Kindergarten
5 Years Old
About Our 5-Year-Olds Kindergarten
At Star Choice Academy, our program is developed using a combination of the NYS Next Generation Learning Standards for Kindergarten and through our targeted-based curriculum program, created to give your 5-year-old a well-rounded learning experience to help students develop mastery in the four modalities and other subject areas. We ensure each student succeeds academically in kindergarten and beyond while receiving positive and nurturing care.
Strict health and safety regulations will be observed.
You can relax knowing that your kindergartener is in a safe and healthy environment while they’re at our Academy. Based on CDC recommendations, our improved health and cleaning program is intended to reduce coronavirus transmission.
Our program is designed through the targeted instructional curriculum-based model to provide students with a whole school experience while providing a safe learning and enriching environment.
Kindergarten Next Generation Learning Standards
English Language Arts Crosswalk for Kindergarten
Mathematics Crosswalk for Kindergarten
Questions? Answers.
Cognitive Development
- Understands the concept of same and different
- Can draw a person with four to six body parts and geometric shapes.
- Begins to understand the concept of time (today, tomorrow, and yesterday)
- Able to use scissors and write letters, numbers, and shapes
- Able to follow multi-step directions
- Work well together in large and small groups with peers
- Can decode and encode CVC and CCVC words
- Can tell you what will happen in a story first, next, then, and last
- Able to identify and write sight words
How Do Children Learn?
- Children learn by what they see, listen, and especially by what they do. They learn best when they are interested in what they do and the people who help them. They will ask and answer questions to clarify their understanding and explore their curiosity.
What Will My Child Be Doing?
- Children are eager to learn and discover new things and demonstrate their independence at this age. Teachers will use small and large group instructions where students will interact with their peers, complete tasks, and build their social and independence skills. Meanwhile, continuing to develop skills in education: language arts and literacy, mathematics, science, and social studies.
Developmental Milestones
Hover over each bubble to see what most newborns do at this age.
Language Arts
Infant Activities
Mathematics
Infant Activities
Science
Infant Activities
Social Studies
Infant Activities
Visual Arts
Infant Activities
Focus: Reading and writing skills begin to blossom for 5-year-olds.
Kindergarten Activities
- Practicing writing acrostic poems after reading
- Using our Literacy Essentials program to identify the 37 sounds of the English language.
- Learning the concepts of print by composing class stories on chart paper.
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- Read “Autumn: An Alphabet Acrostic” then practice writing acrostic poems.
- Help your child create simple stories with a beginning, middle and end.
Focus: Using a variety of resources and approaches to enhance mathematical thinking.
Our teachers use innovative methods integrated throughout the day to engage your 5-year-old in math. It might entail using manipulatives to solve problems in a small- or large-group activity, or introducing a math lesson to a playful learning session. Our teachers are always looking for fun ways to turn everyday tasks into an effective opportunity to strengthen math skills.
Kindergarten Activities
- Exploring calculators to identify what happens when they press certain buttons.
- Pretending that the Dramatic Play learning center is a restaurant, where they practice adding and subtracting by paying their bill and giving change.
- Figuring out how many more blocks are needed to complete a structure in the Blocks and Transportation center.
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- Give your child a calculator to play with so they can see what happens when they press the various buttons.
- Pretend to be at a restaurant with your child so they can practice adding and subtracting by paying their bill and giving change.
- Use blocks to build a structure, then count how many blocks were used.
Focus: Acting on your 5-year-old’s natural curiosity to explore, observe and question.
We use hands-on activities to foster an appreciation of nature and science, teaching your child about plants, animals and the Earth.
Kindergarten Activities
- Going on an autumn leaf hunt, discussing the differences in leaves (shape, sizes, colors) and talking about why they change colors.
- Collecting rocks during a nature walk and then sorting and identifying them when back at the Academy.
- Working in pairs to look at X-rays on the light table.
- Using magnifying glasses and microscopes to examine salt crystals.
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- Go on an autumn leaf hunt and discuss the differences in leaves (shape, sizes, colors) and talk about why they change colors.
- Collect rocks during a walk and then sort and identify them when you get home.
- Use a magnifying glass to examine salt crystals.
Focus: Exploring your child’s role as an individual in the classroom, the community and the world.
Your child will learn about citizenship, rules, working together and government. We provide opportunities to explore the local community, geography, American history and different cultures.
Kindergarten Activities
- Learning about elections and how voting works, then having the class vote on a favorite color.
- Working together to put facts on the class map, like where our families originated or where certain languages are spoken.
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- Talk about elections and discuss how voting works.
- Examine a map or globe and talk about where different famous people come from and what languages are spoken in different countries.
Focus: Providing appropriate materials and ample opportunities to develop strength and coordination.
Our learning centers have an assortment of materials and tools to help your 5-year-old continue to develop their fine motor skills. Our playgrounds and fitness activities allow your child to move around and play, strengthening large muscles and building coordination and dexterity.
Kindergarten Activities
- Using clay to make a rock, and pressing different shapes into it to make fossils.
- Using various props, like scarves, ribbons and hula hoops, to move to a changing music tempo, then noting how movements change by tempo.
- Brainstorming different exercises they could do with their families and practicing the movements involved.
- Using rubber bands on geoboards to make shapes.
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- Have your child use clay to make a rock, then press different shapes into it to make a fossil.
- Use various props, like scarves, ribbons and hula hoops, to move to a changing music tempo, then not how movements change by tempo.
- Come up with a list of exercises your family can do together.
- Use rubber bands on geoboards to make different shapes.
