Kindergarten

The Kindergarten year is one of the first bricks toward a solid foundation of life-long learning. Grace Christian School desired to partner with families to implement an innovative, positive learning environment that fosters a love for learning, as well as whole child development. Children will be taught by qualified, professional, and loving teachers who have been called to the ministry of GCS and are committed to helping students see beyond the pages of textbooks and bring learning to life. Through a variety of differentiated teaching methods, embracing a balanced approach to structured and play-based learning, as well as materials from Christian school publishers, the kindergarten curriculum provides: • A Christ-centered atmosphere where children will learn Bible truths which include the teaching and modeling of character traits such as faith, honesty, forgiveness, and respect, as well as scripture memorization and application. • A solid phonics program in which children will develop the ability to recognize, sound out, read, and write age appropriate material. • Math instruction and the development of early skills including shape recognition, simple addition and subtraction, counting concepts, money recognition, measuring, sequencing, and telling time. • An inquiry-based science curriculum that empowers young students to actively participate in asking questions, thinking critically, experimenting, engineering, and problem solving while interacting with the world around them. • Daily opportunities to use a variety of technological tools and resources enriches student learning. Students are exposed to coding, digital design, and robotics and learn to become active participants in creating new technology. • A social studies program that encourages students to appreciate the diversity of God’s children and collaboratively serve both inside and outside their classroom environments.

Kindergarten students at GCS also participate in a variety of extra-curricular activities throughout their yera that significantly enriches their learning experience.