremony & projects
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Gingerbread Man Hunt through Big School & Rectory
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A Week with Corduroy the Bear – Each student documents his week with Corduroy.
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Special Person of the Week
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Halloween Party & Trick-or-Treating in the Big School
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Thanksgiving Dinner – complete cooked holiday meal with Pastor & Principal
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St. Nicholas Visit
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100th Day of School Celebration
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Easter Egg Hunt
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Kindergarten Memory Book – customized photo scrapbook for each child
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Birthday blessings by classmates & celebration
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Field trip to the Provincial House – to visit the Sisters
There will be daily homework and a reading book. Along with the curriculum listed below, kindergarten will also study music, art, science, social studies and gym.
Language Arts, Phonetics and Reading Readiness
Using the Roland Reading Program the children will learn to read, understand the progression from left to right, recognize and match upper and lower case letters, recall and create their own endings to stories. They will be taught that printed words have meaning and comprehension skills such as sequencing and retelling a story.
Mathematics
Children will be able to:
- Identify shapes: triangles, circles squares, etc.
- Identify, arrange and create various patterns
- Sort and classify different objects by size, color and shape
- Understand graphs
- Count objects in a set
- Match numbers with objects
- Understand the concept of zero
- Recognize the numbers 1-100
- Count by ones, fives and tens
- Count backwards from 20
- Understand number values (1-20)
- Understand object correspondence
- Use "manipulatives” to solve problems and to perform basic addition and subtraction
- Group numbers; more, less, equal, not equal, tallying
Religion
Religion is an integral part of everyday life at St. Mary of Gostyn Church by attending some school liturgies and para-liturgies.
Religion at St. Mary’s will:
- Teach awareness of the gift of creation from a loving and caring God
- Teach about Jesus as our Savior and brother
- Encourage the child to continue prayers at home
- Teach them the sign of the cross, the Hail Mary, the Our Father, prayer before meals and encourage spontaneous prayer
Print Kindergarten Curriculum Guide
Academic Information
The curriculum stresses academic achievement within a Catholic community. The Diocesan curricular guidelines, consistent with the Illinois guidelines, are followed.
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